August 14-31: Hershey, PA and Decatur, IN

When we left Chesapeake Bay area and the kids, we headed towards PA and stopped to visit our friends. Several other friends also stopped by on their way to Cape Cod. So the six of us visited the Hershey Chocolate World and Amish country.

We had a different outing each day followed by a superb dinner prepared by Maddy and Sandy. Great fun and lots of laughter!

We then came to Decatur, IN, the home of Fleetwood Industries. We have a list of about 20 minor items that needed work on so we just decided to stop here. Since we have never seen the Fleetwood plant (that is the manufacturer of our motorhome), we also took a tour of the plant. It was fascinating to see how the start with a basic chassis and then add the walls, the roof, etc. Hopefully the rest of the parts that they ordered will be in by tomorrow and we can leave by the Wednesday. Time will tell.


Hugs to all of you,
Linda, Barb and Bailey

Summary of our Travels: June 30 through August 14

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This is a summary of where we have been since we left the St. Louis area on June 30. Our major stops were:
A: Leave St. Charles, MO
B: Camp Lake, MN to spend time with Barb's brothers and their families
C: Chetek, WI to visit our friends, Christine and JJ
D: Appleton, WI to visit Mark and Bev (Barb's brother and his wife)
F: Blue Ridge Parkway in W. Va. to have the experience of seeing the beautiful views
G: Chesapeak Bay area to visit Susan, Peter, Nick and Caroline (Linda's daughter and family)

(Note: You can use the "hand" symbol on the map to move it around to see the entire map from spot A to G. Also, if you place the cursor over the letter, it will tell you the destination.)

Visiting the Kids - Yorktown, VA

We have been here for almost three weeks now and have had a great time.

Susan and Peter are settling in with their new home and the kids are actively engaged in all kinds of activities. Our time with them had to be scheduled around Caroline's gymnastics and dance classes and Nick's baseball games, tryouts and batting lessons. Of course, we went with them to many of their activities.

We took a long ride to the Chesapeake Bay area to see the beaches and small towns along the penninsula.

We also went to Colonial Williamsburg and that was really a neat experience.

Everyone is dressed in period costumes and re-enactments of the time period take place on the street all day long. We actually had to go back a second day and still did not get to go through all of the museums. We did see the blacksmith, printer, bookbinder, carpenter, etc. They too are in period costumes and speak to us about their trade as though it is in the 1700's.

Caroline also dressed in a period outfit. She loved twirling in her dress.

Nick spent one night with us at the campground and had a wonderful day fishing. He had to do all of the setting of the bait and removing the fish he caught. We watched and cheered him on.

Tomorrow we start back on the road again. We are heading towards Hershey, PA.

Safe travels to all of you.

Love and hugs,

Linda and Barb