Days 32 & 33 - Friday & Saturday, July 26 & 27 - On the Road Again

Friday - Kathy went grocery shopping in the morning and I did more searching for campgrounds with available site. I also washed the coach. I didn't do a great job but I got the worst of the dirt off. Later I picked up my Mom. We went to the Bull Pen Cafe in Fremont, IN for lunch (good food at reasonable prices), had lemon ice cream cones for desert and then went for a drive. Wow has the 44 acres I grew up on changed. It is 8 miles out of Coldwater and is now full of houses. The house I grew up on is barely recognizable. It was a two story house with a one story "back room". The only heat in the back room came through an open doorway into the kitchen. There were two decent size bedrooms upstairs, one for my brother and I and a second for my sister. The "back room" was removed and a large two story  addition was added. In the evening David, Colton & Mom came by so that David could give us some tomatoes and cucumbers from his garden.

Saturday -  Hallelujah!!! heading north. We planned on taking two easy days to get to the Soo Locks Campground in Sault Ste Marie. We didn't leave the Fairgrounds until 12:30. About an hour later we stopped for a very leisurely lunch at a Rest Area just south of Lansing, MI. We were there at least 2 hours. 

Part of the time was because of a "God incident". We were sitting at a picnic table up near the building and I noticed a guy standing in front of a well used Class C unit, with the hood up. He was down near the far end of the parking lot. I did my best to ignore him because I didn't want to be bothered. I saw him talking to a young couple who parked down near him and I was relieved, let them deal with  the situation. They  left and he was still there. Understand I am not nearly a nice enough guy to offer to help but God wouldn't let me ignore the guy. I finally told Kathy that I have to go see if I can help guy. I walked down and asked if I could help. (For some reason he was backed up into the parking space. I wonder if he had previously had battery issues and if he had spent the night at the Rest Area.) I unhooked the Flex from our coach and drove it around into the car parking are so that we could hook up his jumper cables. For some reason we could not get enough "juice" to his starter to turn over his engine. Finally, after being connected at least 15 minutes his coach started. During that time I got most of life story. He injured his back during a construction incident and can no longer work. He was homeless, living in a tent in some park in Lansing, MI until a person gave him the Class C. I didn't understand all that he told me about going to South Carolina to pick up the woman who was with him. After fishing for catfish at several different places in the area they plan to head back to South Carolina. They both thanked me for helping and they left before I got the Flex back over in the truck parking lot and hooked back up to the coach. I don't tell you this so that you think I'm a nice guy. I mention it because, even when I resist, it is still a cool experience to know that God used me (I have no idea why) to do His will in that couples lives.

There are a lot of wind turbines in the area, and more are going up.

About 2 hours later we stopped at the Clare, MI Michigan Welcome Center, mostly to stretch our legs. 

Wonder how much this "art" cost taxpayers?

And then it was on to the Grayling, MI Rest Area where we plan to spend the night. Traffic was light all day. There is much less road noise here than at our house in Centertown. Only a couple of semi's have come through while we have been here and maybe a dozen cars.

After supper Kathy made herself a cup of tea and I made a cup  of coffee and we went over and set in the shade.

Watching the sun go down through the trees was nice.

At 9:50PM the temperature is supposed to be 75 degrees with 57% humidity. Sitting here next to an open window it feels a little cool. By morning the temperature is supposed to be in the high 50's.

Time for a shower and bed. It has been a good day.

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