Elkhart was on Bill's bucket list because Elkhart is the home of the RV Hall of Fame and Museum. The drive from Madison to Elkhart was the most stressful of our entire trip. It turns out that Interstate 80 that begins in Wisconsin and goes the entire way through Indiana is a toll road. We thought, no big deal. Couple of bucks or so. Wrong! We ended up spending over $50 that day in tolls. Every 12 to 17 miles we had to pull over and pay cash for another toll. It really sucked and the roads were even bad and under construction. I guess that they have to do all of the improvements in the summer before the snow comes. What a rip-off! Okay, that rant is over know. We stayed at a nice RV park in Elkhart. The next day we went on a factory tour of the Jayco factory. (our fifth wheel is a Jayco) The tour was quite informative and all of the workers who did the construction of the fifth wheel are Amish and it was quite interesting to see how they drove their buggies or bikes to work everyday.
On August 4th we toured the RV Hall of Fame and Museum. The Hall of Fame was not much but the museum was awesome. They have the original RV (trailer) a 1913 Earl Trailer and a model T Ford. They have over 50 older RVs dating from 1913 to 1985. My favorite was the 1915 Model T truck with "telescoping" camper. It was built in California and is the first RV with "slideouts". It was a great tour and I can check that off of my bucket list.
On to Ohio and the Pro Football Hall of fame and the final round of the Bridgestone Invitational!
How awesome! I love the first RV...we've come a long way since then! My grandmother always wanted to live in a "house on wheels"...I don't think this is what she was picturing.
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