B-10 Rally MI Trip: Over the Makinaw Bridge (Day 3, May 16)

Mackinaw Bridge. Photo by John Golden.

With only a few hours left to reach our destination, we got an early start and crossed the Mackinaw Bridge about 7:30am. There were high winds and the trucks were going about 20mph. We stopped in St. Ignace on the north side of the bridge and bought a few groceries, including the makings for a fresh salad for tonight's potluck.  We asked where to find a good bakery so we could get John, our friend driving another Advanced RV to the B-10 rally, something to bring to the potluck. We ere directed back across the bridge to Mackinaw City.  The $4.00 toll each way made for an expensive rhubarb pie!

About 10:00pm we arrived in Kincheloe, found the RV park, and met Bob, our host for the RV rally.  John pulled in right after us and Bob directed us to adjoining spots. There were about eight other RVs already there, including Dave and April from Utah, who had a cabinet and screen door installed in their new ERA at Advanced RV last week. Later, another Advanced RV customer arrived with a new wine cabinet and screen door installed on their Pleasure Way.  All weekend, both proudly showed their Advanced RV installations to the other Class Bers.

After layering on sweatshirts and jackets against the cold wind, we spent the afternoon visiting the other RVers and showing off our new Ocean One motor homes.  At 5:00pm we gather for a potluck, with lots of good food and camaraderie.  About 31 RVs were there, hailing from California, Utah, Minnesota, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Ontario. They were traveling in every type of Class B:  conversion vans, pop-up campers and Sprinter RVs, new and old. Most had pods and bicycles on the back.  They were a crowd of fun, adventuresome people, many with clever do-it-yourself modifications to their vans.

Mike and I skipped the campfire gathering as the temperature dropped into the 40’s and enjoyed the embrace of our cozy, comfortable Ocean One.