July 22nd & 23rd: Jayco Factory Tour, Middlebury, IN & Maumee Bay State Park, Ohio



We visited the Jayco Class C factory tour on Monday.  It was a great tour.  The factory staff are 60% Amish from local farms.  The tour was very different from the other two tours we had. We were allowed to get right on the factory floor, very close to the units that were being assembled.  A Jayco product manager gave the tour.  We started with a comprehensive explanation of the chassis design as we literally stood right at a chassis.  We then followed the line and watched as walls and other equipment was added.  I now have a great understanding of the Jayco chassis design.  I am ready to build my own! At the Jayco visitor center we again got to tour new Jayco units in the back yard of the center.  After Jayco we headed east to Ohio and settled in a great state park for some r&r for two days at Maumee Bay on the western shore of Lake Erie.


Our site at Ebys campground in Bristol IN
Before going to the Jayco plant we had to stop at Walmart one more time and saw these shoppers
                                 

The Amish have corrals for their wagons at Walmart

                                     
A cute sequence


More wagons on the road

When we got to Jayco we had some time so I visited with Jayco service and had a technician Mitch look over my rig and answer some questions

The back yard of the Jayco visitor center where you can tour new rigs
A neat piece of furniture in the Jayco visitor center

Out in front of the Jayco visitor center


The entrance to Maumee Bay State park was celebrating Christmas in July
                                             
Saw this good quote in the gift shop
Our campsite at Maumee Bay.  The air was cool, we slept with the windows open.
                                           


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