Sunday, 6/25/2023: Elkhart, IN
We left Rochester, MN at 8 am CT after eating breakfast at Cheap Charlies Cafe. First, we found the giant medical scooter and took a picture. Then we headed toward LaSalle, IL so we could go around Chicago. From that point, we went east to Elkhart, IN. The traffic was terrible even though it was a Sunday. We stopped at an antique store in Elburn, IL for an hour. Plus we crossed the time zone and lost an hour we reached Elkhart around 7 pm ET and stopped at Arby’s for dinner. We arrived at the Hampton Inn in Elkhart ($109). Don wasn’t impressed with the hotel and thinks it isn’t up to what used to be Hampton Inn standards. We were exhausted.
Monday, 6/26/2023: Elkhart, IN
We took our time getting up and had breakfast at the hotel. Then we got gas on the way to the RV/MH Hall of Fame and Museum. We got there when it opened at 9 am and enjoyed all the exhibits. When we finished with the RV side, we saw a man in an official shirt so I stopped him and told him that I didn’t see any Casitas in the model RV display shelves. Then we started talking to him and he was SO interesting. It has been about 6 years since we had been here last time and he said it almost went bankrupt. Luckily, he agreed to become President of this nonprofit organization and helped get it back in the black. I know we were keeping him from his job but he was so welcoming and friendly that we couldn’t help talking with him. After he finally escaped from us, we went to the other side of the building to see the Manufactured Homes exhibits.
When we left there, we headed to Dayton, OH. We took backroads and mainly stayed off the interstates. We ended up at an Arby’s for lunch. Traffic in Dayton was still busier than we were used but we found a Comfort Suites across from the Dayton Mall for $89. It was heavily under renovation but we got a handicapped room on the first floor which was pretty big. I think it was one of the newly renovated rooms. I’m not sure any of the other rooms in our hall were finished. After we checked in, we went to the Antique Village where Don shopped for 2 ½ hours. He found some treasures and then we returned to the hotel. Across the antique store was a Sam’s Club where we filled up the car.
Tuesday, 6/27/2023 Dayton,OH
After breakfast, we went to the Museum of the Air Force. The air quality was so horrible that the whole city looked odd in a spooky smoggy haze. We were at the museum for 4 ½ hours. When we left, we decided to head home due to the air quality. We both had headaches and Don was having trouble breathing. The traffic in Dayton and Cincinnati was horrendous and it wasn’t even rush hour! I thought we might spend the night outside of Knoxville but neither of us was tired so we continued on. We finally got home around 10:30 pm.
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