All the RV parks are full!

We have gone out of our way to avoid traffic congestion and thunderstorms. Both have plagued us. We have stayed off of Interstate Highways and focused on other routes that have taken us through many small towns while still providing us with ample lane widths for our motor home. We feel like we have seen more more of this beautiful country this way. We avoided going near Indianapolis since we were there when racing fans were speeding in for the Indianapolis 500. Instead we took "back roads" and went to Dayton. We had tried to get camping reservations in Michigan for the Memorial Day weekend but all the RV parks we contacted were full. We thought we would have to resort to staying in a Walmart parking lot but we were able to find a spot in a KOA near Dayton so it was a good spot to rest and wait for the holiday traffic to disperse. Later we found that the only reason we found a spot was because someone had to cancel their reservation for health reasons. We parked in the middle of a three site grouping that reserves their spot a year in advance and have been going to this same place for about 30 years. Talk about habits!

The KOA was nice but crowded and the sites were too close together for our liking. Nonetheless, most folks actually appeared to be enjoying this form of camping, living in motor homes or trailers and driving their golf carts all over the park while having campfires on an all too warm evening. Wonder what they would do if they ever got out into the out-of-doors? Ah well, to each his own. We like the comforts our motor home provides but we don't call it camping.

We had time to visit the Air Force museum and also drove over towards Columbus to visit an ex colleague of Anne's time in the Seattle School system. We also visited an old Indian village on the Miami River. This village was occupied about 800 years ago by a group referred to the The Fort Ancient culture. The site was saved from modern development and archaeologists have studied the site for about 20 years. Part of the village has been reconstructed based on information learned during the study period. It is really a very interesting exhibit and well worth a visit if you ever are in the Dayton area. Check out: http://www.sunwatch.org/.

The Air Force museum is excellent and has a superb collection of aircraft including one of the planes involved in dropping atomic bombs to end Word War II. If you are an airplane buff you should put Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on your bucket list. You can spend several days there and still not see everything.

We imagine you'll be able to tell where the pictures are from.