Hello from sunny CA - John and I will be workkamping at Delta Bay RV Club on the Sacramento River in Isleton, CA, beginning July 1 until the end of Oct. I will post some pictures of our campground and the Delta area soon. Stay Tuned and Have a wonderful summer!!!

Bavarian Festival in Frankenmuth, MI
There was sand sculpting, plenty of entertainment, and may pole dancers, not to mention German beer and food.

This is going to be a great eagle.

Let sleeping dogs lie- more sand sculpting

Sand Sculping these young men were only 16 what a great job they are doing. I hope they win

Entertainers at the Bavarian Festival the young ladies on stage is the Princess and her court for the 48th Bavarian Festival

Bringing in the May Pole

May Pole is almost up

Start of the May Pole Dance

May Pole is almost wrapped

May Pole Dancers

The best chicken dinner we have ever had. Zehnders has been serving their famous chicken dinners continuously since 1856

Downtown Frankenmuth

Hello from Dearborn, MI where we went to Greenfield Village,which is part of the Henry Ford Complex. This is an outdoor museum of more than 300 years of history. The majority of the buildings are the actual buildings instead of reproductions. We saw re-creations and live demonstrations of American ingenuity and crafts. Includes, Thomas Edison, Wright Bros, Daniel Webster's home (creator of the Dictonary), the lost art of the tinsmith, glass blowing, pottery, weaving, etc. We took a ride in a Model T, Horse pulled Omnibus, Steam Train, and a Model A Bus we had a wonderful time at the park- hope you enjoy the pictures.

We took a ride in an actual 1916 model T.

This is the Thomas Edison Village. The brown house is Sarah Jordon's boarding house. The first house to be wired with electric.

Model T with a blown tire

This tow truck was called out because the Model T had a blowout

Where it all got started

Original 1913 Merry-go-round

Another one of Thomas Edison's Inventions the 1st phonograph/recorder- Recordings done on "tin" foil- John was asked to demonstrate how the machine worked by speaking into the megaphone his voice was recorded.

Thomas Edison talking about his invention the Light Bulb.

The Wright Bros house a skit they performed out in front about their 1st flight wihich lasted 12 marvelous seconds.

Horse drawn carriage we rode thru the park

Actual 1930 Model A Bus we rode in

We went to HELL for Hell Fest!! Where we won't go for a festival!! This little town consits of a country store, ice cream store and a bar, and a campground- Wasn't sure I wanted to camp in HELL!!! We did get lost trying to find HELL- I know the jokes could go on and on and on........

Ice Cream in Hell-(get it!! if not say outloud)

This fellow must be a local- where else would you find a casket tool box!!

Casket trailer, notice the TV crew trucks, this was a media event

this is a real town, local school bus bringing all the little devils home for the afternoon

A big HELLO from Kalamazoo, MI we have spent a week here enjoying Michigan wineries, a Greek Festival, then we drove up to Grand Rapids to see President Ford Museum his library is in Ann Arbor. He is the only president that has them split up into two places. We really enjoyed his museum, the oval office had recordings of actual events that took place during his presidency. The cabinet room was interactive with actual situations that took place in the cabinet room and you got to vote on the outcome. There was an exhibit right out of the 70's with Hendrix music and clips from Saturday Night Fever. There was also a very interesting temporary exhibit of all the photographers that died in Vietnam, they were being honored. The photos were wonderful and there are still many missing journalists. We felt very fortunate to see this exhibit since it is leaving the museum in a couple of days.
We found a Bavarian Festival in Frankenmuth so we are headed in that direction.
For now take care and be happy.......

Interesting fact- do you remember- during the Nixon/Agnew Administration- Agnew resigned as VP and Nixon appointed Ford, then Nixon resigned as President and Ford took over, then Ford pardoned Nixon- pretty intersting stuff as we look back......

Replica of Fords cabinet room

Replica of the Oval Office

We can thank President Ford for the ATMS- Most of Fords advisors told him no to the Electronic Data Transfer, but Ford disagreed and signed into regulations for the ATMS. Just imagaine where would we be if Ford listend to his advisors?

another exhibit to show that shows how things were changing

The times they are a changin. Saturday Night Fever was really big during Fords Presidency

China used in the White House during Fords Presidency