We are back in Michigan!

The past week has gone by so fast because we have been moving a lot and covering a lot of ground. I haven't posted in about seven days but since then we have been in Georgia, then on Edisto Island near Charleston South Carolina where we took a carriage tour of the historic city. On Saturday we moved to the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. We were running from the rainy skies and high humidity in the south. It followed us to the north. We had rainy weather in the Smokies over night and into the morning so we decided to keep moving. We were disappointed because the Smokies are so beautiful at this time of year and we were looking forward to visiting the area for a couple of days. We drove to northern Kentucky on Sunday and were in and out of rain all the way. We spent the night at Big Bone Lick State Park just south of Cincinnati, Ohio. When we got up on Monday it was dry, but the rains were not far off. We continued on to Indiana on Monday and spent the night near Goshen, south of the Michigan border. On Tuesday we drove into Goshen and toured the Montana Fifth Wheel factory to see how the campers were built. Our travels on Monday and Tuesday were made difficult because of the big winds that were howling both days. We were being blown all over the road and were glad when we settled into Irish Hills in Michigan on Tuesday night.
Today (Wednesday), we visited with Jan Bolling and had lunch with her. Afterwards we packed up again and moved to Brighton Recreation Area and set up camp there. We are now visiting with Laura and Sean and plan on seeing the rest of the kids through the week. We will be back at home on Sunday night if all goes well. This has been a rude welcome home to Michigan with the temperatures in the low forties and today in the thirties with snow showers off and on. It's a far cry from the heat and humidity we were having before we left the south, but it is April and bound to warm up some time.
Like all good things, our winter travels are coming to an end, but we had a marvelous time in Florida and had wonderful weather for three and a half months. We are ready to come home and start back into our summer routines. We are hoping to have a lot of company this summer while we are in our beautiful little corner of Michigan.

Here are a few more pictures from the end of our trip...

Container ship heading out to sea at the port in Savanna.

A classic river boat chasing the cargo ship out of town.

The old port side town in Savanna.

It turned out to be our last beach day of the trip on Tybee Island in Coastal Georgia.

The shimmering coast of Tybee.

This is Charleston, South Carolina. This was another town with a lot of history, but a lot of bombing took out many of the old buildings here during the civil war.

We took a carriage tour through part of the city and learned a lot of history of Charleston.

One of the mansions in town.

Several old churches stood through the war.

Nancy posing with Elwood our one horse power carriage engine.

One of the neighborhoods in Charleston. This was a very picturesque city.

Our camp in the Smoky Mountains. The dogwoods were in bloom all over the mountains.

A fountain in Charleston in a waterfront park.