Still in Indiana...What joy.

Just as the title says we are still in Indiana.  The weather is turning rainy and cold with a chance of snow showers this week.   The advantage to this place we are at is that it has a large area our dogs can run around in and explore.  We can't just let them run around, even though it's fenced, because there is a gate which stays open.  So we watch them but they can be off leash.  For anyone who know me you know how important our kids.

Anyway, we had a great Thanksgiving and hope yours was terrific too.  I found a place in South Bend Indiana to have dinner.  This is a picture of it.

It's a 40 room mansion which has been an eating establishment for over 100 years.  We had dinner upstairs in one what we will call guest bedrooms.  It was beautiful and we sat  right next to the fireplace.  The buffet was traditional Thanksgiving.  A gem to find in this area. 

We wrangled Best Buy on Friday to find a new surround sound and got out of there before any incidents.  People really get enraged at this time of year.  Brings out the best and worst in people.    Which I truly don't understand all the gifts and stuff people have to buy just to put it in storage and never use it.  A gift of time spent and a great conversation would suffice for me.  

Now we have spent the weekend doing our own projects for this remodel.  Installed new TV's, took out old electronics, fixed faucets,  and partially repaired leveling jack switches.  I saw partially because we can't get two to work and it is raining so no laying under the bus right now. 

In the hunt for organic food which my diet requires to stay away from corn I have found it difficult to find.  This is making for challenges as we travel.  But we make the best of it. 

Until next time friends...Be well. 

Turkey day in Indiana ??? Who knew !!!

Currently we are in Elkhart, Indiana, a small town in the extreme north part of the state.  We are literally 3 miles from Michigan.    Getting some remodeling done to the coach.  Taking out some old putting in some new.  It's cold, rainy and some snow is coming.

Didn't see spending Thanksgiving in Indiana but if that's what happens we roll with it.  We have a place to eat tomorrow which is in an old historical house just east of Notre Dame.  Really looking forward to that.   There's not much else to update on at this point.  Elkhart is kind of a slow paced place.  Lot's of Amish riding around in their buggies.  Kind of neat but makes for a little traffic jam on a two lane highway.

Be well friends.
Happy Thanksgiving
Lorraine, Tom and the kids.....Coffee, Sam, Kona and Circles.

Sorry a little in between update

We stopped in the Des Moines area of Iowa prior to going to Illinois.  This is where my family is from.  I have a wonderful Uncle and Aunt to let us stay at their home, (actually in the alley behind it).  They hooked us up to water and power and we did just great.

Spending a week there to visit my extended family was wonderful.  In addition we got to see my Mom before she left for her new home in California.  Getting up there in her years (83) she has some memory loss and needs help.

We got to see some family on my father's side and meet up with a cousin who I am pleased to be chatting with now via messages on Facebook.  All in all a great trip.  Even got to go to the bakery in town and pig out on pastry.  I will be working out extra to get rid of.....

Cooling our heels in Colorado

We arrived in Colorado around Oct 9th.  Had a bit of a hick up in Wyoming so we had to leave a little early.   Our generator stopped working properly and since we were dry camping, which means we didn't have hook ups where we were it was necessary to get to a repair shop.  So we packed up and headed out on a trip through Wyoming south to Colorado just East of Denver.

The generator was a simple repair and maintenance so we were good to go.  Found a great park in the middle of the city called Cherry Creek State park.  It was beautiful, they had a dog park for the girls to run and play in stream.  I probably loved it more then they did.   We stayed in Colorado until Nov 2nd so we could hang out with Tom's adopted son Kirk, who was a childhood friend of Tom's son Pete.  It was great to see him.  Kirk decorates for Halloween and has a haunted house for the neighborhood kids.  We dressed up to scare the kids.  Some cried, some loved it, and some thought we were crazy.  All in all it was fun.

I am dressed as a scary mime with my lips sewn shut.  I pulled the kids in from the street and led them to the haunt.

Tom was a dead zombie surgeon.  He did a great job in his make up.

Kirk sat in the box and remained still until kids walked by and then he grabbed them.

The scary guys horsing around.

 We got some snow while we were in there.  An early storm brought about 8" of snow one night.  It was wonderful from my stand point being a California girl.  I am sure the locals hated it coming so early

As a bonus I was able see a long lost friend from High School who I had not seen since graduation.  It was so fun to see her and meet her wonderful family.  We spent an afternoon with them and got to catch up on all that has happened to us since high school.

After our lengthy stay in Colorado we started heading East.....