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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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RV Teardown Checklist
These lists are the (roughly) ordered activities for tearing down in preparation for moving to a new site. This list will change over time as omitted activities are added or a better process is identified. Some of these tasks start the night before (e.g., stowing personal and hobby stuff). Some of these tasks happen in…
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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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Gunter Hill, MS to Escatawpa Hollow Park AL — Driving Directions
Escatawpa Hollow Park & Campground is a Mobile County Park not a State Park. The campground area opened in 2023 and is beautiful. The campground has cement pads with full hookups, large bathhouse, laundry facility, camp store, and beach area. The park isn’t complete yet. They are still adding features like multiple trails (currently there…
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Findley SP, OH to Summit Lake SP, IN – Driving Directions
Summit Lake State Park, IN, July 2024 Driving directions focuses on major roads that Semis use. This ensures no weight issues with bridges and height issues with underpasses. We always compare against a trucker’s atlas and review the path on Google or Bing maps first. Spending as much as time as reasonably possible on interstates.…