7/21 - 7/23/19 Berea, KY. to Jackson Center, OH, 226 miles (3 hours 24 minutes) 2 nights at Airstream TeraPort, $10/night
7/23 - 7/31/19 Jackson Center, OH to Monroe, MI, 123 miles (2 hours) 7 nights at Harbortown RV Resort, $350/week
Traveling, not Vacationing
We’re settling into the routine of fulltiming, now. One thing that is difficult for me to get used to is the idea that we may not get to see or do everything we find in an area we visit. For instance, we didn’t know we’d have to book weeks in advance to go on the factory tour at the Toyota plant in Ohio, so we were sure to book our spot immediately for the Airstream factory tour. They have a small park for owners who are getting maintenance work done in Jackson Center called the Teraport. They allowed us to stay there if we arrived after 4:00 and there were spots still available. We looked terribly out of place among all the aluminum trailers, and were the focus of some joking and conversation from other campers. They had a parking lot where they were storing some of their older models, waiting for the museum space in the new facility that is being built down the road. I was surprised to find that all of these RVs are airstreams.
Not that we want to replace our rig, but it was fun to see how another factory builds their product. They rivet the walls onto the frame by hand, then the ceiling, then they set it on the chassis. Everything else goes in through the front door. Airstream is the classic, nostalgic spirit of RVing. And they have a wonderful, high quality product. It feels like you’re in a first class airplane. The designs are elegant. Every inch of space is carefully thought out and used. And because they still look very much the same from when they began making trailers in 1938, they are very sought after, and hold their value.
On our last night, we heard about the Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta, OH, Neil Armstrong’s home town. Being the 50 anniversary of the first walk on the moon, that would have been cool to see. Ugh! Maybe next time.
Finally, we made it to Michigan! We stayed south of Detroit in an RV RESORT - pool, concrete pads, fire rings and picnic tables, very nice. This is a vacation destination in itself. I loved seeing the families vacationing here. Everyone had a wheeled vehicle- either a bike, scooter, 2-wheeled razor, battery powered mini car, or golf cart. And the weekend was full of family activities. This weekend was Princess and Pirate themed. I just wanted to visit a Brendan. We went to see his house and ate dinner at a local place. Then he came to stay with us at the RV - a good test of whether he might come join us later when we get to a desirable spot. He took us us to downtown Detroit to the GM headquarters on the waterfront and we ate lunch in Greektown. Mostly we hung out together, played games, ate outside and toasted s’mores over an open fire in the evenings. Note to self - I love open fires; HATE the smoke. Guess I won’t get too many s’mores. I loved seeing the life he’s making for himself and hated to see him go home.
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