June 10 - Goshen, Indiana

This morning we left Elkhart, IN for Goshen, IN which by way the crow flies isn't very far. Originally Laurie and I had texted each other that we would wait for them to get done with their coach report. But then George said it was pointless for them to drive over where we were and then drive back to Goshen again, plus we were in the handicapped section, so we couldn't be next to them anyway. Then they texted me that they didn't have their paper work, so after I texted them the address, phone number and GPS Lat./Long. George called Bob and He said that Laurie found the paper work. Before we left for our trip I received an email from FMCA (Family Motor Coach Assoc.), that the railroad tracks on the direct route to the fairgrounds for the Glamarama Rally were being repaired so they had the road closed. The sent a link to alternate directions. George printed out the map but only half of it. I vaguely remembered it being bigger and it was. Thank goodness for smart-phones. Of course it wasn't to scale and we saw lost Motorhomes trying figure out the cryptic directions. The funny thing is we were closer and left before Laurie and Bob. When we drove up to where the motorhomes were waitng to be parked, there was Laurie and Bob. So George asked the parking attendants if we could move from the handicapped section to the general lot to be next to Laurie and Bob. I actually didn't know if we were allowed to as I was driving our SUV until they actually parked us. The Elkhart County Fairgrounds are really nice as they have 50 amp service, water and sewer. After we got settled and leveled we headed out to go to the Studebaker Museum in South Bend, IN. We stopped for lunch and then proceeded on our way. As webwere driving the SUV was making a thumpa thumpa noise when we slowed down. I had thought before we left for the trip that there was something wrong with a tire that George had fixed about a month or so ago. The place plugged it and what we found out today, is they didn't do a very good job. Apparently when a tire is properly plugged they plug all of the layers and when they did ours, they didn't get all of the layers and air leaked inside, between the layers which caused them to delaminate. As a result we had to get two new tires. The Goodyear tire place we stopped at diagnosed the problem, and installed the new tires and balanced them while we waited. In the facility they had two macaws in a cage with an open door so they could fly around the showroom. We never did go to the Studebaker Museum as they closed at 5. So instead we took another motorhome manufacturer tour. This one was Thor in Wakarusa, IN. Another informative explanation on how motorhomes are built, and how their quality control and designs in their opinion are superior to they other manufacturers. On the way back we stopped for groceries  with a lot of problems as three GPS navigation apps were all going a different way to the same location. Finally got back to the Motorhomes and had hotdogs and French fries on the grill. Then we walked around looking at the new motorhomes for sale.