Goshen, IN - Keystone Service

We arrived at the Keystone manufacturer's lot on a Sunday afternoon so the place was very quiet.  They have full hookups here for customers.  We're stopping by to get a few things taken care of here before heading to Cinci.  Our first night here we had some severe weather roll in early evening which made for a cool sunset:

Our 1st day hanging out while the trailer was being worked on we decided to head for Indiana Dunes State Park on Lake Michigan.  Very nice park.  We biked the whole park and then scoped out the beach:

Evidently the water is not open until 11am as they kept announcing that over the loud speakers but unfortunately for all the people waiting . . . at 11am they announced the beach was closed due to the water being unhealthy.  Looked nice but glad we didn't put our feet in!

We also drove up to New Buffalo, MI where we checked out the beautiful waterfront and hit the downtown area shops.  With this being Susan's 1st time to MI, this also made it official that we both now have been to 49 of the 50 states - Hawaii next trip!

Looking like we're going to be here a couple days as they slowly make repairs to the trailer.  They've been putting us up in a hotel nearby.  One day we took a tour of the Keystone Montana manufacturing plant.  Great tour as we were able to see exactly how our rig was built:

Getting around this area isn't too bad but you may find yourself waiting on horse & buggies at rush hour . . .

One day we hit the Pumpkin-Vine & Maplehart Nature Trails with our bikes.  Roughly 26 miles of trails which go from Elkhart to Goshen to Middlebury to Shipshewana.  We covered about half of the trails in 1 day with beautiful farm land and canals along the way:

We saw deer in the farmers fields:

and lots of wildlife along the canals including these ducks:

and turtles:

and many swans by the dam:

and this grizzly and her cubs:

Oops, Duck & ducklings!  Got your attention though!

Great bike trail!  We did the other half of the bike trail the next day.  This part of the trail was a little messed up.  The map shows it running through Middlebury however it would stop with no clue as to where it picked back up.  We finally found the main trail hidden behind the DQ which we took for 4-5 miles out to Shipshewana.  Lots of farm land with horse & buggies parked in the driveways all along the trail.
We're looking forward to leaving for Cinci today after hanging out with the Keystone crew (better than new the techs tell us).  These guys really have been great about the whole thing!

More to come . . .