Shipshewana

Thanks for joining us, and welcome to Indiana as we explore the area for a couple of weeks. We are a husband-and-wife team that travels the country in our Keystone Cougar 2100 RKS, and we love to explore new places. The drive into Indianapolis was nuts because there was so much construction going on, but the skyline was nice.

Today we begin with visiting the RV Hall of Fame and museum in Elkhart, IN. My husband has been dying to come here!

Fun Fact: This is a Harvest Host. The only thing you pay for is your admission to the museum unless you want power which we did because it was hot.

Their “mission is to recognize, preserve, and honor the history, pioneers, and individuals who have been instrumental in making the Recreational Vehicle and Manufactured Housing industries what they are today.” I think they have done a really good job in showcasing RV’s throughout the years. We spent about 3 hours walking around.

The highlight of the museum for Andrew was seeing the KYD bus. Backstory, we follow an RV couple call KYD (Keep Your Daydream) and they bought a 1984 Blue Bird Wanderlodge in 2021. In July of 21 they embarked on an epic adventure of traveling route 66 in the bird. They then ended in Santa Monica and drove back to Indiana and the bird was inducted in the RV Hall of Fame in March of 2022.

He was so giddy that he sat where Mark had sat.

They even have a model on how RV’s are made. This was really cool to see. Keep reading and you can see it in the Cougar manufacturing plant later in this blog.

So if you like RV’s and want to learn about the evolution of the RV industry, this is the place to go. I highly recommend it. Check out their website at https://www.rvmhhalloffame.org/

Keystone Cougar rally

The next day we headed over to Shipshewana, Indiana for our Cougar Rally. This was our first rally and didn’t quite know what to expect. It was a great experience even with about 125 rigs there.

Where the red arrow is where our rig is.

We even had women’s driving school. It was such a good experience.

The rally had so many events scheduled, and we met so many people. We all met up for dinner each night and had a grand time. Each night was a theme with food and entertainment as well as a basket exchange for those that wanted to participate. During the day, we had class and events as well as a factory tour.

Can you guess what the theme was this night?

Keystone Cougar Plant

This is one of the seminars at the Keystone Cougar assembly plants.

We got to see how our rigs were made. I’m not gonna lie, this was soooo cool!!!

We entered the city where the old and the new converge together. Where automobiles share the roads with Amish buggies. I have always loved the way of the Amish, so to get to experience a little touch of it was awesome.