Tuesday July 13th On The Road

Left Emmett MI KOA Campground this morning at traveled across MI to Byron Center, just outside of Grand Rapids MI. Staying at Woodchip Campground here. We will be here for a few days. Will be visiting Saugatuck MI, where Yvonnes brother lived. We will have dinner with Yvonnes sister in law and hopefully be camping on her property for a few days if all goes well. We have a few motorhome problems to get fixed and have a reservation on Friday with a service center here. Ivan and Randi decided to move on and are on their way to Forest City Iowa. Hopefully we will hook up with them again soon.

Monday July 12th

Nothing planned for today. Laundry, cleaning and relaxation. Ivan and Randi
left this morning to a RV repair facility in West Hudson MI, outside of Detroit.
They have been trying to find an RV facility to handle a recall they have and
they finally were able to find one after working with the Workhorse Factory
Rep.
We will leave tomorrow and head to Grand Rapids where we will spend a few
days and hopefully get our RV repaired. We have a problem with our HWH
system (controls the jacks and slideouts). Will also visit Yvonne's sister in
law in Douglas MI.

Sunday July 11th Vist to Yvonne's Aunt and Uncle

Since Yvonne grew up in Michigan she still has cousins, aunts and uncles here. Today we drove to Lapeer MI to visit her mothers sister, her aunt Coleen and Uncle George. They are in the late 80's. Her cousin George Jr. and his wife Marilyn stopped by. After visiting we drove over to visit her cousin Peter at his liquor store.
Arrived back at the campsite around 5:00. Enjoyed happy hour with Ivan and Randi then fired up the barbque and cooked some fresh salmon.

Saturday July 10th Downing Reunion

Today Yvonne and I attended Yvonne's Downing family reunion. Yvonne's Mom is a Downing and about 40 Downings showed up in Sandusky MI. Although Yvonne only knew 3 people there (myself, her Mom and her aunt Corky) she had a great time meeting her relatives. Lots of family photo's were available for viewing. The one here is Yvonne'[s great great grandparents and their kids. The reunion was located in a remote area outside of Sandusky on one of the Downings property. Great food and lots of family stories.

Friday July 9th Back to the USA

Left Niagara Falls Ontario Canada this morning and traveled to Emmett MI. We hit rain about 20 minutes into the trip and while driving my drivers side windshield wiper stopped working. No place to stop on the expressway so Yvonne was my eyes until we found a truck stop. After the rain slowed down a bit I was able to fix the wiper and get us back on the road. When we got to the border the traffic was backed up about 3 miles before the bridge. Took us over an hour to get over the bridge and in line to cross the border into the USA. Arrive at the KOA in Emmett around 2:30.

Thursday July 8th

This is Yvonne and my first visit to Niagara Falls and let me tell you all of the pictures we have seen of the falls over the years do not do it justice. Its amazing and the sound of the water is like thunder. We spend the whole day at the falls. We were told that the Canadian side was the best and it is true. The views were unbelievable. We took the Maid of the Mist boat trip to the base of Horseshoe Falls and walked under the falls through caves. That evening we enjoyed a wood fired pizza with Ivan and Randi.

Tuesday & Wednesday July 6th & 7th

Left Florida NY this morning Tues July 6th) and traveled to Campbell NY for the night. Nice and easy drive. Today (Wed July 7th) we left Campbell NY and traveled to Niagara Falls Ontario Canada.. Drove through some beautiful NY country and experienced crossing the border into Canada with a motorhome. The lanes at Canadian customs were very narrow and we only had inches to spare on both sides of the motorhome. Crossing into Canada through their customs was a breeze and only took a short time. Checking into our campground and spent the afternoon checking out the area. Tomorrow we will spend the whole day visiting the falls and its attractions.