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Down to the final leg of our journey we arose early in Louisville and decided to hit the road as soon as possible so we could get the trailer winterized in Elkhart, Indiana before we settled into our final campsite at Eby’s Campground.

Readers of Grandma’s Recess will recall that we stayed here last summer with Joan’s sister Diane and our brother-in-law Denny. Couple of differences this time though, we are the only ones apparently staying in the park and there is snow on the ground. Ugh.

Temperatures were in the low 40s, but are expected to go backwards for the next couple days starting tonight.

Only one bathroom and shower is open but we’ll make do for a couple days. Unfortunately the park management had to leave today before we arrived and we were not given the key for the wireless Internet, so that will hopefully explain the late posting of this blog entry.

During the drive today there were a couple very tight construction spots that kept me on my toes while negotiating the rig through heavy commuter traffic in downtown Louisville.

Also took a new highway, US 31, which was slow at first as it worked its way through north Indianapolis, but once it cleared out it was a nice highway with some interesting vistas, including some pretty heavy flooding from yesterday’s storms.

We stopped at Capital RV Services and had the water lines blown out so that when temperatures drop into the low 20s tonight we will not have to worry about breaking a water line. The leak I thought I had fixed in Pensacola returned overnight in Louisville and so the trailer will be going in for service as soon as we arrive back so we can get that fixed.

Talked to our Lapeer RV mechanic today and he gave us some advice on the winterization, which we had performed this afteroon.

Joan fixed Shrimp Louie for dinner and without Internet and only minimal over-the-air stations we had a quiet night in a very quiet park. Tomorrow we have a couple chores to do (more on that later) and then we’ll prepare for the final leg of our trip Thursday morning.

The eagerness to get home is starting to settle in. (The answer to the headline question is snow and cold). (Thanks to the McDonald's in Middlebury, Indiana for the free wifi so I could post this on Wednesday afternoon).

Mileage out: 57990
Time out: 9 a.m.

Mileage in: 58300
Time in: 3:20 p.m. (with a ½ hour maintenance stop in Elkhart)