Oct 15/ 2012 Windy, Windy, Windy Fall Day
Today the park we called our home base for the summer closed for the season. Our time to leave felt right. Just in the weeks past we attempted to see all the kids and the new grandchild and said quick goodbyes to family and friends till we fly back for Christmas.
Even though the Detroit Ambassador Bridge was a bad memory from our first trip away last year we decided with a year under our belt we would take it again. Yes! This time was much better, the lanes across the bridge were all open no jersey walls or cones to narrow us into threading the needle.
We also thought this year we are taking more groceries and alcohol. When questioned by the customs officer we reported we had half a dozen bottles that were partial and about one case of beer - that was ok with him. Vegetables and fruit? We reported we had no seed type with us, just some lettuce and celery - that was ok with him too. Meat? Yes we had some lunchmeat and some frozen chicken - chicken is ok (but not beef, which we did not have). He asked Billy to look in the trailer and then gave us back our passports and told us to have a good trip!!!! Yeah, we were good to go and this time we will be able to have a beer when we stop.
There was a high wind advisory thru the night last night and it was still pretty gusty today however; we were only planning on going a couple of hours to Van Buren, Ohio. The campground we hit last on the way home in the spring which is Pleasant View was a perfect stop to a short day. It's quite a nice little spot and the best thing was that we were able to be reunited with our friends that we had many a Happy Hour in Aruba. They just live a short drive away and came for a great visit - only thing missing was the ocean and the bunker bar :) We had a great afternoon and night - Cheers to our friends the "Buckeyes".
Today the park we called our home base for the summer closed for the season. Our time to leave felt right. Just in the weeks past we attempted to see all the kids and the new grandchild and said quick goodbyes to family and friends till we fly back for Christmas.
Even though the Detroit Ambassador Bridge was a bad memory from our first trip away last year we decided with a year under our belt we would take it again. Yes! This time was much better, the lanes across the bridge were all open no jersey walls or cones to narrow us into threading the needle.
We also thought this year we are taking more groceries and alcohol. When questioned by the customs officer we reported we had half a dozen bottles that were partial and about one case of beer - that was ok with him. Vegetables and fruit? We reported we had no seed type with us, just some lettuce and celery - that was ok with him too. Meat? Yes we had some lunchmeat and some frozen chicken - chicken is ok (but not beef, which we did not have). He asked Billy to look in the trailer and then gave us back our passports and told us to have a good trip!!!! Yeah, we were good to go and this time we will be able to have a beer when we stop.
There was a high wind advisory thru the night last night and it was still pretty gusty today however; we were only planning on going a couple of hours to Van Buren, Ohio. The campground we hit last on the way home in the spring which is Pleasant View was a perfect stop to a short day. It's quite a nice little spot and the best thing was that we were able to be reunited with our friends that we had many a Happy Hour in Aruba. They just live a short drive away and came for a great visit - only thing missing was the ocean and the bunker bar :) We had a great afternoon and night - Cheers to our friends the "Buckeyes".
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| View from our motorhome at Pleasant View |
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