On Thursday morning we began our trek to Loretta and Wendell's (our friends from Florida) home in Freeland, Michigan. The day was perfect. The weather man did a good job with his prediction. We arrived around 2p.m., finding that Karen and Denny (also Florida friends) had already arrived from Wisconsin in their Metropolitan. What a beauty, a little two seater convertible that Denny said gets over 30 mpg, and it was built in 1960! We spent the rest of the day visiting and enjoying the day. Wendell showed us his great cooking ability by fixing a shrimp boil that was delicious!
The Wilke's had plenty of room for our motor home, and even furnished 30 amp service. We were set for the weekend! Friday we enjoyed Loretta's breakfast before going to Frankenmuth which is about a twenty minute drive. Frankenmuth is the host for a huge car show each year on the weekend after Labor Day. The cars were starting to show up on Friday afternoon. They were all over, in parking lots, and at the park, lots of people and lots of cars. Folks were lined up and down main street watching the cars go by. Then main street was closed off and they started parking the cars on the street, and the party started! I believe there was a different band on every block. ( Oh to be young again!) The kids looked like they were haven fun! Oh well been there done that! On the way home that evening we stopped at Famous Dave's in Saginaw for barbeque. Everyone was hungry after walking and walking AND walking!!!
Saturday we got an earlier start. The girls dropped us off , so they could shop at Bronners. Karen had never been there and it was definitely a treat to see her enjoy the store. The only purchase that the Stearns family made was a miniture pickle for our motor home Christmas tree. The three guys walked thru the cars. We never did see all of them. Someone said they heard around 5000 vehicles were there. Out of all those cars Denny would have had the only Metro had he entered. We all felt the day as we walked and walked, but enjoyed every step, seeing something different along the way. The day ended with another nice cookout, and another evening enjoying our friends and some libations to end the day.
Sunday after breakfast we said our goodbys and started our journey home. Upon reaching Dundee, we detoured to Cabelas to use their dump station. For rvers it's nice to know about the rv friendly places. Now we're home and our Adventurer is back in the shop hoping they get it right this time. We will have to start getting ready for our jaunt to Florida. This winter we will be gone for six months!!! Don't want any chance of snow on our motor home!!
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