Onsted, Michigan

Still here! In the last few weeks we have visited with my sister Bev, Don & Zola, Al & Joan and several others. We have been spending lots of time with Randy Kristi and of course Devyn, who is a little card shark. She's an excellent card and game player, Judy is teaching her cribbage now. We spent an enjoyable afternoon at Turkeyville with three other Haulin' HitchHiker couples and visited from lunch until supper. We have been taking care of eye exams and physicals too. The truck has new tires and had a physical too so she'll be ready to go in September. I have repaired the tire blowout damage from May. Judy is in Florida now with her sister Margaret and brother Clayton who has just retired and is on permanent vacation. While there Jody drove over from Mobile and everyone was able to celebrate her birthday. The Bahnmiller family has grown from 2 to 3 horses plus one is here visiting so there are four horses wandering around. One is Devyn's...Holly, who is a year old. It has been a hot and muggy summer, today it's been raining all day and I'm liking it.

Onsted, Mi Randy, Kristi & Devyn for the summer

We made it here about 1pm Monday after stopping in the morning in Oden, OH for better H rated tires & new wheels for the trailer. Hopefully no more tire blowouts. Randy has 50 amp power & water for us in one of the new corner stone fence pillars. Today Judy took D to soccer camp in the morning and we returned to watch her play and then went out to lunch. I'm not sure if the first letter in Michigan stands to the state or misquotes.

Rolling Rolling Rolling......Fremont, IN

Today was a 265 mile day on the back roads in Illinois & Indiana. It took over 7 hours, a long day for us. We stopped at a McDonalds that had a very large parking lot about 1pm and another 5W pulled in behind us. We introduced ourselves and the other couple was traveling from their home in Texas to Michigan to see their family, we had a nice chat with them. They use to live on Lake LeAnn, near Wamplers Lake. We are at a very small Passport America CG next to I69 camped on a grassy hilltop overlooking the expressway. We'll be in Onsted tomorrow afternoon.

Rolling Rolling Rolling......Marseilles, IL

A short 200 mile day. No pictures again today. If Jody & Randy saw today's CG I would feel bad that they felt they needed to start supporting us immediately. This CG is a lulu. It's one of the membership CGs we belong to, AOR. This might be the second AOR CG we have ever stayed at and we will not be returning here even if it is only $12 for FHUs (full hook ups). The other was in Indiana and was pretty nice. This place is called Glenwood RV Resort & where the heck they got the word "resort" I will never understand. The pool looks new & nice but other than that.......the roads are rutted like you wouldn't believe (worst I've seen & felt) & 5mph is WAY too fast, it says over 1000 sites but none are marked, I was told by two guys to stay on the gravel otherwise you'll sink to your axles (like the motorhome did yesterday) due to LOTS of recent rain, & it looks like there are many permanent folks here that must be Democrats as the government supports them by their appearance. OK, Judy reminded me this IS an adventure. Kidding aside, the residents in here are probably really nice & would share their supper of roadkill.

Rolling Rolling Rolling.....Baraboo, WI

The winds have died down and we made the 240 mile trip arriving in the Wisconsin Dells area at 1pm. It was an all expressway ride. After setting up camp we fueled the truck and next door was an ice cream shop Judy had to visit. The NASCAR race is at Chicagoland Speedway tomorrow night which is kinda close to tomorrow nights campsite so we'll have to double check tomorrows plans.

Stopping Stopping Stopping.....Maple Plain, MN

Due to some strong gusty winds we decided to spend another day here. I managed to wash the bugs off the trailer cap and install a modified screen door knob and do not much more. Judy drove 30 miles to the Mall of America to check it out. When she returned we had a burger on the grill for supper. We'll continue the journey to Michigan tomorrow.

Rolling Rolling Rolling........Maple Plain, MN

Another 260 mile day to Maple Plain, MN on US12; it's a western suburb of Minneapolis. We arrived about 1:30 and are back in civilization. We had more headwinds but they were much lighter today. This is a very nice "reserve" compared to last nights $15 full hookup muddy fairgrounds. But.....it's $25 and no water or sewer. Judy got to go to Curves this afternoon, we had dinner at Mickey Ds, fueled the truck, picked up some groceries and back home we went. Rolling rolling rolling.........