Daily Archives: September 7, 2010
Last Day in Elkhart . . .
Today was our last full day in Elkhart and we made the most of it.
And Mister is making the most of his new blankie. It’s soft and very fuzzy, and he’s crazy about it.
We left about 9:30am with Nick and Terry and drove over to Nappanee to visit Carlyle Lehman at Focal Wood Products.
Carlyle is Amish and is known for building some of the best RV furniture around. He built a computer cabinet last year for Nick and Terry, and Nick now does his website.
He has a showroom that illustrates his great workmanship. Here’s an L-shaped computer desk he built.
And here’s some samples of small trays, shelves, boxes, and racks that he produces.
And here’s a computer desk that Jan wants to have installed in place of our dining room table when we’re up here next year.
And here’s his shop. He’s allowed to have shops tools powered by a generator, and his shop has all the latest ones.
He’s also allowed to have a phone, but not in his home or shop. So here you have a ‘Amish’ phone booth.
Leaving Focal we drove over to Mishawaka to have ‘linner’ at Famous Dave’s BBQ, one of our favorite places.
Then, getting back about 3:30 pm I went down and got a new tire to replace the one that died when I was taking Jan to the airport in Chicago a couple of weeks ago.
About 7 pm we all drove over to DQ to have one last snack.
And about 9 pm our granddaughter Piper called us back so we could wish her a happy 17th Birthday.
Here she is at Brandi’s wedding.
Tomorrow we start our 6 day trip back to Houston with a 340 mile leg down to Vandalia, IL where we’ll visit Jan’s sister, Debbie, while we’re there for one night.
More from Vandalia…
Quote of the Day:
“Just because there’s a shortage of hats, doesn’t mean the answer is to start lopping off heads” – G. K. Chesterton
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