Berrien Springs to Detroit

Today was a pretty routine moving day. We left Berrien Springs around 11:00 a.m. and got to the Wayne County Fair Grounds around 3:15 p.m. We had occasional brief showers all day. When we pulled into the Fair Grounds, friendly dancers on staff checked us in and gave us our packets. We were led out to site #68, a pull through in a grassy field.

Our first unpleasant surprise was finding that we had only 20 amp electric. We expected at least 30 amp. Then when we tested the outlet, we found no juice. I took our tester down to another site--same problem. A couple of neighbors said the power was out and an electrician had been called. We set up and went shopping. When we got back, we hoped to find the electricity on, but no such luck.

It did finally come on. Our next negative surprise was finding that our gas hot water heater would not come on, despite repeated tries. We finally ended up turning on the electric heater and praying that we wouldn't trip the circuit breaker. So far so good.

Tomorrow morning we'll get up early to catch the 9:00 a.m. bus in to the COBO Center in downtown Detroit, where the 60th National Square Dance Convention is underway.

We are packing lunch tomorrow and possibly coming home for dinner. We'll see how things go.