This is a heavy driving day. I drive the first leg, while Mike works on his computer and makes phone calls. We enjoy Sirius Radio news, political and music stations. For lunch, we stop at a travel plaza and get iced tea and cookies to supplement our sandwiches in the RV.
We keep on to Elkhart, Indiana, where we have a beer with a young salesman from the company that is molding some plastic parts for Advanced RV’s motor homes. He told us that he understands the appeal of designing and manufacturing motor homes; as a kid, he loved making forts and designing spots for all his favorite things. Who doesn’t love making forts? He also told us about a friend of his in RV sales. After a recent RV show, he asked the guy, “Did you sell any RVs? He said, ‘No, just a bunch of whistling gophers. They ask What does this go-for? When you tell them, they just whistle.’”
After the beer, Mike and I stay on to have a light dinner. We camp at the Elkhart Campground, a burned-out flat grassland that’s nothing much to speak of. But, it is five minutes from our 7:15am appointment the next morning. It’s still 100 degree this evening, so we make a quick walk around the campground to see all the RVs before retreating to our motor home with the air conditioner blasting.
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