Pine Ridge RV Resort

We start the day off going to Bronner's Christmas Wonderland. It is the largest Christmas store in the world. Some people come and spend a day at the place, where we only spent a couple of hours there. The store and property run along M83 for a half mile. At night the whole area is aglow with Christmas displays light up, a wonder to see and here. They have the silent night chapel a complete replica of the chapel where the. Original song was written. You just can't imagine how big this place is.....if you ever get to Michigan this is a must see place.
Monday afternoon we went for a drive. We heard about a campground in Bay City area. Thought we would look it over as a possibility for next year. It was in Essexville where we use to live. It was located at the end of the road abutting Saginaw Bay, nice but close quarters and if the wind would be out of the north or northeast it could really be cold and ugly out there, but it is a possibility, something to keep in mind.

Since we were quite close to the old neighborhood where we raised our family we took a drive into the neighborhood. Not much has changed, the trees are older and more established, some have redone landscaping but nice neighborhood. We saw Terry Swihart's out in his yard so we stopped. His wife Romaine was at work (70 years old) but we did manage to see her before we left. They look the same and the thought we did too.
Tuesday the Detloff's came to see our motorhome. I think they were a little surprised how roomy it is. Then as we all must do it was out to dinner at Bavarian Inn. They are known for there family style chicken dinners so we played tourist and ate the chicken dinner. They have a glockenspiel and it chimes on the quarter-hour. Really reminds me of when I was in Germany and the glockenspiels I saw there. At the end of the day we were worn out, that seems to happen a lot lately.