The last few days we traveled to the northern part of the state of Indiana. In Elkhart we found the RV Museum. A very nice building with a large collection of camping units from the early years of the automobile era until the new fancy units available today.
There is the unit built on a Ford model AA truck chassis. The engine was probably a 30 hp engine and could not have been very fast, however at that time theroads were not very good, mostly gravel and dirt with very little pavement.

There is the first airstream ever built , a short little trailer maybe 14' long, but well equipped with everything but a bath room. Most of the early units did not include any cooking facilities as that was all done outside, only areas to store the equipment. Most were well built and have really nice wood, popular in the day.


The museum is in a beautiful new building that was paid for before they started using it. Most of the money was provided by RV manufacturers and people interested in preserving the heritage of the camper/RV. There is another wing proposed that will be built as soon as the funding is available to complete it, however with the economic downturn it may be some time before that happens.

As it is, it is still a beautiful facility and one well worth your time to visit.

We left Elkhart and traveled to Kendalville to visit the Windmill Museum. We spent the night and during the night it started blowing and raining and did so all night and all day the next day until late afternoon. As the Windmill Museum is mostly an outdoor museum we were not going to visit in and see it in the rain.

The next morning we traveled on east to visit the Auburn, Cord Dusenberg Museum. What a treat to see all of those old restored vehicles. More about that later.