Winding down in Michigan (10-8-11)

        As they say, all good things must come to an end.  We are entering our last few days of our 5 week stay in Michigan. Since the wedding we've spent a little time with the kids , but more time with friends.  We had a great time last Sunday- we went for a 15 mile bike ride with Rick and Karen, then went to a pub to watch the Lions win against the Cowboys! We've had dinner with some friends and lunch with others. 
      As usual, Paul's been busy modifying things.  Since he has access to more tools here he is taking advantage of it. Friends of ours gave the kids a dining room table and chairs, but the table was really too big, so Paul cut it down for them. And of course he did it in such a way that they can still add the leaf in when they have guests!  He swapped out our shower set up and installed the new Delta  (pretty nifty) set up that we paid big bucks for.  We can control temperature and water pressure separately now, which makes a huge improvement! Since we have the sewing machine, he cut down the comforter from a king to a queen and modified the bottom sheet to be able to add a bungee cord (to keep it tighter). The last time I used a sewing machine, I was 14, so I sure am glad he likes to sew! 
       Now that we’ve  taken care of the last of the doctor appointments and both got a clean bill of health, we will take the final steps to become Texas residents by switching our health insurance and our official address with Ford Motor Company.  Then the only thing left to do will be to get my driver’s license, once we get to TX.
      Yesterday we met a couple who are interested in buying a new Mobile Suites.  They live in the area, so I had invited them over to take a look at ours, in a more relaxing environment than an RV dealership with a salesman standing over you.  We spent two hours showing them around and just chatting. It was actually fun for us.  They are still in the “note taking” stage, one that I remember too well, and have yet to tour the factories, so they aren’t quite ready to make a final decision.
     In the next few days we’ll try to see Jess and David  a couple of times before we leave, and we’ll go through the trailer to make sure everything we want back in storage made its way there.    From here we head to the DRV factory to get more work done on the trailer, and if we can get out of there fast enough, we hope to meet up with some friends in Branson MO.  After that, we may head to Hill Country in TX, or, we may go the other way and head to New Orleans again.  We’ll see!  I look forward to being back on the road with no plans whatsoever, but I know that i will really miss my daughter.  I got used to having her around!