Ken and I enjoyed sleeping in this morning after our late night watching Scott's band. And the leisurely morning was even better after all the going and going we've been doing. But by 11:00 we were off to Flint to meet Winnebago friends (and Florida) who are spending some time here in Michigan seeing some of the sites as well as visiting friends of theirs and getting their motorhome fixed. Dave and Donna will be leaving shortly for Niagara Falls and the beginning of the Upstate New York caravan that they are hosting. But meanwhile we had a delightful long long long lunch with them at Copperwood Grille just catching up on all we've both been doing since we were last together at a Mid Florida Winnies gathering in Cedar Key, Florida in mid April.
Students boarded in homes in the area basically living out of their cars since they left to work at jobs provided by their sponsors every 4 weeks - so it was 4 weeks at school and 4 weeks on the job and living somewhere else often another boarding home.
Now their is a dorm, a recreational building, fields for sports, a huge green, a student center and one more classroom building.
General Determination, a huge dog statue still remains and has had many many more coats of paint, a tradition through the years done for a variety of reasons during the school year. We could still smell the fresh paint when Ken checked it out
We wandered through the Student Activities building that included a huge honorary board with names on it of people who have given monetary gifts to the university over a period of years. Since we do each year his name is on it (he has also been a class agent for many years and helped with several activities)
In the center court area there are flags hanging representing the countries that have students in attendance. It is a pretty impressive site
It was fun just to walk around the campus area and see all the changes that have taken place since he graduated 50 years ago.
We then drove to the nearby store called The Great Divide that carries all kinds of merchandise for Michigan State University and University of Michigan - the great rivals of Michigan. Since Ken has master's degrees from each of these schools we decided to stop and see if they still carry a shirt that has both schools on it. Sure enough they did so of course he had to have it.
We then headed back toward the campground sharing all kinds of memories of all those years of schooling. And since we were in a reflecting mood we decided to stop at a place across from the campground for a dish of Cook's delicious ice cream from the Cook Farm Dairy that we use to visit so often. Hmmm good!!!!!!
Once into the campground we decided to drive around to see how full it was and check out the group sites to see if there were any interesting groups. And there was!!! The Tin Can Tourists were occupying one entire circle with many many attendees. What fun to drive around the circle and just check out some of the RVs in attendance.
It drizzled off and on all day but shortly after we returned it got more persistent so we decided to just enjoy a quiet evening at home listening to the rain drops on our roof.
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