We arrived here on Monday and the Elkhart Campground is spacious with lots of grass. We are glad to be settled again for a couple of weeks. We did part of the Heritage Trail which takes you through the Amish country. This year they have 12 quilt patterns done in flowers along the trail and they are beautiful. The one above was at Essenhaus.
Doug and Susan, our friends from WV, arrived on Wednesday afternoon. I had fixed dinner for that night so we had a great visit with nice weather, then had dinner in the coach. The next day Doug had an appointment with Gulf Stream to see the new "constellation". They brought the coach up and we were able to look it over very carefully. Susan is determined before they purchase they will have to make some changes in the bathroom. Otherwise, it is really a nice coach, has a lot of features taken from the Alfa with a long slide on one side and small one on the other. The bedroom has 2 beautiful lounging chairs to watch a large TV which is under the murphy bed. Doug was really drawn to that feature. It was fun to see some new ideas.
We then stopped at the "Country Store" which is a large barn divided into several stores with all kinds of baked goods, Amish breads and meats etc. We were able to find some goodies and some Xmas gifts. Doug decided to fix "flatsteak" which I had never had and spiced it with wasabe seasoning. I was surprised that it wasn't hot and
was very good.
Friday the girls decided to drive to Middlebury and Shipshewana to see what the Amish country is really like. We stopped in Middlebury to have lunch at the Das Dutchman Essenhaus restaurant and bakery. It is all food prepared by the Amish and boy do they know how to bake. Obviously there was lots of shopping with the handmade quilts and other shops with goods made by the Amish. I found it very interesting to see how the Amish live. There are lots of farms and they bake everything from scratch. The roads have horse and carri
ages which is their way of transportation and you have to give them the right of way. Sometimes you can sit behind them going 5 miles an hour. We went into Shipshewana and actually decided the goods were all the same.
Doug and Susan, our friends from WV, arrived on Wednesday afternoon. I had fixed dinner for that night so we had a great visit with nice weather, then had dinner in the coach. The next day Doug had an appointment with Gulf Stream to see the new "constellation". They brought the coach up and we were able to look it over very carefully. Susan is determined before they purchase they will have to make some changes in the bathroom. Otherwise, it is really a nice coach, has a lot of features taken from the Alfa with a long slide on one side and small one on the other. The bedroom has 2 beautiful lounging chairs to watch a large TV which is under the murphy bed. Doug was really drawn to that feature. It was fun to see some new ideas.
We then stopped at the "Country Store" which is a large barn divided into several stores with all kinds of baked goods, Amish breads and meats etc. We were able to find some goodies and some Xmas gifts. Doug decided to fix "flatsteak" which I had never had and spiced it with wasabe seasoning. I was surprised that it wasn't hot and
was very good.Friday the girls decided to drive to Middlebury and Shipshewana to see what the Amish country is really like. We stopped in Middlebury to have lunch at the Das Dutchman Essenhaus restaurant and bakery. It is all food prepared by the Amish and boy do they know how to bake. Obviously there was lots of shopping with the handmade quilts and other shops with goods made by the Amish. I found it very interesting to see how the Amish live. There are lots of farms and they bake everything from scratch. The roads have horse and carri
ages which is their way of transportation and you have to give them the right of way. Sometimes you can sit behind them going 5 miles an hour. We went into Shipshewana and actually decided the goods were all the same. That town though is very populated with the Amish more so than the other town. I have enclosed some pictures of this area.
Along the ride from Elkhart you can see several different trailer and RV manufactures as this area is considered the RV capitol of the World. On Saturday we went to the RV/MH Hall of Fame Museum, which was built by the RV industry. It is a beautiful building with so many past
and present RV vehicles and trailers. We really enjoyed that museum and spent over an hour viewing the different old campers, and RV's. More pictures of included of those.
We decided that since Notre Dame is such a big name we drove and drove and drove so we could see the campus. When we finally found it - due to Doug's directions!!!!! we could not get near the campus as it is a "walking campus" only and no cars aloud. At that point we decided they lost out that we could not get excited about their school.
Along the ride from Elkhart you can see several different trailer and RV manufactures as this area is considered the RV capitol of the World. On Saturday we went to the RV/MH Hall of Fame Museum, which was built by the RV industry. It is a beautiful building with so many past
and present RV vehicles and trailers. We really enjoyed that museum and spent over an hour viewing the different old campers, and RV's. More pictures of included of those.We decided that since Notre Dame is such a big name we drove and drove and drove so we could see the campus. When we finally found it - due to Doug's directions!!!!! we could not get near the campus as it is a "walking campus" only and no cars aloud. At that point we decided they lost out that we could not get excited about their school.
We got back in time for Doug to fix his "famous ribs". Now, remember I had made a point of finding the best ribs on this trip so I had to tell Doug that I would really doubt if he could make ribs to beet what I had tasted. As usual, we all had a great time having a few drinks and prepared dinner to eat outside in the beautiful weather. I was so concerned as Doug said he only cooks his ribs for 45 minutes - well, I cook them for 7-9 hrs with sauce on them so how could he bar b que them for 45 minutes?????
I gave him ********* stars!!!! He actually covers them with thyme, rosemary and his secret seasoning and cooks them on the bar be que. I have never had such great ribs in my life, they were excellant. Thanks Doug, can't wait until next summer so we can have those again. Had to say goodby on Sunday morning and so thankful that they could come and meet us from West Virginia. RV friends are so great.
We are now waiting for our appt to go to Supreme RV service on Wednesday as they will start the Xbracing on Wednesday afternoon and we will be done on Friday. We plan to leave there and head west for home. Will keep you updated on our progress.
Critch is not feeling to great and wants to get home. We will see how he does as we get closer but might send him home before I can take the coach into California. Time will tell but we will be home by the 16th of August.
I gave him ********* stars!!!! He actually covers them with thyme, rosemary and his secret seasoning and cooks them on the bar be que. I have never had such great ribs in my life, they were excellant. Thanks Doug, can't wait until next summer so we can have those again. Had to say goodby on Sunday morning and so thankful that they could come and meet us from West Virginia. RV friends are so great.
We are now waiting for our appt to go to Supreme RV service on Wednesday as they will start the Xbracing on Wednesday afternoon and we will be done on Friday. We plan to leave there and head west for home. Will keep you updated on our progress.
Critch is not feeling to great and wants to get home. We will see how he does as we get closer but might send him home before I can take the coach into California. Time will tell but we will be home by the 16th of August.
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