on the road again

  

October 13 Day one. I was beginning to wonder if we were going to actually leave today. We stopped at the harbor for the required “leaving town pic”, and got trapped in the parking lot by two SUVs that were socializing in the exit lane. I gave them 5 minutes and then pulled up on their bumpers...Oh, were we holding up traffic??? (not that I don't regularly stop to socialize, on Main Street, South Shore, and any other road. But I always monitor my mirror...

After leaving town, at warp 9.5,

I wanted to stop and check how the kayak was riding on the roof. I chose the casino in Manistee, as they have a big parking lot. We went inside “for just a minute” and the “complimentary coffee”. We allowed $5. each...to make gas money. Anne doubled hers and I lost all of mine...Net 0...I was told that I had to pick up returnable cans, all the way to the Indiana line, to make up my shortfall...

I noticed several Adopt-A-Hi way signs that were marked “available”. The issue being that the original sponsor was “in loving memory of” whoever. Did they stop loving them, or just lose interest.....”seemed like a good idea, but it's too much work”.???...

We saw a newbie hitchhiker today. He saw us coming and stepped off the roadway (smart move) and continued to walk backwards (not so smart)... smack into a mailbox. The funny part was that, we saw it coming and, boy was he surprised....

     We spent the night at Potato Creek State Park in Indiana,near South Bend, a wonderful park. Lots of water, trails, woods, and prairie. We were a bit nervous approaching the park, as there were 8 or 10 RVs coming out the access road. We realized that it was Sunday of a three day weekend , late in the day, and there was probably no room... It seems they allow late check out, so there was lots of room. I was particularly happy as we had no plan B, at that point.