Had a stupendous day birding at the Nature Center in Maumee Bay State Park. This was supposed to be a "big" birding weekend with people coming from all over the world. We missed the Saturday event as I said in a previous blog, but we showed up bright and early Sunday. The only other person that came was the naturalist who was to lead the walk. There's a nature trail at the nature center that traverses miles of swamp forest with boardwalks. Sheryl, the naturalist, was more than willing to lead me and Rob so off we went. We spotted several birds new for us and were able to identify them immediately with Sheryl's help. We wandered the boardwalks for five hours watching for and listening to all the birds. Dusty had his legs crossed when we got back to the motorhome.  Sheryl told us about another birding event in Point Pelee, across the lake in Canada. She was leaving the next day and would be there for several days. This is apparently a point where migrating birds stop after their long journey from South and Central America. We had been pondering whether to go northeast on the Canadian side of the border or the US side. We thought we'd like to go to Point Pelee so we decided to go up the Canadian side.

Best laid plans....Took the coach to a Cummins service center in Toledo on Monday to have it looked at for the whiney noise from the enging compartment. Turns out the turbocharger air cooler is leaking and needs replacing. They didn't have the part and it will take a week to get it from Country Coach in Oregon.  The coach runs, it just doesn't have the same power. So, after several calls to CC we arranged to have the part shipped to Cummins in Maine and will limp there for repairs. Problem is we don't know what the part number is and are relying on CC to figure it out.

Left Maumee Bay this morning and made it to Erie, PA without too much trouble. Campground here is putting in a wave park so there is some construction going on. Nice, good sized park with a pond in it, which we're parked next to. Only problem is our power post is not working so our electrical cable is stretched to the neighboring site. Luckily it's empty. Oh well, only one night here. Internet is pretty strong even tho' the told us we'd have to go to the office to access it. No idea where we're going tomorrow, but we're on the way to Maine.