July 20th & 21st back to Indiana and several museums in Elkhart

On Saturday we continued east to Bristol, Indiana which is midway between Elkhart and Middlebury.  Both Elkhart and Middlebury have sights and rv factories we wanted to see. We landed at a private campground called Eby's Pines in Bristol.  We got a nice site near a pond. On Sunday we did a lot.  We started by visiting the RV Hall of Fame museum.  It is a great museum which has both representative examples of old and modern rv's.  It is a great experience.  
     After the rv museum we did some shopping at my favorite store when rv'ing: Walmart. From there we visited a jewel of a museum in downtown Elkhart: the Midwest Museum of American Art. It contained a great exhibit of  sculptor Tuck Langland and a comprehensive exhibit of full sized signed lithographs of Norman Rockwell. At the end of our visit we had a nice discussion with the director and curator of the museum Brian Byrn. We ended this full day with a few hours at the local laundromat while it rained.  What a day!
The entrance to the RV Hall of Fame Museum

At the front of the museum outside they had the touring rv for the Eagles fan club.

Also outside Elaine got to pose with one of the many decorated Elks seen throughout--"Elkhart"--get it?

At the entrance lobby to the rv museum Elaine and I posed with a real early rv: the covered wagon.

I like this one: the first Class C rv: a 1969 Chevy!

This a a real early class A rv.  Kind of scary!

A view of downtown Elkhart outside the Midwest Museum of American Art

Across from the museum a great view of the Lowes theatre

The front of the Midwest Museum of American Art

Elaine posing with the director and curator of the Midwest Museum of American Art, Brian Byrn

Elaine and I posing in the entrance lobby of the Midwest Museum of American Art

I loved this quote about sculpturing in the Tuck Langland exhibit

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  1. VickieJuly 23, 2019 at 9:22 AM

    That Chevy RV reminds me of the one Dad rented for our family vacation!

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