Wednesday, April 3 2024
When I woke up this morning light snow was falling in Chicago but, by the time I got on the road, it was a mixture of sleet and rain and the roads were just wet. It was, however, a dull journey with gray skies and rain accompanying me all the way.
This blog post will be equally dull for readers as my only stop was at the weirdly named RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, Indiana. The RV/MH represents Recreational Vehicles/Manufactured Housing but I was only interested in the RV part of it. When I did my trip to Montana last year I did a one-way car rental and stayed in hotels but I have often wondered if I should rent a small RV instead. One exhibit at the Hall of Fame is current vehicles and other equipment for RVing so this was, basically, a research stop for me to see what the different types of vehicles offer.
There was also a display of historical trailers and RVs, such as this one that was purchased by Charles Lindbergh to travel the country giving talks after his successful solo flight across the Atlantic.
This is the interior of the trailer that Paramount Studios offered as a house car to Mae West to convince her to leave vaudeville and come to Hollywood. One of the earliest instances of actors being provided with trailers to call home during shooting.
After my visit I continued on to Fort Wayne, Indiana for the night.