2011- August 22 Henry Ford Museum

We got up at about 8:15 this morning, showered, ate breakfast and headed for the museum which is about twenty minutes away. The museum and Greenfield Village are at the same place. We spent today in the museum and will see the village tomorrow with Jess and the kids.

Not a lot to say other than what's in the pictures. The automobile section is being updated and refurbished, so it was closed, but there were still plenty of exhibits to see. We got there at 10:00am and left about 4:00. We saw most of it, but didn't stop to read every placard.

When we got back to the camper I realized that I hadn't taken the traditional picture of our campsite, so that's in today's batch. Enjoy the pictures. Tomorrow we'll be at Greenfield Village which is Alex's favorite place to be.


Check back later for pictures from the village!

2011- August 21 Visiting our niece, Jessica and her family

We rolled into the Wayne County Fairgrounds' Good Sam Campground at 1:30pm and got set up. Then we called Jessica and headed for her house. When we got there, Alex and Brayden were home while Jessica and Ella were at the grocery store.

About five minutes after we arrived at the house, Jess and Ella got home. Much to our surprise, Alex and Jess are expecting a third child in about a month. They'll find out if it's a boy are a girl when it's born.


We had a great chicken dinner while we visited. Even the yellow squash & zucchini that Alex fixed on the grill were good! After dinner and more visiting, we headed for the camper and snuggled in for a great night's sleep in the cool Michigan nighttime weather.

2011- August 19 Aliner Owners Club Central Great Lakes Region Rally in Shipshewana, IN

Now Marsha has my head cold, or whatever it is, so we're both hacking, sniffing and coughing. We drove up to Sturgis, MI (about 10 miles) in search of a decent Wi-Fi connection at the local Mickey D's. That's how I was able to post the pictures in the previous entry. After that, we went back to Shipshewana and wandered through one of the local hardware stores. You'd be surprised at the different stuff you see in a hardware store in an Amish community!

Then we came back to the campground and checked out the on-site custard stand. Good stuff! After that, it was the usual wandering around, visiting old friends and meeting new ones. There are about 40 Aframes attending the rally, so we have a pretty good crowd.

Before dinner, we had a local merchant tell us all about Honda generators. The subsequent potluck dinner was good, as usual, and many stories were told around the campfire while John was trying to get a fire stack going. Marsha and showered and turned in early in hopes of shaking our colds.

More later.