Here we are in site 2 at the Riverside Campground/Marina. The main purpose of our trip was to install new topper awnings on Mike and Sharon's 2008 Holiday Rambler Endeavor. Additionally, we were hoping that Don Meldrum who own a local paint shop would be able to repaint the top and sides of our coach. Our paint was severely peeling due to constant sun and the fact that not enough clear coat was applied when our coach was painted by Monaco. The roof and top sides looked like a severe sunburn peeling.
The campground is operated by Linda and Don Meldrum. It has only 18 RV sites and is located right on the St Clair River, North Channel. If you own an older wooden Chris Craft boat it was built here at the local plant just up the road from the campground. The town was basically formed by the workers at the Chris Craft factory.
Here's the local campground scoreboard for daily fish counter display. Looks like Don is running away with this year's award for the most fish landed.
Here's a photo of our coach being prepared for paint. Kathy and Sharon decided to check out the wrap job prior to the start of the painting.
You can see here the many ladders we used to assist Don and Tony in their task. Once the top area was painted, we relocated the ladders along the sides for Tony to complete the paint work.
Hold UP! I think we need more tape! We used a lots of tape and many, many sanding pads of various textures to get the coach ready for painting. The painting was relatively simple compared to the major task of preparing the coach for painting.
Here some of the supervisors are relaxing while the paint was being applied. You know for a job of this magnitude you must have a least two supervisors for every worker, and lets not forget the Union Rep.
Here's what the front looked liked after the painting. Nice and smooth. Don and Tony applied two coats primer, two coats of paint, and 4-5 coats of clear coat.
Once the paint was dry, the work begins again checking for runs, color match etc. They did an excellent job blending the color on the rear cap of the coach.
Here's a picture of the drivers side. The repainted area is the region just above the topper awnings along the rounded edges on top.
You can see here that I just reinstalled the CB antenna and removed the tape from other things on the roof.
I just finished installing the air horns that needed to be removed prior to painting. An air horn check was made to be sure everything worked properly. They did a great job!
Here a photo of Mike and Sharon's coach and Jeep.
The new topper awnings on the drivers side look great! The toppers are the ones you see just above the slides. They keep rain and debris off the slide.
Here's the passenger side which also look great. I will not tell you who fell off of a ladder. Hint - It was not Kathy or me.....
While at the campground, we had an opportunity to drive to Northville Michigan near Lansing to visit some friends we met last year at Deer Creek. John and Toni are owners of Genitti's "Hole in the Wall" restaurant.
They provide catering for a wide variety of events including weddings, birthday, graduations etc. John gives Kathy a quick history lesson about the town of Northville.
Ginetti's also has a dinner theater you can access directly through a hole in the wall between buildings hence the name Hole in the Wall.
Here's Kathy standing next to many of the wonderful planters seen throughout Main street.
This one complete with a small waterfall accents the town center near the restaurant. The area is used for nightly entertainment and other public events.
This view is from the deck from John and Toni's home which is adjacent to the town center. During our tour of main street we had lunch with John, Toni, John's cousin Jim and Ed McLoud at a local eatery. Ed's wife Brenda was unable to attend as she was watching the grandkids in Chicago.
