Frankenmuth with Clayton & Pat

Judy and Pat spent a couple hours in Bonners getting started on their Christmas shopping while Clayton and I visited the local saloon.  Judy had to say hello to a local penguin.  We tried to get into the Bavarian Inn to compare chicken dinners (Clayton said the Bavarian Inn is better than Zehnders) but the area was so crowded at 2pm on Saturday afternoon we could find a place in the city to park so we went to another German place on the edge of town.  We did spend some time walking around town yesterday.  We returned later in the day as Judy want some Taffy for Devyn and Clayton made a parking spot in the grass beside a couple dumpsters.  

Sunday morning we all packed up and then went to Tony's for breakfast.  This was our first time there and Clayton warned us about the amount of food they put on a plate and he was right, I think we all ate about half of what they gave us.  I had enough bacon for all 4 of us and we still did not eat it all.  The place was absolutely packed and there was a very long line waiting to get in when we left.

Clayton & Pat in Frankenmuth

Today we made the short haul (110 miles) to Birch Run and Pine Ridge CG.  We were set up by 1:30 and an hour or so latter Clayton and Pat pulled in beside us.  There were in CA visiting Scott & his daughters and are going to Monroe for a week before wandering back to FL.  We wanted to spend the weekend with them.

 Later we went to Zehnders for chicken dinners.  We spotted this fellow in the restaurant.

After visiting and eating we played poker until 10pm.  If you are with them ya gotta play cards.

Devyn's return from soccer camp

Today we drove to Hope College in Holland, MI.  Randy took her there Sunday for a week of soccer camp.  She had a game at 3pm so we got to watch it, it was the championship gave in her class and they won 1-0.  She impressed me with a body check she threw on an opponent as they battled for ball control at the game's end, she said it was payback.  Good aggressive play.

Devyn had a short rest in the car then she drove the last half of the way home.  We stopped in Jackson at Klavons for a pizza supper and met Randy there.  The restaurant was packed at 7pm and we had no place to park so the went next door to Steaks Eatery.  We now plan to eat pizza at Klavons Saturday then see Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

New HitchHiker bearings

Wheels off, spindles removed and taken to have the new bearings pressed in.  While we were here two other couples arrived for service and we know one of them.  They had a HH 2 years ago at the Custer, SD rally but then wanted a larger unit which NuWa no longer makes, bought a Teton and had water leak problems and now have a New Horizon.  Small world.  Keith was finished with the bearings about noon so we headed back to Onsted.  We met Randy in Coldwater (he was returning from Three Rivers) and Judy went with him so he could take delivery of his new Chevy truck.  I returned to Onsted, dumped the tanks and set up our home by the time she returned with his car.

Back in Elkhart at MOR/ryde

We returned to Elkhart (120 miles) today to have our HitchHikers bearings replaced.   We were here last month but they didn't have the correct bearings.  Before returning they sent me a picture of the four Timkin Bearing boxes so I know they should have the correct ones this time.
We also broke another window shade so we took it to SWC in Goshin for repair.  On the way home we stopped at Jo Jo's Pretzels and were they good!

At least MOR/ryde has supplied some entertainment out our back window as they are doing lots of construction at their plant on Moyer Steert.  Business is good.  This is their second new building in two years and they now have six paved sites with 50a and 30a power.
We spent the morning addressing ride quality and took Keith, the service tech, and Ben, an engineer, for two trips with them riding inside the HH.  After checking and measuring the suspension system they decided we needed to drop the tire air pressure from 115 psi to 90 psi.  Not sure I will go that low but I'll experiment with it.  Because this took half the day the bearings will not be finished today so we get to spend the night in our HH inside their service bays.

Independence Day......BOOM.....BANG!

When sister BJ heard Dave & Jane were here she came up for a visit too.  I believe the last time we were all together was for Uncle Lyle's funeral.  Great mini family reunion!

Of course with the family here Randy had to get "The Flintstone" out and do some grilling.

Randy & Chris had to leave mid day for a fireworks run down to Ohio.  Here they are in action.

Chris loading some of the boomers.

I liked the pictures of the fireworks being launched.  The fellows put on a very good show for the 15 or 20 folks that were here.  The neighbors across the street were also firing off fireworks and we enjoyed the competition......Randy & Chris won.

                                                                           THE END.

Dave & Jane stop by for a great visit!

My cousin Dave and his wife Jane from Medicine Hat, Alberta stopped for a two day visit after visiting his mom, Aunt Dorthy in Ontario.  Maybe RVs run in the Bahnmiller family?

It has been a VERY long time since we have seen each other and we really enjoyed spending some time with them.  We introduced them to Pegs & Jokers and ended up playing many games.  I look forward to our next meeting, maybe this fall when we head west?