That's not a white sand beach !!

Well....now we have SNOW…….and I thought the weather didn’t get bad until January or February !!
We woke up this morning to this….. I took this picture of our steps from inside the motorhome.
In case you are wondering, that is snow on our steps, very white, very cold snow !!

They laughed at us when we complained about the snow. They said that is “Lake Effect” snow not "System" snow. (we are about 25 miles southeast of Lake Michigan) Maybe we're crazy... but that snow looks and feels the same, even if it is called “Lake Effect” snow.

We went to breakfast this morning and took these pictures on our way to Shipshewana, Indiana. So beautiful and cold too, it was coming down pretty good most of the day but only about 3 inches or so actually stuck to the ground. The streets were pretty clear all day the temperature was about 31 or 32 degrees. The weather reports say that we are going to get another 3 to 5 inches of this “Lake Effect” snow by tomorrow. Temp tonight will be about 20 degrees.

Last week we stayed in our coach at the Service Department of the Mandalay factory (they have it from 7am until 3:30 pm). This week we are in a hotel because they have to rebuild the floor under the slide on the driver’s side. Next week we will be back in the coach again (giving it up at 7am and receiving it back at 3:30pm each day). That will be a short week because they are closed on Thursday and Friday. Then the following week we will be back in a hotel while our motorhome is in the paint facility.

Looks like it will not be until about the 8th of December. Came in for a 1 1/2 week stay and it ended up being 4 weeks. But, we are just thankful to get all of this work done here at the factory, they really do a good job and they treat us well also. Our plan is to leave as soon as they finish with our motorhome and head south to nicer weather. We will keep you posted on this blog.

At Mandalay Factory

We are at the factory now in Elkhart. They started working on our motorhome today, and it looks like we will be here for two weeks. We just hope everything in taken care of when by the time we leave. If not we will have to get some of the work done in California, but, we will soon know.

It is cold here now about 30's and 40's during the day and 20's and 30's at night. It has been snowing a little for the last couple of days, but it does not stick to anything, so I don't think it counts, right?? We have had fun visiting with Kristy (Carol's daughter) and her 6 kids while we have been waiting to get in here, they live in Goshen about 10 miles from Elkhart. The grandkids are all very cute and very nice kids too.

Pictures below:

Randy 16 and David 12,

Kristopher 8 and Julie 6,

Emily 4 and Johnathan 3 months.

We will keep you all posted on our progress, we plan to be back in warmer weather as soon as possible. Our plan is to be in Henderson, Nevada for Christmas this year, with Kevin and his family (Carol's Son). Of course we are anxious to see Charles (Joe's son), Lisa and Jacob in Southern California, as well as many of our friends.