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  • 05 October 2024 – Saturday Heading south from Wisconsin to Illinois we stopped at three museums on the way to an overnight stay at a delightful winery. 0830  67,798  55°F  Leave our son’s house heading towards home 1000  67,859  63°F  Exit 3 in Indiana Dumped our holding tanks at Loves Truck Stop for $10 1120…

    RR Museums and Champaign
  •   22 September 2024 – Sunday We head west to Wisconsin, stopping overnight at Indiana Dunes National Park on Lake Michigan, then checking out the Ellwood Museum in LaGrange, Illinois, and wandering around a town in Wisconsin influenced by Norwegian immigrants. 1015  67,288  66°F  Leave Romeo, MI 1155  67,341  74°F  M59@I-96  Stopped and made lunch.…

    West to Indiana and Wisconsin
  • 20 September 2024 – Friday Winona, Ontario Puddicombe Estate Winery was a very pretty and quiet overnight spot. Again, we recommend this Harvest Host. See yesterday’s post for more about them.  This was our foggy view while we enjoyed morning coffee. note: The oriental rug standing up behind the passenger seat is my parent’s being delivered…

    Ontario to Michigan
  • 19 September, 2024 – Thursday Today we visit a Merry-Go-Round Factory, walk to the brink of Niagara Falls, and spend the night at a winery with a railroad theme. 0906  66,982  62°F  Youngstown, NY Leave Four Mile Creek State Park 0957  67,005  66°F  North Tonawanda, NY  586′  Just south of Buffalo we found the Herschell…

    Carousels, Falls, and Wine with Trains
  • 18 September 2024 1038  66,866  71°F  Left Brockport after a quiet night driveway camping and a delicious morning coffee with Steve Harley. Thank you Steve & Pam. 1100  66,900  71°F  Headed west on the Great Lakes Seaway Trail via the Lake Ontario State Parkway 1116  66,905  71F  Hamlin Beach State Park 264′   The park…

    30 Mile Point Lighthouse