Thursday & Friday, August 18th & 19th - Hummm, What Did We Do

 Thursday - Didn't do much other than enjoy ourselves. I did get the last two wheels cleaned up.

We went to Zorba'a, the place we we have gotten a good salad and pizza almost every time we have been up here. We when we were there a few weeks ago it was the least good we have had. Today was better, but not up to what we have had in the past. It rained a little when we were in eating. After lunch we drove down to the Meijer store. We sold $6.30 worth of aluminum cans (63 cans with MI's 10 cent per can surcharge) and did some grocery shopping.

When we arrived back at the campground there was quite a bit of activity. A squall of some type had hit the campground. Depending on who you talked to, 4-6 RV awnings were destroyed. The ladies across the street from us have a free standing, screen enclosure. It ended up down about 4 campsites from theirs. They are parked near a storm drain and said the water was 8" deep just outside their camper.

It appears that the rain sensors on our Fantastic Fans don't work. We had some wet throw rungs and Kathy's side of the bed got wet. Our main awning is supposed to automatically retract in a high wind, it didn't but does not appear t have been damaged.

Friday, Moving Day - We packed up this morning and moved to the Tiki Campground in St. Ignace, MI, just on the north side of the bridge. It was only a 60 mile move. I'm not a real happy camper today, not with the site they put us in. I told them we had a 40', 4 slide coach, this site is probably okay for a 36' coach with slides on one side, if you have a lot of leveling block.

We jockeyed around, got parked. The jacks weren't long enough to raise the front end enough to level us. We backed up the coach, drove it up on 1.5" blocks and I put blocks under the front jacks. We got level but couldn't get one of the slides all the way out. Back down off the jacks. Re-positioned the coach and back up on blocks. We got level, the slides will deploy and most of the storage bay doors will open fully. We were far enough away from the power pedestal that I  had to use the 50 amp extension cord I'd made to get us hooked up to power. The water hydrant was also far enough away that I needed an additional short section of hose to reach it. Bottom line we FINALLY got set up.

The road behind the coach is one of the campground exits. I hope someone doesn't hit our bedroom slide on their way out of the campground. The gravel this side of the car is the driveway for a house.

The gravel behind the coach is access to another campsite. There was a pickup parked on it when we pulled in.

It must be at least 12" from the ground up  to our  first step.

Interesting outfit across the street from us. A semi with a good size sleeper behind the cab, a 5th wheel camper and two motorcycles. There has been a little "smart fortwo" car parked in front of the camper. Also, this guy must either planning on staying here a long time or, he like to build really big campfires.

For supper we went to Clyde's Drive In. They are noted for their world famous hamburgers. The place was a madhouse. We waited 50 minutes, after placing our order, for two mediocre hamburgers.

But...the good news is that we have 50 amps electrical service and we have a water and sewer connection. (No sewers, only a dump station at Soo Locks) Kathy has been doing laundry for hours.

God is good. I pray that He blesses you and yours.