DaveInTN

See the sights and escape the heat. Also exploring areas to spend our summers someday.

We spent a week recently at Hearthside Grove in Petoskey, MI. Petoskey is a beautiful town in the northwest part of the Lower Peninsula. Hearthside Grove is a Class A motorcoach resort that offers ownership for those that wish to purchase a site, and also rents sites. Owners can make various upgrades to their sites, including bungalows, outdoor kitchens, fireplaces, water features, etc. Renters can rent a plain site from the resort's unsold inventory, or can rent an owned, upgraded site through the resort. We opted to rent an upgraded site. Our site, while it had a bungalow, did no

Oh crap. I was hoping for SW. Now THAT would be cool!

Wait....I missed somewhere that this was going to be a Star Wars restaurant. I thought this was just going to be a generically themed Space restaurant. Has a Star Wars theming been announced??

That makes sense. The event was in Mackinaw City the same week we were up there. I figured after I saw the 4th or 5th trailer like yours go by on US 31 north of Petoskey that something must be going on.

Arriving late at night is fine, but hitting rope drop the next morning takes your insanity to the next level.

Do you know if there was a rally in northern Michigan a couple of weeks back? We passed several Tab and similar units in Petoskey. And I know I've seen that matching blue and white setup before.... where are they from?

October 23. That's my guess for when Michael buys another RV.

My sources tell me that 20,000k leagues, the Skyway, and Mr Toad will definitely be down then.

Glad you all made it through the blowout without injury. Those things can go wrong quickly, but I'm sure having an adequate tow vehicle plus experience on your part made the difference. It does give you some insights into how most rv's are constructed though, that a simple tire blowout has resulted in the totaling of the entire thing. That's amazing.

I guess no one can complain anymore when people put tents off the pad. Or 40 feet back by the canal.

I love long flights. I might be weird, but I like airplane food, especially on European airlines. Lufthansa has really good food, and the free flowing wine isn't bad either. I just like the little trays with the various compartments, and exploring the unusual options you see like different brands of butter, sauces and such. Then again, my wife laughs at me because I like hospital food too. When she was in each time we had a baby, I was always asking her "you gonna eat that?". LOL> Oh, and my sister says that Spain is her favorite place to visit. She travels pretty extensively

I hate coquina, but for 47 years it has worked. Perhaps gravel will allow for better water runoff or absorption. but won't it kind of suck for tents?

I just got back from spending some time in northern Michigan in our motorhome. We had a great time, and one of the reasons we had a great time is that the weather was beautiful. Highs in the 70's, and low humidity. And even with that, we still ran the A/C in our RV. We chattered our teeth away all night and we loved it. You people that camp in Florida in the summer are nuts. You know, they have these things called interstate highways. Find one with an odd number....those run north/south. Get on it, and drive north until you stop sweating. That's a summer vacation. And in the win

Good information....thanks!

Hey Nick, are those your paddle boards or did you rent them? Was wondering how you like that brand....we've only rented but am considering purchasing a couple.

Don't forget the residential dishwashers discharging grey water all over the ground in an apparent violation of state law every Thanksgiving. But, hey, I'm just being nitpicky.

Is it possible the queue theming wasn't ready for the opening so they put up cheap overlays with the intention of replacing them when the permanent displays are ready? Or am I giving them too much credit?

Walt would not be amused.

Ha, I'm pretty sure he has no clue who I am. I'm just the creepy guy who points at all the cool cars he drives.

The Pickers store in Nashville called Antique Archeology is pretty big. But also pretty expensive. Mike Wolfe is actually our neighbor...but pretty far back behind us as he has a nice big piece of land. It's fun to see the cool old cars and motorcycles that he leaves his driveway in. Some I've recognized from the show. Add me to the list of people who have attending a concert at Red Rocks on the bucket list. I've wanted to do that since U2 released their live EP from there in the early 80s.

Nope. Marathon Coach is serving free drinks and food so I'm drinking what they are offering.

Kungalingus. You'll have to excuse me but I'm on my 4th Horny Monk.

Normally I'd say I hope things got better, but since that's not the case I'll just say I hope everyone made it home safely and I hope you made at least a couple of good memories.

I have always found that to be a very ironic company name.