We crossed back over into the US via Port Huron in Michigan and then traveled southward along the Sinclair River to Algonac State Park, right on the river. All of the shipping traffic in and out of the Great Lakes goes through this river and we had a ringside seat to watch it for a day. The weather wasn’t great but when we got there, Ellyn took a walk around and talked with some of the other people there. She found out that they were getting ready to do the fireworks in Detroit and the river traffic might be slowed down for that. She also found an online app which showed where ships are on the river and when they were going to be in our area. So we put out the awning to keep the rain off and the chairs, got our binoculars out and the camera. The first ships through were a couple of tall schooners. Later there were some cargo ships and the Border Patrol was constantly running back and forth. It was interesting but we were only here over night. Next, off to Indiana.
Shipshewana Indiana is to the East of Elkhart, the RV building capital of the US, and right in the middle of Amish Country. Although I thought she was kidding, Ellyn claims she did not know there was a quilt show going on in town. She went right over and signed up for some of the classes and went around the area looking at some of the quilt and fabric stores in the area. She was right in her element. We were there for three days and it is a good thing we didn’t stay longer. The food there is good old country cooking and we ate way too much of it. The Amish buggies were everywhere, parked in lines at some of the stores, and running up and down the wide shoulders of the roadways. It is a very picturesque area and we had a great time.
From Shipshewana, we went back into Michigan again to Covert, south of South Haven for two nights before heading on to the Chicago area. The campground is a KOA and it was filled with families there for the weekend. We took a dip in their swimming pool the first evening and then went to South Haven and St. Joseph on Lake Michigan. It was a beautiful day and the beaches were getting used by a lot of bathers. We were disappointed to see all the ice was gone from the lake but I’ll bet the people on the beach were happy for it. It was a bad Winter in Michigan but it looks like the Summer has recovered very well.
We seem to have been taking mostly very nice weather with us as we travel. As we get closer to the Mississippi River, we hope this continues because the weather in Minnesota has been very bad this year. Flooding and storms are two things we would rather avoid on our trip.
