From Door County to Home

We had mentioned the rural nature of the Door Peninsula even though it was "highly touristed".  A couple of you questioned how farming was possible considering Door County is north of the frigid Green Bay.  So we include this picture of a Door County farm as proof of the tempering character from Lake Michigan.

We stopped in a campground North West of Chicago and were surprised that many of the other campers were actually geese.  I noted they did not clean up after themselves,  but maybe it is just the human campers who are supposed to clean up after their dogs.

Anyone who has done much traveling this summer has noted our stimulus dollars at work.  This event becomes much more interesting when they post a width limit of 8 feet 6 inches.  Our coach is 102 inches wide.  Isn't that a bit close to the limit?

We stopped in Muncie for dinner with Larry's brother, Rodger.  I think Dot took this picture just to prove that the new front window of the coach is clear enough to see through.

Our next stop was to visit Larry's brother Jack and wife Dee in their new home in Zanesville.  Given that they have only been in the house a week, Dotti did well to get a picture with only one packing box in it.

As we were heading back across western New York, we were racing Hurricane Irene (actually, she stayed far east of Brockport).  While stopped for lunch at a rest area, we were heartened by the appearance of power line trucks from Michigan on their way east.  For all you friends who lost power in the storm, these guys were on the way to help.

Here we are coming into town just two blocks from home.  I will not take the sign personally, but I was going slow.  The water is the Erie Canal that we all sang "Low bridge, everybody down. Sixteen miles on the Erie Canal." in grade school.

Ah...  Home sweet home...

We really knew we were home when we joined Herb and Alicia Fink for an impromptu leftover dinner before we unpacked anything from the coach.  Herb and Larry were office mates years ago when Larry was in the Psychology Department... and Herb and Alicia have been wonderful friends all these years.

I don't know about all you patient readers,  but Robin finally got bored with the travel and started sleeping against Dotti's neck while on the road.  I guess that is sign enough that it is time for us to be home for a few weeks.  We hope you have enjoyed the trip.  We certainly did, and were glad each of you could be a part of our travels.