We Are In Michigan

 

Saturday, April 18, 2026 

As I start writing this morning I can hear the rain on the roof. You know that pitter/patter which sounds relaxing at first and then becomes the question of the day, when will it stop? We have been here four days and that question is about to be askes...lol Not to mention we are parked on grass and the ground is not as solid as we would like. So far no puddles are accumulating next to us so we are keeping our fingers crossed that today will be the last day of the rain. The weather guessers are saying tomorrow will be partly sunny and then we will have four days of sun. Again fingers crossed that they are right.

Presently we are parked at the Wayne County Fairgrounds and this is where we need to be for the foreseeable future. I would like to take a moment to thank each of you for your prayers. They are very much appreciated. I know I have not shared why we needed to be here or why we needed the prayers and I cannot do so. It is not my story to share. I can say it is about what is happening in our family and we would appreciate continued prayers.

The rest of the journey that brought us to where we are in Michigan:

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Only one goose in the pond this morning as we pulled out.
Making our way to I-69 we went by a field of solar panels.
The middle picture is filled with wishes.
Redbud trees are in bloom and dark skies ahead.

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Mostly dark skies ahead though once and awhile it seemed to
 brighten up. The middle picture was the sun shining on a field.

Then the  rain came down. 

We have crossed into Michigan.

We drove out of the rain shortly before we crossed into Michigan.

Stopped at the Michigan Welcome Center

As we parked looking out the ground in front of us was filled with
Dandelions looking like little yellow spots of sunshine. 

As we traveled north the leaves on the tree are just starting to bud.

We have turned east on I-94.
With about 80 miles to go we are almost at our destination.

I thought this red barn was worth a picture. Then at the last 
second as we went by I saw and clicked the picture of the flag.

As we came into Ann Arbor we joined the traffic and we
would be in it for the last 18 miles or so to our exit.

Where we will be calling home for now.

This ends our 12th Adventure for 2025/2026. It certainly ended up being a different adventure for us this year. When we left Michigan last fall we never expected to return in a new to us motorhome. This past winter we spent more time parked in a RV Park then out in the desert and that was different for us. It was a good winter spent with friends and we look forward with hope to many more to come. 

These next months will be a time to spend with our children and grandchildren who live in this area. The plan also includes moving up to the Upper Peninsula for a short time, specifically Escanaba, where we are from. We need to off load some of the stuff we have in here that we do not have room for. More importantly we look forward to spending time with our family and friends that live up there and in Wisconsin. Then we will head back down here to spend more time with our children and grandchildren before heading to a warmer climate for the winter months. At least right now that is our hope and we are praying it all falls into place. Tom and I believe in the power of prayer and trust that God has a plan. We hope all of you reading this have a wonderful week filled with sunshine and time spent with those you love. 

If you have enjoyed the pictures I have put out there 

or the words I have added that makes me smile. 

If you have time to leave a comment they are always special to read. 

No matter what I am glad you stopped by!

The Journey Continues (Catching the Blog up to Where We Are)

Our stop for Monday night, April 13th, was in the large rig/overflow parking area at the Harrah's Hoosier Park Casino Racetrack.

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

As we were getting ready to leave in the morning for the last leg of our trip to Michigan we could hear the wind howling and the sky was a dark grey. By the time we were ready to pull out the wind was still blowing but the sky had turned to some blue with grey scattered clouds. Under normal circumstances we might be tempted to "hunker" down until the weather looked better. These are not normal circumstances so we will be pulling out shortly. We know better than to take chances so we will see what today brings. What the day brought will be in the next blog.

Monday, April 13, 2026

We were up and moving before the sun this morning. We pulled out of Lambert's Cafe RV Park just before 8:30AM. The trek today will take us out of Missouri, across the Mississippi River into the East, we will go across Illinois and into Indiana, and that is where we will spend the night.

On last picture of Lambert's as we pull out of their parking lot.

We are on our way.

Crossing the Mississippi River and we are officially back in the East!

Not sure what all the golden yellow is  but it was pretty.
We are in Illinois.

The scenery is still a lovely green.

What a pretty overpass.

A rest area filled with wishes.

The sign should also say but not here.
Unless there is a different rule for truckers
which if there is great. Illinois only allows 
3 hours the last time I checked.

I do not know what kind of tree this is, I just liked it.

A few of the farmers we passed today out getting their fields ready.

Those are VW Vans in the top picture.
The two bottom ones just struck me as cute as they went buy.

I lost count of how many times we saw this sign today.

Indiana Welcome Center
This is new since the last time we came this way.

Then we were on the I-465 North bypass around Indianapolis.
We have taken this before but not past the exit for US-31 which
would take us up towards Elkhart, IN.
Looking at the google map this had the least amount of red areas,
slow downs, of the three ways we could go.

We were in lots of traffic but we pretty much kept moving until
we were almost to our exit for I-69. 
Looking back both Tom and I remember two, ten minute slow downs.

The Nestle Quick Bunny. He had to be included in this blog.

Harrah's Hoosier Park Casino Racetrack Overflow Parking.
Two ducks and two geese in the pond next to our spot.

