Traveling I80 in Indiana/Ohio

[casey0672]

We will be repositioning our Overlander from Wisconsin to NH. Looking to spend a day doing the tourist thing in northern Ohio or northwestern Indiana. Does anyone have a favorite town/city in this area that is worth a visit? And related place to stay.

[HiJoeSilver]

Where in Wisconsin?

Stop at the airstream factory for a tour.

[TinTurtle]

You might try Shipshewanna, IN ; an Amish community with a huge flea market. Just a few miles South of I-80 .

[casey0672]

Is there a general Amish area with multiple places to visit? The Lancaster Amish area was quite nice?

[tvketchum]

Pokagon State Park, near Angola IN, just a few miles from Ohio, in the upper right corner. Shipshewana is not far, Michigan is not far. Great park, nice beach.


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Tom
TVKetchum

[Short563]

The city of St Joseph and Silver Beach sit right on Lake Michigan are just a few miles into Michigan. Great food at Shu's which overlooks the lake. Great pizza at Silver Beach Pizza in the Amtrak station. Nice camping in the Indiana Dunes state park. Although a bit further out of your way, I also enjoyed camping at Holland State Park. There is a nice walk from the campground down to a lighthouse near the the beach.


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[DanB]

When will you be coming thru?

[casey0672]

October 3' 4.

[Becky B.]

You could always make a stop at the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, IN on you way through.http://www.rvmhhalloffame.org/ It's really interesting! It's near Shipshewanna if you decide to go there (lots of shopping there). I like the Indiana Dunes, and go there every year. But I usually go to Shipshewanna too! :-)

[greghoro]

Originally Posted by TinTurtle

You might try Shipshewanna, IN ; an Amish community with a huge flea market. Just a few miles South of I-80.

Agreed.

There is parking for RV's in town. However, you might find the traffic on the weekends a bit too much to bear if you have your trailer in tow when visiting the town.


Greg

[windfallsp]

Don't miss Perrysburg. Great little town on the Maumee River. If you go, be sure to visit Swig, which has sidewalk seating and features artisanal beer and their own sausages, including a gyro "hot dog" to die for!

[Trnpk Crsr]

There is the Studebaker museum in South Bend, IN and the Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg museum in Auburn, IN.

[Chaplain Kent]

I have made that trip numerous times and I would suggest a pillow for passengers and a case of energy drink for the driver. In Indiana the most exciting thing to see is the electronic fence to control deer test zone. Ohio boasts some mighty nice toll booths. My suggestion is to go North through the UP into Canada at Sioux Ste Marie and across our wonderful neighbor to the north. The strangest stop you can make will be at Sudbury to see the world's biggest nickel. Aside from that you will find good camping, great scenery, friendly people and no tollways. If you enjoy driving through Chicago take left after that bit of fun and head towards Detroit and again cross into Canada.

[HrLola]

[QUOTE=casey0672;1850926]We will be repositioning our Overlander from Wisconsin to NH. Looking to spend a day doing the tourist thing in northern Ohio or northwestern Indiana. Does anyone have a favorite town/city in this area that is worth a visit? And related place to stay.[/QUOTE
Can't remember where we stayed while in Ohio but while you're there the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a must see. You won't be disappointed.

[wvstreamer]

Dip a little to the south and Ohio Amish Country...wonderful...especially in fall. AND THE FOOD....MMMMMM. Some good camping there. We try to visit a couple of times a year. Enjoy!
Dave in WV

[tvketchum]

You could swing to the south to take in Jackson center, OH. I hear there is a factory there which has tours.....


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[TDOW]

I agree that the RV/MH museum and Jackson Center are must sees.

We took a 2 week trip to NH last month, via the interstate, due to time constraints. It was faster, but boring as hell.

We camped at Fair Haven St. Pk in NY, on Lake Ontario. My first attempt at reservations was thwarted by the 'must reserve two days' during a weekend stay. I also discovered that PA parks have the same restriction. The only way around it...is to wait 7 days out from arrival, then they will let you reserve one night.

Also at the Fair Haven, two electric sites share one 'box'. We didn't realize this until backing in for the night. Box was on the left side and our cord wasn't long enough. Our neighbor for the night came over with a 30 amp extension cord! We lucked out!

[msimon]

Originally Posted by Chaplain Kent

If you enjoy driving through Chicago take left after that bit of fun and head towards Detroit and again cross into Canada.

I'm assuming Chaplain Kent is joking about enjoying driving through Chicago, but just in case anyone is seriously considering it--we went through this area a couple of weeks ago on our way back from Alaska. It was definitely an "interesting," white knuckle experience. I90 is under heavy construction for, we were told, 45 miles through Chicago. (Think stop and go.) We took one of the alternate routes. The alternate route was very heavily trafficked when we went through in the early afternoon. It was sort of like being at a very crowded truck stop only everyone was going 65 mph. Personally, if I was towing, I would avoid the entire Chicago area if at all possible. YMMV.

[Bwilch]

Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio is one of the premier entertainment parks in the country! Lots of roller coasters, rides, and fun! Or, you can take the ferry to South Bass Island and spend a day at Put-one-Bay... Perry's Monument salutes the War of 1812; there's a winery, lots of shops, eating establishments, and yes, many bars! There's even a state park where you can camp if you can get your trailer on the ferry!