Well folks, here's another update. After we left Tunica, we decided to go to Paducah, KY. We were there in the fall of 2007 and enjoyed the National Quilt Museum so much we decided to see it again. It was well worth the return. From there we went to Shepherdsville, KY, just south of Louisville, the same place we stopped last spring. We went back out to the Jim Beam Distillery and this time we splurged and bought a bottle of the "good stuff", Jim Beam's "Booker's True Barrel Bourbon". It's sippin' stuff! After there, we drove over to the Kentucky Horse Park and spent a couple of days there. It was rainy and cold, so we didn't do much there but hang out.

On Thursday, 4/16, we drove to Lazy River Campground at Granville, OH. This is a campground in a country setting situated a little east of Columbus. Near there is the Longaberger Basket Company. Below is a picture of Longaberger's Home Office. As you can see, it is a very unique structure in that it is a 7 story basket. Near there, we visited the Longaberger Homestead, a shopping area that displays and sells their products. The factory is there, where you can watch the baskets being made, and even make your own if you choose. There is also a huge outlet store in the same building, where one can find some bargains on seconds. 

We left Ohio on Saturday, 4/18 and travelled east to Bedford, PA, where we spent a couple of nights and then went on to Hershey, PA. There we took in the Hershey Chocolate Experience. On Wednesday, 4/22 we moved a whopping 40 miles to Country Acres Campground in Gordonville, PA, near Lancaster. This is a beautiful park with lots of green grass everywhere. It backs up to a huge Amish farm. The only down side here is it is fertilizing time in the area, and with the 80+ temps, it makes for an interesting aroma! This is a beautiful part of the country and there are many things to see and do here. On Saturday 4/25, we drove over to Wilmington, DE (about 35 miles) so we could add the last of the 48 contiguous states to our map of states visited.We ended up staying nine days in Dutch country and capped off the stay with a day trip to Philadelphia and a trolley tour of the city.

On Saturday 5/2, we arrived a Niagara Falls. Sunday we went to Lockport for a very nice  visit with Ardelle's sister, Beverly, and her niece April and family. It's been about 5 years since we've seen them. 

On Monday, the highlight of our day was a meal of wings (the tourists call them "buffalo" wings) at Duff's. We enjoyed them so much we ordered another batch to go and had them for dinner Wednesday night. On Tuesday we did the tourist thing at Niagara Falls and enjoyed it as much as we did 5 years ago. Of course we had to have a New York hot dog for lunch!

Wednesday, we moved on to Erie, PA for an overnight stop. We are in Elkhart, IN over the weekend where we will visit the RV Hall of Fame and Museum. We are also going to Bradd and Hall, a large RV furniture supplier, to look at euro recliners to use for our computer desk.

Tuesday we head up to Grand Rapids, MI for a visit with Ardelle's brother, George and his wife Peggy.