Well it's been a little bit of time since we've reported on our whereabouts. We made our way fairly quickly out of the dangerous storms. We headed to Elkhart Indiana to prepare for our visit to the factory. We caught up on some errands, laundry and shopping. Then we went to the factory to have some warranty work done. They schedule you to stay for one week, on their property, and encourage you to get as much done as possible in that time. They have between 8 and 10 coaches that they regularly service. Your tech picks up your coach at 6:30 AM every day and returns it to your spot sometime between 2:30 and 3 PM. We met some very nice folks, after all you hang out in the customer lounge a good deal of the day! Tina was in charge of the time, Ruth of the day, Pat of the date and Val's dog was the head of protection! The guys were in charge of Quality control of the work being done, and deciding what was for lunch!
We left the factory on Friday afternoon, leaving Don and Tina who were staying into next week, Ruth & Charles waiting until Saturday to roll, and Val probably staying much longer! We headed to Shipshewana to meet up with our friends Carl and Jane (RV friends from Kentucky). We explored the area, as it is a heavily populated Mennonite – Amish area, sampling foods and getting the lay of the land. Of course, there was the obligatory Studebaker car museum, the Hudson car museum as well as some unique shops to explore. After a few days we headed over to our current location in Auburn Indiana. Yesterday we toured the Auburn Cord Duesenberg car museum, and today we will complete the museum circuit here with the military and transportation museums. In between we have learned how to play Mexican dominoes and LRC (left right center). I say we have learned but I did not say how well we did! As an example I will tell you that I scored the highest that Carl had ever seen in the Mexican train game! I thought it was a good thing to be at almost 1000, until I realized that Carl won the game with the score of less than 100. I'm going to need some more practice!
In any event I will be posting a couple of pictures that will give you a sense of where we are. Tomorrow we will be heading to Florence Indiana for a week before we head back through Indianapolis to attend the Mecum Auction. Stay tuned!
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| Studebaker Museum |
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| Jane, Carl, Pat, Les in front of Amish Farm |
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In Studebaker Museum
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| The simple life in Shipshewana |
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