We had spent more time than planned in Grand Haven and it was time to move on so we drove up to Muskegon, MI where we visited the USS Silverside museum The USS Silverside is a WWII Gato class…
We arrived in Grand Haven to find that they were in the middle of their weeklong Coast Guard Festival It is a big festival and that day they had a car show along their main street There…
We were planning on moving along today but I got a call in the morning from the manager of the local Coachmen factory He wanted to see me and since we were still at the Coachmen campground he just…
Our tour of the Coachmen factory was not until 3:00 pm so we just spent the day in Rover catching up on our homeschooling Our guide for the Coachmen tour was a 20 year old summer intern who had…
Elkhart, Indiana is the RV capital of the world and over 70% of all recreational vehicles and motorhomes built in the United States are made there As full time RVer’s we had visit so we drove…
Ten days in and around Chicago had passed so fast and it was time for us to move on We had run out of fresh water in our tanks so we couldn’t even brush our teeth It was definitely time to go…
In the morning we booked a Chicago Architectural Boat tour This turned out to be one of the highlights of our visit to Chicago The boat took us along the rivers that go through Chicago and the…
We drove an hour and a half to the Museum of Science and Industry where we got a year membership for $145 for all three of us The membership allowed unlimited admission to not only the Chicago…
Food choices at the Six Flags waterparks are not as good as the main Six Flags amusement parks so we went to the main Six Flags to get an Italian Beef sandwich for lunch It was nowhere as good as…
After a few days boondocking in Chicago it was time to find a place to dump our sewage and refill our fresh water so we planned to drive to Illinois State Beach Park where they had RV camping spots…
On our first day in Chicago, we had Hong Kong Dim Sum, the second day we had classic Chicago deep dish so for our third day we had to get Sichuan Hot Pot so we went to one of the fanciest hot pot…
It was a noisy night since the street was next to a freeway but it wasn’t too bad Our parking spot had the benefit of being right next to the Racine light rail stop so in the morning we just…
The morning dawned cloudy but dry and it was time to venture into Chicago This was the first time since we left Houston that we were entering a large city and it was exciting after spending so…
For Olivia’s birthday we spent the entire day at Menominee Park This is a nice large park in Oshkosh on the shores of lake Winnebago The weather was great again and there were lots of…
We went to check out the rest of the attractions on Washington Island There was a tower that was supposed to have spectacular views of the entire island but it was closed for remodeling We went…