We took off this morning to try and locate an RV show that was in town. It took a bit of doing but we finally located it. Unfortunately they only had 2 class A's at the show. Everything else was a travel trailer or a 5th wheel. Bummer, especially since we had to pay to get in! Once you leave the west coast you don't find a lot of motorhomes at RV dealers.
After that fiasco we headed over to the city of South Bend. Why, you ask? Well, the Studebaker museum is located there. It was only about 20 miles away and it was open on Sunday so why not? Bill owned a Studebaker Lark in his younger days. Did you know the Studebaker company started out as a wagon building company back in the 1800's? They moved with the times and went from building wagons to carriages to cars. They finally went out of business in 1966. Their main factory was in South Bend. During the war years they made wagons and other vehicles for the services. They also made airplane engines.
The museum was really well done. They had a display on some of the President's carriages. Not all of them were made by Studebaker but they had a good collection. They have the carriage that President Lincoln rode in the night he was assassinated.
They also had a small display of Italian cars.
When we finished the museum we headed back to the campground. We leave here tomorrow morning and head into Michigan. I hope you enjoy all the pictures. Remember, you can double click on the slideshow and get to larger versions of the pictures.
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