Today is our third day in the Elkhart, Indiana area. ...and we stayed this long on purpose! We have had a great time touring the Amish countryside and shops, RV factories, flea market and museums. We toured three RV manufacturers to see how they made their trailers; DutchmanAerolite, Keystone Bullet, and Forest River Surveyor. All are made in a similar way - walls, floors and roofs with aluminum frames with fiberglass and wood sandwiched on each side, foam insulation inside. The differences between the brands are subtle, like some roofs can be walked on, some mfg's put more aluminum into their structure, more insulation, better quality cabinets, etc. We're leaning toward the Surveyer model, although, we're still looking. evergreen RV makes some good ones too, but pricy.
We also visited the RV museum, which was surprisingly interesting. starting with old wagons, with flip-out tents, model T's, the early Airstreams, etc. It was fun to see how they've evolved.
Today we did a 90-mile CD-narrated tour of Amish country including Elkhart, Bristol, Shipshewana, Goshen, Napanee, Wakarusa. We stopped along the way at a old working water-powered mill, several shops, a cheese factory, and the Yoder Popcorn company. On Weds we visited Shipshewana's Huge flea market, the largest in the midwest with 1000's of vendors from typical flea market crap, through handmade pies, jams jellies, furniture made by the Amish. Row after row, after row. On gravel ... with a wheel chair. Grand fun.
Tomorrow we head further west with only overnight stops for four nights until we get to Custer State Park and the Mount Rushmore area.
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