St. Joseph, MO

We stopped for the night at the Walmart on the north end of St. Joseph. Both of us are still fighting a caugh and not feeling well. We are heading out again this morning.

Bismarck, ND

We arrived safely at the KOA in Bismarck for our month long visit with our oldest daughter and her family. We enjoyed our time there and it seemed too short as usual. Fall arrived and the weather turned cooler before we left. Our rear a/c heat pump died so I was fortunate to have my son and son in law there to help me get the new one up on the roof. Our door latch broke the day before we left so we had a new one shipped to meet us in Sioux City. Our coach batteries gave us trouble in the way so I pulled them out and replaced them in Sioux City also. We have been here in Sioux City since Friday afternoon and plan on continuing south tomorrow morning. The weather is cool here, but the trees are still mostly green.

Sauk Center, MN

Late publishing this, but our next night was spent at the Walmart in Sauk Center, MN. A quiet night there and off to Bismarck, ND.

Chippewa Falls, WI

We are stopped for the weekend at the Eagle Ridge Campground in Chippewa Falls, WI. Staying for two nights makes for time to go to Mass on Sunday morning and have a leisurely afternoon before going back on the road Monday. Doing my walk around after lunch, I noticed that we were missing a bolt in the bottom of one of our shock absorbers on the motor home. We went to the hardware store here and bought a replacement so I can fix that while we are here.

Escanaba, MI

Yesterday we had to tell my son and his family goodbye and head for North Dakota. We stopped for the night at the Walmart in Escanaba, MI.

Caro, MI

Made it to our son’s house in Caro, MI. We parked in the driveway there for a month. We put a 50 amp outlet in the garage to power the motor home and used our macerater pump to drain our tanks while we were there. Our newest grandson was born a few days after our arrival. We spent our time there holding the new grandson, playing with our granddaughter and working on their new house. It was a long drive to get there with a good visit at the end of it. One day they took us to Frankenmuth, a small touristy town near them. After a great lunch, we spent some time shopping in the largest Christmas store in the world and then went for a carriage ride.

Portage, Indiana

Stopped for the night at the Bass Pro Shop in Portage, IN. Spent some time looking around inside and then had a quiet and peaceful night.