Travel Journal

October 11 – 30, 2004

After several beautiful Autumn days at Lunga Reservoir, we left for Fort Wayne on October 15, as planned, to visit Michael. The trip was uneventful. Renée took the lead with the Ford Escort and utility trailer while Chuck followed with the RV. The trip took us from Virginia to West Virginia, through the mountains in western Maryland then northwest to Pennsylvania where we spent the night at a truck stop, since we were quite tired and had reached the half way point. We got an early start the following morning and continued toward Wheeling, West Virginia where we crossed into Ohio and finally to Indiana, arriving at Michael’s in the afternoon, parked the RV and went out to eat with Michael and the kids. The following day (Sunday) we celebrated Michael’s 35^th birthday. The kids were on Autumn break so we had a few days with them to practice our grandparenting skills.

The RV is parked in Michael’s driveway and we are enjoying a full service hookup (elecricity, water & sewer). We are in the process of unpacking, sorting and repacking with not much to report. Renée has developed Bronchitis for the second time this year which has slowed here down a bit. Chuck is busy as always. Michael is taking a week off to begin the attic renovation for Katja’s new room.

Our travel plans in the immediate future include a trip to the RV manufacturer nearby in Indiana. We have a list of minor problems and a few major ones to get corrected. It is not often that one has the opportunity to show a manufacturer some of the goof-ups and we intend to take advantage of “going to the source of the problem” rather than having a dealer somewhere do a makeshift correction. In early December we plan to attend the Morton Christmas Party in Kentucky, spending a little time there. Chuck’s sister and brother-in-law have a Tobacco Farm there and we will park somewhere on their 300 acres. How long we stay will depend on the weather but we do plan to return to Fort Wayne where we will start “The Big Tour”, beginning with a trip to Florida to establish ourselves as residents for tax purposes.

To be continued ………………………..

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