Sunday August 12, 2012

God blessed us again today. After rain for three days, we got up to a beautiful clear day here in Michigan. It is move day so we are thankful for the clear skies and warm temperature. We got on the road about 8:30 and had a very leisurely drive to the Flying J at exit 151 0n I75. We disconnected the car and drove  back to exit 144 for a dinner engagement with my three sisters, Rosemary, Patty (celebrating? her 70th birthday), and Linda. What a wonderful time we had. Could not linger near as long as we wished as my sisters are on their way to Mackinac Island here in the upper peninsular of MI.  With my three sisters are Linda's daughter Patty and Patty's granddaughter Marisa. We had a wonderful mini reunion.

The three days of rain made our coach leveling jacks sink into the mud. On the drivers side we sunk about 4 inches into the stuff. I could tell we were off level when Linda said it felt like we were tipping over and the TV lost the satellite signal.  We put some boards and leveling blocks under the jacks and we were level again. I guess you will experience all events when you are full timing. So far we have been very blessed on our travels.

Fuel prices are  way up now. Paid over 4 bucks for diesel and nearly 4 for regular gasoline.  Well, we are parked most of the time so it will not interfere with our travel plans.

We went to visit the beautiful town Frankenmuth, Mi while waiting for my sisters to arrive from Ohio. Many interesting shops and sights in this "Bavarian" town. A couple of pictures are below.

We are now settled in the Flying J till we go to ROD park, Beaver Creek, in Gaylord, MI in the morning.

Town Square in Frankenmuth, MI

Many Horse Drawn vehicles in town

Our mini reunion at the Cracker Barrel