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Our New House

It was brought to my attention that we haven’t updated our Blog since 2013. Since we have become stagnant and haven’t really traveled for a while I didn’t have much of interest to post. Not that our life isn’t interesting, there just isn’t much RV Travel going on.

Well recently we have turned another page in our lives. We decided since we like our lifestyle so much that buying a house wasn’t in our plans. However we have pretty much outgrown the RV so…

We bought a Park Model home in the same resort where we have lived for the last 11 years in the motor home. If you are not familiar with a Park Model, it is a small 400 square foot manufactured home. Ours however is a bit more than a simple park model. First off ours is set in the ground so it is ground level, then a 200 square foot addition was added making it 600 square foot overall and the whole thing is stuccoed and the roof is tiled. There is also a 117 square foot building on the property, which serves as a laundry room and a shop. This building is attached to the house by a covered patio with outdoor kitchen. Along with the real residential appliances they topped it off with an air conditioner that can turn the house into a meat locker in the 120-degree Arizona summers. You can see more photos by clicking on the link in the left column.

I have added a link to the photos of our house HERE.

So, although we are keeping the motor home, it looks like we are not Fulltimers anymore.

Best wishes to all our readers and I hope your travels are as enjoyable as ours.

I will leave the Blog up because I know others enjoy reading about our travels.

Wednesday, July 6, 2005

Elkhart Indiana


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Last night we spent the night at a campground in Bowling Green Ohio. The place was pretty nice. It's is a Passport America park and only cost us $13 a night. It is called Fire Lake and all sites have a lake view since all sites surrounding a small lake.
We found out that our LP alarm works yesterday when Susan dropped a container with rum in it on the kitchen floor. It instantly shut off the LP and set off the alarm.

Anyone that knows RVs knows about Elkhart. This is where a large number of major RV manufactures are. As you drive down the roads in Elkhart you have to keep an eye out for the horse and buggies. There are a lot of Amish here. The shopping center parking lots even have parking places for them with posts to tie up the horses. Some of the RV manufacturers use their skills in their cabinetry. We will be touring a few factories and visiting the RV museum.
The drive here was so relaxing. We drove US-6 all the way. Maximum speed was 55 mph as we passed miles and miles of corn and wheat fields. The farms look just as they do in all the pictures I've seen with old red dilapidated barns and silos.

As we work our way back toward the west we are still in the Eastern Time zone. What this means is the closer we get to the Central Time zone it stays light later. It doesn't get dark around here until 9:30. It's hard to get used to.

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