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5/16/2009

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_16 May ‘09 Saturday

From Elkhart we drove into Michigan taking a route around South Bend and then up I-31 to I-94 to Hartford, Michigan and our new campground about 4 miles south of town.  American Campgrounds Inc.


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_is associated with Western Horizons our home membership group so that is how we got here.  It is located so far from the railroad lines and the highways that we find it “almost” too quiet.  We’re right in the middle of the Michigan farm lands but the campsite is comfortably set in the middle of some great young shade trees…we like it here a lot, although it is a little far from a major grocery store.  In the past 3 days we had a chance to journey off to Kalamazoo to see the sights and take in a movie (The Soloist, which is VERY GOOD).  We traveled up to Holland, Michigan to see the tulips in bloom


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_and see all the sights around there (Including going out to the Sand Tunnel

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_and walking out to Lake Michigan) and to say that we’ve been in Holland and HOLLAND, The Netherlands…  Yesterday we took a long loop drive that took us to Benton Harbor, St. Joseph and then around to Berrien Springs before turning home.  Benton Harbor was disappointing, but St. Joseph made up for it.  As we were walking the park area high above the waterway, we came upon “The Dahlgren”.  The Dahlgren is an 11 inch solid cast cannon that was cast in the 1800’s for the Civil War.

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_It could shoot a 200 pound solid steel ball over 2 miles, and that was with some pretty good accuracy.  St. Joseph and Holland are both very nice towns of about 30,000 or a little more and both have great personalities.  In Holland we had lunch at a great Brewery Lunch House… “The Holland Brewing Company”.  If you get a chance, you’ve got to try their quality brew, you won’t be disappointed.  In St. Joseph we just enjoyed the walk around town, looking out over the harbor, and enjoying a nice lunch of soup and sandwich in a small bakery/diner.  Today we’ve found ourselves staying home in the motor home.  I’m doing a little catch-up on my journal and editing all the pictures I’ve been taking.  Besides, it was really wet this morning, now the sun is out and the wind is keeping the temperature very cool (50-ish). 

This morning we also made contact with Phil and Kathy.  We are getting close to setting up a time when we can get together in Canada. 


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