We end most trips with a late lunch at Tunnel Bar-B-Q in Windsor, Ontario. And we did again on Monday. My wife and I met at the University of Windsor and dated there for 5 years. We went to TBQ at least once every month.

Back then, TBQ didn't have beer. Now they have beer on tap and a bar. That's a Sleeman's Honey Brown. Check out the selection of BBQ sauces; hot (red), sweet and regular.

We always get a plate of their onion rings.

The rings were better than ever. The best rings I ever had.

There's an old pic on the wall of how the place looked when they first opened some 50 years ago.

We are here for the ribs. I don't eat ribs anymore, except at TBQ. After you have TBQ, other ribs just don't match up. Check out that plate.

There fries are delicious also.

And you have to dip everything in their sauces. That's the hot sauce.

End it all with their great desserts.

TBQ is one of my fav restaurants. I've been going since the late 80s.

Only five days after my first tire blowout, I experienced my second tire blowout. This time it was the passenger side rear inside tire. It blew only 8 miles from the Canadian border and less than 4 hours from home.

The blowout, pulled the metal mud flap into the outside right-rear tire. This ruined the 2nd tire and I required 2 new tires. Unfortunately, it was just a matter of changing the tires. The mud flaps needed to be pushed back in place.

You can see the damaged mud flaps better with the tires off. The technician didn't have the equipment to help us.

Our road-side service screwed us around for 5 hours after the 1st technician finished his job. We sat in the RV for 5 hours waiting for secondary help, which never arrived. Eventually, I got pissed at them and told them that I was gonna simply drive the RV to a hotel for the night. They sent a tow truck to tow us to a hotel. The tow eventually arrived 7 hours after our breakdown and after dark. We already knew a tow would only cause more damage. We needed a flatbed. I drove the RV 10-20 MPHs to a hotel.

There was also some frame damage.

Here's the RV on the corner of Dix and London in Lincoln Park, just south of Detroit.

In the morning, the road-side service sent another tow. Morons. The tow didn't work the night before, why did they think it would work in the morning. I told the tow drive to leave and thanked the road-side service for sucking. I drove the RV myself 20-40 MPHs to a local RV dealer who patched up my RV. I still need to fix it, but it was patched up well enough that I could drive 70 MPH home.

Saturday night we stayed at the Stoney Ridge KOA, south-east of Toledo. This is the second time we've stayed here, but last time was several years ago. It's now under new ownership.

The WiFi worked great the first night, but was horrible in the morning. The coffee was complete crap, but complimentary.

There's a great KOA on the north-end of Toledo. The only reason we went to this KOA is because the north-side KOA isn't open yet. If the other KOA was open, then we'd go there, it's great and the Stoney Ridge KOA is below average.

The highlight of the trip for my wife, was stopping at the Vera Bradley store, north of Indianapolis.

After dropping some bucks there, the staff recommended another store for our final Vera Bradley purchase. Occasional Yours at the Hamilton Town Center, also north Indianapolis.

In all, we purchased a purse, a bag, a backpack and two wallets. Major coinage loss.

On Friday night, we stayed at the Louisville South KOA. This was a very nice campground.  Big time recommend to the locals.

Unfortunately, it was sleep and run for us. They had activities scheduled for the kids for the entire weekend. They also had a rather large hot-tub, wireless high-speed study cubicles (never seen that before) and much more.

Every site appeared to have a newly installed, very large fire-ring.

Awesome Mexican food! Need I say more. We went to the El Nopal in Shepherdsville.

Texas sized beers. Free corn chips. That hot sauce was hot.

Mexican fried ice-cream. This'll feed a family of 5.

Mexican custard.

Didn't know, but it's a franchise. They have locations all thru Kentucky and Tennessee.

http://www.elnopalmex.com/

Thursday night we stayed at the Chattanooga South KOA. This wasn't a good experience. I'm putting this campground on the avoid list. Most of the sites are on severe slopes, leaving you little to any real area to create a campfire or for the kids to play.

And if you look at the pic below, those cars thru the trees are driving on the I-75. We were camped less than 100 yards from the interstate highway with no sound barrier. Further, kids could simply walk thru the trees and directly onto the highway. No fence!

We did have our first campfire of the year, which made the next pleasant. Even with the sound of transport trucks roaring past.

Morning came. Check out was at 11AM. At 11:05 AM, the staff came by to inform us that if we didn't leave, we were gonna get charged a second night stay. We normally stay at campground way past our welcome and rarely ever does anybody mention anything to us.

