Crappy, crappy, crappy, better, good, GREAT!

June 8 – It was mostly a crappy day!  Once we had breakfast and Bill was doing the outside jobs, the poop hose came loose and he had a stinky mess out there.  I could smell it inside and I was thankful it wasn’t my job to deal with!  See why I said “crappy”?

Downtown Windsor

The incident caused us to leave late for our drive to Windsor.  Second crappy thing!  Traffic was not as bad as when we were driving from Windsor and our campground was nice.  The spaces were short for big rigs and only had 30 AMP.  We were fine for the night.  We had lunch and rested a while before showering and heading into the US. 

Bill wanted to go through the tunnel instead of the bridge so

Tunnel back up

he asked the lady at check in how to do that and either he wrote it down wrong or she told him wrong but after a few miles in what we decided was the wrong direction, (crappy) I checked a map and we eventually got to the tunnel entrance.  We got backed up in the tunnel and came to a dead stop. (crappy)  I was not excited over this.  Finally we started moving and had our turn at the border crossing.  Bill got into a conversation with the young man and found he went to University HS and played baseball for Bill’s friend Rodney.  It’s a small world!

Comerica Park

In the big boy chair

Due to road closures we had a lot of issues getting where we thought we wanted to be.  We were trying to get to the island of Grosse Ile in search of 2 lighthouses.  We got there and the historical society was closed and had no information posted on the light houses.(more crappy)  We Googled and drove to where he thought one should be (the other was too far out in the water to see from the island), but no lighthouse.  Bill was getting antsy as he didn’t want to be stuck in a lot of traffic getting to the baseball game, so we gave it up and left the island.  (where we had to pay both ways to use the bridge)

Nice ride....

Ambassador bridge at
night

Traffic was bad and a bit on the frantic side heading back into downtown.  Luckily we had purchased parking when we ordered our tickets to see the Indians play the Tigers. (not crappy) We zipped right in to the lot which was only a block from Comerica Field.  For a Friday night game there were not nearly as many fans as we expected.  We had good seats on the 3^rd base side, lower level.  We had time before the game to check out some fun things at the stadium, like a ride on the Tiger Carousel!  We got our dinner and ate it at a nice courtyard area instead of in our seats.  The game was great, well it’s always great when your team wins.  Leaving the stadium was quick and painless and we crossed back into Canada via the Ambassador Bridge.  The ride home was eventless, so I guess our day wasn’t so crappy after all!

May 20 -  Oh to sleep in a bit was heavenly!  Since we didn’t do Sunday breakfast on



New site at Punderson

Sunday I made bacon, an egg for Bill and almond pancakes and some fruit.  We put out extra food and water for Molly before leaving around 9:15 for Cleveland.  We stopped at the check in booth and Bill went in to let them know what site we had taken and to complain that they had not answered the phones yesterday and they insisted they were there.  Well no one was there at 3:30 and the camp host hasn’t been here since we arrived and we have still not seen a park ranger.  The office people were volunteers.

 

Bill, Xena & Bob Feller

I had printed directions to Progressive Stadium but some was on small back roads and seemed to take a long time.  I thought we were making a stop before we went to the game but Bill was concerned about traffic and parking and he loves to be early to watch batting practice.  We parked right across from Progressive Field and then walked around the block looking for some place to buy a carry in lunch, but all we saw were bar and pub type places.  By the time we got to the gate there were hundreds of kids.  We saw several buses on the highway but didn’t know it was a weather education day and they let the classes in at 10 for a weather program and then they moved them to the outfield bleachers and way up to the top.  We slipped in with the kids and found we were not supposed to be in until 11.  It was OK, we just sat in the shaded seats and waited until the kids vacated our seats.  We had excellent seats but in the sun.  Glad I took my goofy little hat so my head didn’t get burned.

We really enjoyed the game.  We left during a tie but the Indians ended up beating the Mariners in 10 innings and we heard it on the radio as we drove to our next stop.  Before we left I showed Bill where the Indians Hall of Fame was and he checked out all the plaques and the exhibit on Bob Feller.  Right outside the exit gate is a huge statue of Bob Feller so I got Bill’s picture there too.  Bill has a photo of Xena in a ball cap that he is taking everywhere so instead of a Flat Sally, Bill has a Flat Xena.  We will have many photos of Xena.

David Berger NM

In the direction back to the park is the Mandel Jewish Community Center where the David Berger National Monument is.  The monument is the smallest National Monument in the country.  David Berger was a US citizen who moved to Israel and was on the 1972 Olympic Israeli weightlifting team and was killed during the Arab hostage event.  His parents pursued the monument as the only one ever built to commemorate the 1972 Olympic terrorism. 

We stopped at Wal-mart for a few things, filled truck tank and had dinner at Applebees.  We don’t have those at home anymore.  Molly was very happy to see us.  She cried at the door when we went out to for a bike ride.  We put the rack and bikes back on the truck and Bill hooked up the sewer hose for in the morning.  We don’t have to leave particularly early as we only have about 200 miles.  There more campers here tonight that last night, so our area has 6 RV’s and one tent camper.