May 16, 2013 - Holland Michigan Tulips

Well we left the Factory and Shipshawana to go to Holland to see the tulips...it was an easy drive just less than 2 hours up here....We enjoyed the visit to Holland and even found a frozen yogurt store....yummy....Tomorrow we will head to Empire just in time for the Asparagus Festival!!! Fun time will keep you up to date on whats happening....

Sep 15, 2012 - A Beautiful Day in Michigan

The weather has been perfect - cool mornings and warm afternoons with crystal clear, bright skies during the day. On Friday night we went out to dinner in Grand Haven, a few miles north of Holland. We ate at a restaurant right on the water. It could have been the Gulf of Mexico that we were seeing from our table. We were there with Nick, Jerry's brother, Beth, our niece, and two of her children, Allen and Peter, who are now young adults. Peter had lobster for the first time and loved it. Gonna need a little more money now that he found out...

Sep 13, 2012 - Holland, Michigan

The night before we left for Michigan we drove to Chicago to have dinner with Pete, one of my nephews, and his friend Sophie. Pete is studying to be a web site designer and Sophie is student teaching. They live about a mile from where Jerry and I lived when we were first married in 1972. In fact our very favorite Chinese Restaurant is a couple of blocks from their apartment. Sadly, after all these years, it closed this past spring. These days the residents of the neighborhood are primarily Indian so we went to an Indian restaurant for...

Aug 15, 2012 - Holland MI

The sun was shining, a beautiful day to drive to Holland. We had wanted to stay at a campground in Holland but it was full so we stayed at Dutch Treat Campground in Zeeland and that worked out quite well. The campground was not too far from Winding Creek Golf Course which had an 18-hole and a 9-hole course as well as a driving range. We got in 9 holes just before a men’s league showed up. Holland’s downtown is quaint what with the Dutch architecture and the myriad of little shops and restaurants. New Holland Brewing Company is a great...

Aug 12, 2012 - Holland Without Passports!

From Hidden Ridge Resort – Hopkins, MI We left our passports in the fire safe back at the RV Park but still enjoyed a beautiful Sunday morning in Holland! When you think of Holland you think of windmills, wooden shoes and tulips. Today we enjoyed all this except the tulips that have long since bloomed out from their prominence during April and May. This small town on the shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Macatawa was settled by the Reverend Albertus C. Van Raalte a Dutch minister in 1847. He was followed by his family and members of his...

Jul 12, 2012 - The Tulip City - Holland, MI

When we made a 10 a.m. appointment at the paint shop in Bremen, we thought all of Indiana was on Eastern time; not so, we’ve been in Central Time here in Michigan City. So, we needed to get going by 8 o’clock, which was really 9 o’clock, to be in Bremen by 10 o’clock. It was an easy ride on a relatively good road and we arrived with 5 minutes to spare. We spent some time looking at pictures, talking to them, and doing a coach walk-around inspection. We should get a quote shortly and we made a tentative appointment for next April. We’re not...

Jul 6, 2012 - Holland, MI

Even though we still have no answers as to when we might get into the factory we decided to continue on with our original itinerary. We came down to Holland on Tuesday, July 3. It was a nice ride down. The scenery changed drastically - from the heavily forested northern Michigan to more commercial and built up southern Michigan. The campground here is Holland has a lot of amenities and is right across from a lake and down the road from a State Park on Lake Michigan. On Wednesday, the 4th, we decided to go into Grand Rapids to the Ford...

Nov 29, 2011 - And Away We Go... Almost

Wow, in just a few short months we'll be officially retired and ready to hit the road. Well, at least one of us will... me, Steve. Kim however has a little work to do before she can begin traveling with me full-time. But that's okay we'll figure it out. Who knows maybe our travels, pictures, video production and writing will replace her income and we'll be able to hit the long dusty trails and back roads we so long to travel in the USA. Until then however we'll be taking short trips to exciting places and reporting them to you as we...

Jul 27, 2011 - Home Away From Home

You can't travel if you have nothing to travel in, right? That's what we thought too so we took care of that situation a couple of days ago. We are now the proud owners of a Ford high-top Conversion Van complete with power everything including a bed. It also has for entertainment purposes two separate stereo systems, a built-in TV/DVD player, Air conditioning, Heaters in front and back, 4 captains chairs and so much storage cabinetry that I don't think we'll even use it all. Gotta admit we're pretty excited about getting out on the road in...

Jul 1, 2011 - Van Buren SP, MI to Holland MI 45 miles

Bonnie said good-bye to her chipmunk buddies at the SP and we drove to Holland, in the rain. There are lots of blueberry farms in the area; harvest time is August. As it is 4th of July weekend campgrounds are scarce. We finally found space in a marginal campground. We did meet some nice neighbors, 2 couples from Ann Arbor, here for the holiday to boat and watch fireworks. We discovered a leak in the RV roof in our bedroom after all the rain. Charlie repaired (caulked) it on Saturday. We also went to the Eight Street Marketplace where a...

Jun 6, 2011 - Holland, Michigan

Today was a really tricky travel day. First we went through Wyoming and then we ended up in Holland. Of course, they were both in Michigan so it wasn't really that bad. We didn't even have to get up at the crack o' dawn since we only went 81 miles. The kids were really surprised when we got to our destination so soon. -- For the next week, we are saying at the Oak Grove Campground in Holland, Michigan. It is beautiful here with huge shade trees everywhere, lots of grass and rhododendrens blooming. We picked one of the larger premium sites...

Oct 11, 2010 - Indiana to Michigan

We left Indy today and drove towards Michigan. We had planned to make some stops in Indiana but after some research changed our minds. We drove directly to Holland, Michigan which is located on Lake Michigan. The road we traveled on was so flat with out many curves. We just drove straight for about 150 miles. We did get to see our first colorful leaves since we left. There were beautiful reds, oranges, and yellows. It has been very dry here also. They have had record temperatures in the high 80's the last couple weeks. Richard was happy...