Michigan Meanderings

St. Julian Winery
Isn't this grape!
Michigan Capitol Building
Log House at Woldumar Nature Center
Getting the kinks out.
Can you smell the nuts roasting?

Military vehicle at Spartan and the flag at half mast on 9/11.

We stayed five days at the Timber Trails Campground in Decator, Michigan and from there we went to the Paw Paw Wine and Harvest Festival. The festival was spread out over the entire town of Paw Paw and offered food, crafts, entertainment and of course wine tasting at the St. Julian Winery. We had a great day and enjoyed the festival. The last couple of days I was down with a pinched nerve in my neck and I think it may have been caused by spending to much time at the computer. Being a political junkie, I have been spending way to much time surfing the web on all the candidates, but mostly studying Sarah the Unknown. I'm loving it but my body obviously thinks otherwise.

We then moved to Charlotte (CHAR - lot), Michigan for two days to have some maintenance done on the RV at Spartan Chassis. The day it was being worked on we drove to the capital, Lansing, stopping along the way at Woldumar Nature Center, an environmental education center with forests, ponds, wetlands and prairie. We walked 2 or 3 miles along the trails through the various environs. While strolling the streets of Lansing we saw a sign for a Chiropractor. We stopped in and I had a session with a massage therapist (Dan?) who worked on my sore neck. While I'm not back to 100% I'm feeling much better. We found a neat place in Lansing, The Peanut Store, where we bought fresh roasted nut. The store had a wonderful aroma that you could even smell out on the street. One service we had done on the RV was an alignment and, boy, what a difference. The RV drives much much better. Spartan also did several other general maintenance that needed to be done. It is great to be able to take the rig to the manufacturer and have the work done where they are most familiar with it. Despite the problems in the RV industry because of high fuel prices, Spartan appears to be doing well. In addition to RV chassis, they build firetrucks and military vehicles. They have security in the buildings where the military vehicles are built and when they are transported, they are covered with a tarp.

We are now at the Mercer County Fairgrounds in Celina, Ohio for the Gypsy Journal Rally coming up next week. We arrived early to get together with some members of the Class of 2007. We are looking forward to a great week with friends and attending information sessions. On Saturday Nanc is going to take a RV driving class.