We drove south from Elkhart, IN approximately 265 miles passing through Kokomo and Batesville before arriving at the FMCA Membership Office and RV Park. Our first three days as members was free of charge and the next three cost only $20 per day with full hook ups. It is a very clean park, small, 24 concrete spaces and lots of lawn. It was a great location for visiting Randy & Katherine and the grandchildren, only 5 miles from their home. Our rear jack and door hinge had been delivered to their home as promised by the people at Tiffin. Master replaced the hinge and sought out a RV dealer to replace the jack. Found a wonderful Tiffin dealer just north in Fairfiled, OH, Tom Raper RV and while they were booked up three weeks, they gave him an appointment on the day we left Cincinnati and their service department had us up and going within 2-hours of our arrival at their shop. No more "Rock N Roll" though we all were getting use to it. And off to eastern Ohio where we found a great State RV park to lay over for the night before passing through Wheeling, West Virginia.
Randy and his family were great. It had been two years since my masters and I had seen Mary, age 5 and Michael, age 4. Sarah, age 16 had been to CA to see us last summer. Mary and I didn't quite get along at first, a territorial thing. I decided that I would rest one day and all the humans went to the zoo and came back and played Farkle. Mary was a great player even for her age. The only down side of our visit is that we all miss them again before we even leave. It is a very different world where they live in Cincinnati. Quiet, shady, rolling hills with one- and two-story colonial homes (all white). Humid too! I (Trixie) was having a ball in their backyard with the short cyclone fencing. I chased cats and dogs and hid in the shrubs. We enjoyed being able to visit and then go to our own RV nearby and rest.
Oh yeah, while our RV was repaired they dumped me off at some groomer to give me bath and then went next door to "Jungle Jim's." They said this was a super, super large interional grocery store with items from all over the world. It is truly an amazing store and worth a stop if you're nearby. They have items there like duck feet, whole pig heads, etc. I personally don't know why anyone would want those things but somebody must, I prefer duck jerky and pupperoni's.
We are heading out to DC via West Virginia and Maryland. Will be at Cherry Hill Rv Resort in College Park, MD, it is the closet park to DC with good sub-way access. We are going to do 10-days of sightseeing and plan on meeting up with our motorhome friends, Stan & Julie Grebiec who have moved to Florida from the San Francisco Bay area. We are looking forward to visiting with some nice familiar faces though we have enjoyed the many different people we have met so far on our trip. Look forward to the DC blog.
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