Oct 2nd to 4th - Indiana to Ohio

Oct 2nd - Thurs - Howe, IN
Another late start including a nice breakfast. Today we went to Goshen to tour the Keystone manufacturing plant where Challenger 5th wheels are built. We had to wait a while for a salesman to take just the 2 of us to the factory. There was no one working so we could go into several units being built to see the “latest & greatest”. A redesigned frame results in even larger storage compartments which Terry loved. I would have to say that I would not trade our rig (as long as it stays in good shape) for any of the new models that we saw - and this is in spite of a very attractive promotion package of extra “goodies”.
On the way back we managed to find a pet store that carries the brand of dog food that Dolly eats. Back at the park we found that someone had finally moved in next to us but it was a couple with 2 young kids and friends nearby in the park so we didn’t get to chat with them. Quiet evening. I posted pictures of the Auburn, etc car museum.

Oct 3rd - Fri - Howe to Huron, OH
We had planned to go to the RV Hall of Fame & Museum in Elkhart and then kind of forgot about it until Claude reminded us of it in an email. So we went early this morning and enjoyed it very much. There are a few current RVs but mostly vintage rigs. I took tons of pictures and will post them as soon as I get decent wifi.
By the time we returned, had lunch and got packed up it was after 1 (2 pm checkout at this campground). We hit the 80/90 turnpike going east to Ohio and discovered an interesting ticketing difference. On this turnpike, the toll is based on weight, not number of axles. With the 5th wheel, the system thought we were a larger truck and sent the ticket out the slot that is really high rather than the one at window level for the pickup. Terry thought the ticket was not issued until he got out and happened to look up. It seemed to take no time at all until we were getting a campsite at the Huron River RV Resort (PA). We didn’t sleep well last night so I thought we better not push too far and risk Terry getting sleepy.
Pot-hole filled windy road into the campground through lovely park-like trees. Disappointing place but adequate. We walked around and ended up chatting with a guy who lives here during the summer even though he & his wife have a house 15 miles away. The campground is on the Huron River which enters Lake Erie about 4 miles from here so there are lots of seasonal people with boats.
We drove through a section of Ohio that apparently is representative of a lot of the state - flat! But as we neared Lake Erie, it became hilly and lightly wooded again.

Oct 4th - Sat - Sugarcreek, OH
We set the GPS for West Virginia this morning but didn’t make it there. We stopped at a rest area with some visitor information and the lady told us about a nearby area with a flea market and small towns with lots of interesting shops. Another lady in the rest area said there was lots of parking for large rigs at the flea market so we drove there and right past as we could not see the parking area. By then I had found a PA park in Sugarcreek that we had just passed so we turned around and got a site. Pretty basic but what can we expect for $9? It is just a parking area with water & electric (and some grass!) behind a grocery store in town.
Before we got to go shopping, Terry had to fix another broken bolt in the small slide as it started to go out crooked. Didn’t take him much time to fix it. Then we took off and drove to the flea market (quite large and all inside), had lunch there while we listened to live music and then drove to several other shopping areas. The countryside is very pretty here - rolling hills & farms. Lots of Amish families here so there are lots of buggies on the roads and tied to their special hitching rails. There are quite a few open buggies rather than the closed ones that we saw in Indiana - maybe because it was mostly sunny today. We called them the sporty models.
Did some odd jobs when we returned.