Caravan Overview

August 8 through August 16, 2012 Leaders – Bill and JeanAnn Miller This Monacos-in-Motion caravan will contain tours of Navistar plants and facilities and get to know more about our parent company. In Melrose Park, Illinois, the Navistar plant is 47 acres under one roof – and we will be visiting during an exciting year when many facilities are being moved to Melrose Park.  At the same time our Roadmaster Chassis division will have moved to Indiana as well as our coach assembly lines.  One of Navistar’s largest truck assembly plants is in Springfield, Ohio and hopefully our last tour will be there.  2012 work and production schedules as well as construction times and completions have some of our plans incomplete until after the first of the year. We will keep you updated as these plans are completed. Have you ever visited the fun and vibrant city of Chicago? We will be touring and exploring Chicago where we will tour the Willis Tower (tallest building in America), experience the Navy Pier, take an architectural boat ride of the downtown and feel the thrill of a speed boat ride taking in the Chicago skyline on Lake Michigan.  We will go to the Museum of Science and Industry and take a charter bus tour of Chicago.  We will tour historic Wrigley Field and take in a Chicago Cubs game, and then sample Lou Malnati’s famous pizza. In Indiana, we will tour the Wakarusa Monaco plant and the Roadmaster chassis plant in Elkhart.  We will also visit the RV Museum, tour the Notre Dame campus, and sample the Amish ambience of Shipsewanna. In Ohio, we will hopefully tour the Springfield Navistar plant as well as the quaint town of Dresden to experience the history of the Longaberger Basket Company (and perhaps make your own basket). Campgrounds Here are the campgrounds we will be staying in, with dates and mailing addresses for the forwarding of mail. The NIGHTS of: August 6 ,7, 8, 9, 10 in                         Leisure Lake Membership Resort                         21900 SW Frontage Road                         Joliet, Illinois 60404                         Their phone #815-741-9405  The NIGHTS of: August 1, 12, 13 in                          Elkhart Campground                         25608 County Road 4 E                         Elkhart, Indiana 46514                         Their phone #574-264-2914 The NIGHTS of: August 14, 15, 16 in                         Cross Creek Camping Resort                         3190 S. Old State Road                         Delaware, Ohio 43015                         Their phone #740-549-2267