From there we went to Indiana and stopped over Labor Day to see John and Sheryl. We had a wonderful time visiting and sight seeing with them. John showed us a pit where the granite used in building the Empire State Building was taken. We had a real good time with them and also discussed our plans for a trip out west in 2002.
From there we went to Elkhart, IN. and were there during the tragedy of "9-11". We toured the area and saw a lot of Amish towns and homes. We also toured a lot of the RV manufacturing plants. Elkhart is the largest area for manufacture of RVs. We went to a large flea market in Shipshewana and it's BIG. We ate some Buffalo chili that was out of this world.
We'd like to go back to the area again cause there are probably a lot of things we didn't get to see and do. If we do go back we'll try to find a better camp ground. The sites were dirt and had some "ruts" in them and it was hard to level the coach. The streets were not too bad but when you pulled into the site that was another story.
We left Elkhart heading to Michigan about mid September. While driving we received a call from our Realtor asking if we could get to a fax machine cause she had a CONTRACT for us. YEA, YEA, this is the first contract or any other offer we'd had in over two years. We pulled into the first rest stop in Michigan and I went inside and asked the man where I could find a fax machine. He ask what I wanted a fax for and I told him about the contract. He gave me the fax number for the rest stop and said have it sent here. I called the Realtor and gave her the number and in about 30 minutes we had the contract in hand. We reviewed and signed it and went back in to have it faxed back to the Realtor. When I ask how much I owed he said nothing glad to be of help.
We drove to Frankenmuth to see the large Christmas Store and have dinner at some of the famous German restaurants. We found a real nice quiet camp ground not too far from town. We stayed 
there about three or four days.On our way to Mackinaw City we got a call from our Realtor saying she was setting up a closing date of October 5, 2001 and wanted us to be home by then. We assured her we would be there.
