Indiana

8/11/11 Today we took the 5th wheel to the Dealership to fix little things.  We got it hooked up and back to the campgrounds with no problems.

8/12/11 From the visitors center in Elkhart In. we got a map and cd tape to take us along the Heritage Trail. It was to be 90 miles we went 140 (missed some turns).  This is Amish Country and we just stopped at a few places.  Our main purpose was to go to a summerfest and quilt show in Middlebury, In.  We stopped just outside of town at Das Dutchman Essenhaus. They have Amish food and bake goods.  We had lunch and desert what a great meal.  They had an awesome  quilt show.  We spent hours there what neat work they do.  There was carriage rides that went thru a wooden  bridge. A hotel, miniature golf, and one  of the many  quilt gardens in Elkhart county. A quilt garden is a huge area that they have flowers arranged into quilt patterns and they have them all over the county and they are judged.

  
We drove from there to Shipshewana  got lost went to Ligonier (they had neat murals on the sides of buildings)  then to Goshen where we went to the old bag factory(in late 1800,s started as a soap factory in early 1900 a bag factory and now has shops, cafes, and antiques) We found another quilt garden and painted elk.

8/13/11 We called around today to see how much slide toppers would be.  We thought that there were awnings above all of our slide outs.  We are going to get this 5th wheel right we hope.
8/15/11 We helped out the dealership today by moving 6 fifthwheels to there show in downtown Elkhart.  We did a great job with the coupling and uncoupling.  After we got down we went to the RV/MH Hall of Fame.  It was very interesting to see the early units to the ones now.

Then we went to Ford to get some info on the truck.  To verizon to pay the bill and get some info on the phone.  Then to a near by  mall for five guys and sears for new sandles for m
8/16/11 yeaaaaaa we got our rv registration we are legal. We also moved two more rvs for the show.  The last one some warning light came on.  Spent the rest of the day getting a fuse for the truck.
8/17/11We got the the fuse for the truck and ordered glass for the dinning room table which we will be putting a map of the U.S. and we will highlight the places and routes we take.  Then we went to Shipshewana went to the flea market and action.  Got some popcorn(sweet and salty),butter pecan home made ice cream, and sweet corn(you can eat with out cooking). Went into a building and about 10 actionerrs were actioning at the same time lots of noise. We walked around downtown.  Many nice shops and went through a musem.  Jim and Linda 8/17/11