Studebaker Museum in South Bend, Indiana 4/6/07.


 

Shopping in Nappanee. This little Amish country store (Rentown) is where we'll get butter made from the first cream (when we have our RV back).
The "Homestyle" furniture store is owned by Amish that sells products from local carpenters. We could've spent a fortune in here; loved this sofa table out of cherry wood. Just killin time...
The furniture store was lit by propane lamps that are similar to Coleman Lanterns without the glass. 

Mountain Aire in Newmar Paintshop 4/4. Completed clear-coating today; it will stay in this bldg. for 24 hours while caulking and diamond shield will be applied. Tomorrow afternoon it returns to the service bay for installation of awnings, etc. Here's a shot of the passenger-side.
Driver's side.
Our rear-end.










Typical backroad traffic-jam in the flat, farmland country-side around Nappanee. Today it's in the 30's and snowing! (over 40 degrees colder than yesterday!)

Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, 4/3/07. This shot taken near the center of the campus: Founded in 1842 consisting of 1,250 acres w/2 lakes, over 130 bldgs, and student body of 11,400. Undergraduate tuition is $33,407 and room/board averages an additional $8,730.
The Catholic "Basilica of the Sacred Heart" near the center of campus at Notre Dame is over 125 years old.
The "Main Bldg" next to the Basilica houses administration offices & classrooms. The gold dome on top is covered by approx. 1,250 paper-thin strips of 23-karat gold leaf.
This is the front door to the Basilica. Notre Dame is known for it's many enchanting, beautiful doors. 

Newmar Paint Shop 4/3/07. Guys on stilts detail prior to clear-coating.
This is our Mountain Aire getting stripes painted prior to clear-coating.
Striping spray-mask on our RV.
View from "Camp Newmar". 

Newmar Plant 4/2/07. Below are Spartan chassis awaiting motorhome bodies.
RV's entering the paint-prep shop; taping off parts NOT to be painted. Our Mountain Aire is in front of the coach shown.
Base-coat paint is applied in this area; our coach is barely shown in front of this line.
Gray is primer-paint. 

Amish in Nappanee, IN 4/2/07. This is an Amish School in the country-side.
Trying on Amish hats at the Amish Acres Store.
OLD barn at Amish Acres (1800's).
The Amish Inn at Amish Acres where we're currently staying. 

RV progress in Indiana; week of 3/26.
Furniture at Villa being repaired. Tuesday: The leather is being fixed on this couch.
Thursday: Rebuilt couch is like new!
Tuesday: New fiberglass side installed waiting installation of windows/basement doors.
Friday: Windows/Bay doors installed; ready for paint next week. 

RV progress week of 3/26/07 (Indiana).
Villa Furniture fixing one of our couches on Tuesday.
Thursday: After being rebuilt, couches are much better - yeh!
Tuesday: New fiberglas side on passenger side awaiting windows & basement doors.
Friday: Windows & bay doors in; ready for paint shop next week. 

Elkhart, IN at the new RV Museum 3/27/07. This was a doll-size play set.
This wood-burning stove was in the 1920 motorhome shown after the next picture.

This motorhome had the wood-burning stove inside. 

Residing the RV at Newmar 3/26/07.
New gas engine, RV chassis being unloaded at the Newmar plant 3/25/07.

Our naked Mountain Aire! New fiberglass side being glued on.

Basement doors will all be replaced too. Thank goodness, they've covered all the windows with paper!