Monthly Archives: October 2009
Yellow Trees and Red Bushes…
Today was another road trip day.
Once again we headed up into Michigan, or really Michiana, as it’s called around here.
We headed off in a different direction than last time, toward Niles, MI. We were looking for a place to have breakfast / lunch and then take a drive through the country, checking out the fall foliage.
Coming in to Niles, we saw the Blueberry Hill House of Pancakes and decided to stop. It’s a breakfast and lunch only type of place and was really good.
Jan had the blueberry pancakes, and I had something I’ve never had before, a Hawaiian Omelet. It had pineapple, bananas, and pecans drizzled with honey inside, and topped with strawberry topping. And, strange as it sounds, it was really good.
After breakfast, we came across a Tractor Supply Store and stopped in. Jan was looking for a magazine that she only finds there, and I needed to restock on some glues that had leaked and I had thrown away.
Leaving there, we headed out into the countryside and saw some great foliage displays with red, orange, and yellow trees…
And these beautiful red bushes.
Coming back home, I did some outside cleaning and repair work, while Jan sat out and keep an eye on Mister as he wandered around, checking out the park.
Later, I went over to help Nick Russell winterized his old bus that he’s leaving in storage here in Elkhart.
He and Terry have upgraded to a very nice 2002 Winnebago Ultimate Advantage, so their MCI bus conversion is up for sale.
We were also trying to remove the inverter/converter unit from his old rig and swap it out with the one presently in his Winnebago, since the one in his old bus is a better, higher power unit. The inverter / converter unit is used to step up the 12 vdc from the batteries to 120 vac to power the bus when you are not plugged into shore power. It also keeps the batteries charged when on shore power.
We ran out of time and daylight so we’ll have to work on this later.
About 5:30, Nick, Terry, Jan, and I went out to dinner at our favorite Mexican place, El Marguey.
We had so much fun talking, we didn’t get back until almost 8 pm.
Great times…
Easy does it…
Today was an easy day.
Jan woke up with a migraine, but by lunch time it was gone. However, after the migraine is over, she always feels ‘kind of wiped out’ as she describes it.
So we just went out to lunch at the North Garden China Buffet and came back to the rig.
While she recuperated on the couch, I continued to sort through stuff trying to get rid of whatever I can. I’m making slow, but sure, progress.
For supper, Jan combined my leftover Chicken Parmigiana and her grilled chicken breast for a great meal.
Like I said, an easy day.
