This is Thursday. We
got up at 5 AM and left the park at 6, heading down to Kokomo. We arrived there at 8:45 for the 9AM funeral
of Cheryl’s cousin, Marietta (Peanut) Dugan.
The service was nice and Cheryl got to reconnect with a lot
of relatives she hadn’t seen in ten or so years. We drove the rig to Kokomo
because I really didn’t want to drive the Smart Car 100+ miles on I-31. It’ll do it, and probably would have done it,
but it seems kind of small for that type of driving.
We were back here in ElkHart at 3:00 PM.
Yesterday we spent the day visiting
the RV & MH Museum where I found that “MH” doesn’t stand for “Motor Home”
nor “Mobile Home.” It stands for
“Manufactured Housing.”
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| More photos of the RV's inside in our next photo splash |
I really didn’t have high expectations for this museum. Seriously, how interesting can a bunch of old
RV’s be? But it turned out that the
museum is a) HUGE, and b) beautifully laid out, and c) full of “Oh my
goodness! Come here and look at this!”,
moments. We had a ball!
On Wednesday we
went to see the Gene Stratton-Porter house/museum. GSP is one of Cheryl’s favorite Indiana authors. She was born in 1863 and was a prolific
writer. I naturally had never heard of
her, being a Tom Clancy man.
Once again I had no (or very low) expectations of what it
was going to be like, but I wanted Cheryl to see it because I subjected her to
seven days of motorcycling rally and felt I owed her a day for her. OK, once again I had a good time.
Exciting, no.
Fun, no. Interesting, yes. It seems that GSP was a woman far ahead of
her times. Her books made her millions,
and she brooked no guff from anybody.
She also married a very rich man and stood equal to him. She designed her own houses and supervised
the construction crews. I really enjoyed
learning about her.
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| Gravestone of Gene and her daughter |
An interesting history of the photo (right): The statue resting on the gravestone was originally placed on a Civil War general's grave. A tree fell on the statue and the right arm was broken. The statue was replaced on the general's grave and the broken statue was repaired and donated to adorn Gene and Jeanette's grave. (Cheryl)
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| Even during the heat of August, Gene's wildflower gardens are in bloom |
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| This home in the woods on Sylvan Lake couldn't be more inviting. I want to live here! Cheryl |
Oh, by the way. On
the “New Air Conditioner Project.” The
service manager at the RV repair shop says the A/C unit is in the shop, and we
are scheduled to bring the rig there tomorrow at 8AM. Pray all goes well.
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