Kim and Ken and Patsy and Bill have both mentioned stopping here for the night going west and coming back east. Plus, their pictures made it look like a perfect stop for the night so we decided to follow their lead and pull in. It was perfect and quiet just what we needed. We can definitely see ourselves stopping here again if we come this way. Nest time we hope to take a walk over to the casino for dinner. This trip back to Michigan has been a tiring one and we were just to tired to even think about going into the restaurant. As I recall we both just had some leftovers for dinner.

Tomorrow, April 14th, we will end our day at the Wayne County Fairgrounds and it will feel good to finally be where we presently need to be. 

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If you have enjoyed the pictures I have put out there 

or the words I have added that makes me smile. 

If you have time to leave a comment they are always special to read. 

No matter what I am glad you stopped by!

 

Indiana to Dodge City, Kansas, Plus a Belated Happy Birthday

 Friday, October 13, 2023

Looking East as we left Cortez, CO this morning
heading South towards I-40 and Arizona.

We left Colorado behind today and crossed into Arizona. Coming back down south on US-491 was a very bumpy ride unlike the ride north last Friday which for the most part was smooth as could be. I am working on catching up to real time with the blog so there will definitely be more pictures.

September 20th through the 25th 2023

We ended up spending 6 nights in Nappanee, IN the first two parked at Wood Design RV and then 4 at the Pla-Mor RV just down the road. 

Our main purpose for stopping here was to have the wood
frame around our living room slide replaced at Wood Design.
We are very happy with the job they did.

After the work was done we moved a few miles down the road to Pla-Mor RV Park to take a few days to regroup. We wanted to take the time to do some cleaning and washing before making our way further west and south. It was a couple of busy days but we also took time to plan the route we would take west. Our goal was Colorado to spend time there checking our some of the National Parks and Monuments there and in Utah. Some plans work others change. I will be sharing more about that has the blog slowly catches up to where we are in real time.

Mass on Sunday at St. Dominic's in Bremen, IN

A beautiful sunset filled the sky with color on Sunday the 24th

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

We had a specific route planned and it included traveling more then 69 miles today. We were ready to go the Jeep was finally in tow mode and the motorhome stairs would not go in. We had this same thing happen when we were getting ready to leave after our Siblings Weekend in Iron River. That morning Tom and my brother, Frank, undid the stairs so they could tie them up to get home. We had, at least we thought we did, them fixed at Camping World in Escanaba. After shutting the door several times they finally went in. Tom then called Showalter RV in Nappanee explained our problem and they asked how soon can you get here. After checking the contact point that brings the stairs in the service tech could immediately see the problem. They suggested we go and have some lunch and they would have it fixed when we got back. As promised it was fixed and ready to go when we returned. We again hooked the Jeep up to the Singer "B" and as we headed out of Nappanee we discussed our options as it was now close to 2 o'clock. After doing some checking and making a phone call our days destination became the Walmart in Logansport, IN.

Coming back out after picking up a few groceries, we always
seem to need a couple of things when we are stopped at a 
Walmart, I decided to take a picture of the Stinger "B' and the
Very Yellow Jeep.

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

One thing I did not do as we were making our way from Logansport, IN across Illinois to Hannibal, MO is take a lot of pictures in fact I really did not take that many pictures at all as we made our west. You will also notice we visited a lot of Walmarts on this trek to Dodge City.

Tom drove us across Illinois today and these were 

some of the sights along the way.
We crossed the Mississippi River near Hannibal, MO
and we are officially in the West.

Then we were in Missouri.

We spent a quiet night at the Walmart in Hannibal.

Thursday, September 28, 2023

The Stinger "B" with Tom driving brought us across Missouri to the Walmart in Atchison, KS where we spent the night.

We crossed the Missouri River near St. Joseph, MO and 
we were in Kansas.

Friday, September 29, 2023

Today we did not leave Kansas. We drove from the Walmart in Atchison to the Walmart in Salina, KS and stopped there for the night.

We did not remember Kansas being this hilly last time
we drove through here.

Saturday, September 30, 2023

We made our way to Dodge City today were we pulled into the Gunsmoke RV Park. A nice stop and we spent 3 nights here.

Some pictures from todays ride.

After 5 days of traveling right around 900 miles it was time to stop for a few days. We need to find the Longbranch Saloon and have a cold one. 

September 14th and 15th, 2023

When I was going through pictures for the blog I noticed I never put any in the blog of our trip from our daughter's or our son's. So today seemed like the day to do so.

We were surprised to see as much color as we did as we
headed East on US-2.
Lake Michigan was shimmering in the sunlight. 

We have crossed the bridge and are in lower Michigan.
We passed this guy and Tom said he should get extra points
since it was a wide load.
We are parked and headed towards our kid's home
passing the Uniroyal Tire on I-94

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October 12, 2023

Our Daughter-in-law, Nadine (though we think of her as our daughter) turned...well this just say she is in her mid-thirties today. I promised I would not give her exact age...lol We love you forever Nadine and our so happy our son brought you into our lives. Love, Dad and Mom  xoxo xoxo

Happy Birthday Nadine!

Rachel took this picture of us when we were on our 
Mother/Daughter Weekend so I would have it to use today.
It is a perfect picture. A toast to a Happy Birthday, Nadine!

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