Add this KOA to the few that I would not recommend.

Wednesday night we stayed at the Calhoun KOA, 5 minutes from the Calhoun Prime Outlets.

They have horses and ponies on site. They will ride you around the campground on the ponies at certain times of the day.

They also have a small petting zoo.

The Wifi wasn't great, but this looks like a prime campground for kids.

Near the Calhoun Prime Outlets was a nice little sports bar. I went there for some wings and beer.

It was mostly empty when I arrived, but by the time I left, it was apparent that this place gets very busy at game time.

They had two of my fav American beers on tap; Yuengling and Amber Bock.

In both Tennessee and Kentucky there are very few table service restaurants. Everything is fast food. We tried to find table service near Chattanooga, but couldn't. We finally decided on Captain D's, which is fast food seafood.

For $16, we got 2 adult meals and 4 kids meals. It was kids eat free on Thursdays; two kids for each adult. Most of the seafood was battered and fried, but I did find a Talapia that wasn't. It was actually quite good.

Wednesday and again Thursday, we went to Calhoun Prime Outlets. We bought crazy amounts of clothes, including some great NASCAT t-shirts and shorts ($10-12). My brother-in-law recommended this outlet mall and he was correct; it was a gold mind.

While the wife shopped, I got free WiFi from Element Home Furnishing company. I'd like that thank them. It made 48 hours of shopping tolerable.

Even though I blew a tire on Tuesday, we made it to our booked destination; the Cartersville KOA.

They close the office at 7PM. I called from 7:30PM to get an Internet password. It was 9PM or later when we arrived. They had a night arrival package all done up including a WiFi password. When they include a WiFi password in the night arrival package, then you know they are well organized.

The campground was half full. Coffee was free in the morning.

It was 15 minutes south of the Calhoun Prime Outlets; our true destination.

While driving about a mile south of the George-Florida border on the I-75, one of my driver side rear tires blew out. I didn't appear to hit anything. It just blew. It was very loud.

The tire was completely shredded.

The blowout causes a bit of damage to the wheel frame.

And some more expensive damage to the motorhome body. I was lucky it didn't cause any damage to the shitter tank (blank tank in photo).

I had planned on driving 7 hours to Cartersville, George. The blowout causes us only a minor delay. We were back on the road in less than 2 hours, with the help of our road side assistance plan.

The first night travelling home, we stayed at the Wildwood KOA in Florida. It's conveniently one exit north of the junction between the I-75 and Florida Turnpike. It's hidden behind a truck stop.

The owner met me at 9PM to give me an Internet password. I can't figure out why you need a password for your WiFi when you are remotely located. The owner was unable to provide me any guidance in finding a restaurant for my family to eat at. There was at least 6 restaurants within walking distance.

The campground was mostly empty. They had a nice free pool table in the lounge. Not much to do. I suspect they survive mostly on overnighters, as the location is very convenient for travellers.

We saved a week for the trip back. I can do it in 2 days of driving, but we take our time and hit as many shopping venues as possible. First stop was Crossroads in Orlando. There's little shopping here. It's all restaurants. We found Chevy's, a great Mexican restaurant.

I was driving, so I limited my self to a couple cervezas; XX Amber. This place would be awesome to go drinking with some friends. Being walking distance from the many major Disney hotels, I suspect that happens a lot.

My XX amber. She's a beauty.

Free corn chips and dip. Great food. I shared with the wife and we were so stuffed that the wife and kids skipped desert.

The 2nd stop was Premium Outlets. This was more like an outdoor mall. I tried the WiFi at Starbucks. Didn't work with my phone. How does ATT screw that up? I have mobile Windows and mobile Internet Explorer? How does you WiFi not work with that browser? I picked up a couple pairs of running shoes.

The 3rd stop was Prime Outlets. My wife was looking for a Vera Bradley purse. They referred us to a local shopping mall; The Mall at Millenia. She found her purse at Hallmark at the mall. We then rushed to our 1st camping stop; the KOA in Wildwood.

After 3 full weeks camping at Disney, we left Monday morning. This was our spot for all three weeks. Site 345. A short walk to the Bay Lake.

The only thing I'm not gonna miss is the Disney buses. I swear, whatever bus we wanted, was almost always the last to come. And the first bus to come was almost always the bus we wanted the previous day. I even had one bus drive miss our stop and we had to run (100m) in the rain to the shelter.

On the other hand, the Disney buses are nice in that I don't have drive. I drank a lot of rum and beer. Which isn't necessarily a good or bad thing. Good for my sanity. Bad for my health.