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Pine View Campground WI to Brushy Creek State Park Iowa – Driving Directions
Brushy Creek State Park, IA, October 2024 The drive was a fairly pleasant except for the horrible bumpety bump bump from driving on Hwy 21 leaving the Pine View towards Tomah. All other roads were in fairly good condition, and we were able to drive 65 most of the time. The only area with a…
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Kickapoo State Park IL to Comlara Park IL — Driving Directions
Comlara County Park, IL, August 2024 Comlara is a McLean County park that is on Evergreen Lake. The park includes multiple fishing docks, boat rentals (including pontoons), monthly boat dock rentals, swimming area (currently closed due to microbe counts), campground, visitor center and many pavilions. The Campground sites are either non-electric, 30 amp or 50…
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Kickapoo State Park Illinois Site 85
Kickapoo State Park, IL, August 2024
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New Site Same Park & we have Turkeys!
We were scheduled to go to Clinton Lake State Park but decided to cancel based on feedback from other campers. Specifically, that the park has gone downhill over the last 4 years, dump stations closed and bathhouses closed. I called. As the person told us… only one of the bathhouses was open and it’s not…
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Stonelick SP Ohio to Findley SP Ohio — Driving Directions
Stonelink State Park, OH, July 2025 When leaving Stonelick, the challenge was finding a path to the I71 that was acceptable. We drove multiple routes and decided the best option was going the same way we came in. The way we came in had no room to pull over and hills (Mackie became car sick).…
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Summit Lake SP, IN to Kickapoo SP, IL – Driving Directions
Indiana I70 and the road through New Castle to I70 are in HORRIBLE condition. We went an alternative routes even though it would mean more time on state highways to avoid I70. I465 is the bypass for Indianapolis. It has been under major repairs and in the southern part of Indianapolis. In some cases, only…
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Tap Water or Lake Water – please pick!
I decided it would be a fun challenge to determine if folks can tell the difference between Summit Lake State Park Tap water and Lake water. Please reply / comment on what you think is tap water. Next month I’ll update the post with details :-).
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Adventures with a Naturalist in Findley State Park
I absolutely loved Ohio State parks because they have Naturalists who host free events and maintain the Nature Center. For Findley State Park, the Naturalist is Wiz. He’s been with the park since 2016 and knows everything about the park, an avid bird watcher / photographer and talented engaging Naturalist. We participated in Wiz’s Standup…
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Stonelick State Park Ohio
Stonelick State Park is located about 25 minutes from Cincinatti, Ohio. Geologically when the Appalachian Mountains were forming to the east, the bedrock layer west of the mountains was elevated, creating the Cincinnati Arch. As a result, this area is known for its fossil hunting finds. We did not have an opportunity to go fossil…
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When a Tree Falls….
When a Tree Falls does it make noise if no one is around? Since a crowd was watching, yes the tree made noise. But not as much as I thought. When we arrived & parked our camper at Findley State Park, we saw a large pine tree (probably 16 inches diameter and probably 75 feet…