27Feb 2017 by bolllj

Alabama – Christmas/New Year

After leaving SC we spent a week in two nice Georgia State Parks, Skidaway and Georgia Veterans State Park. Both were very nice parks and would return to both. Across the street from the entrance to Georgia Veterans State Park was a fabulous meat market someone had told us about. We would definitely love to go back to that. We discovered before Thanksgiving that many people go camping over Holidays. The park we stayed at for Thanksgiving was completely full with large groups enjoying their Thanksgiving dinners outside. We made sure we had reservations for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. We have stayed at Gunter Hills Corp of Engineers Park several years ago and loved it so that was where we spent a few weeks over Christmas and New Year. A…

02Apr 2016 by Lboll

Louisiana – Texas- Oklahoma and Weather

Traveling

Three weeks, three Corp of Engineer Campgrounds, three states, and three weather incidents have brought us to Oklahoma with a new hail damaged truck and a desire to get back to Minnesota. March has been an interesting month. The first week in March we made a trip to Louisiana for a few days as Joe had been making an internet deal on a new 2015 Dodge Ram Dually. I’ll take a step back and just say that Joe has been looking for a different truck for well over a year. He had been worry about the brakes on the 2011 truck handling our Lifestyle and also the towing capacity on hills and in the wind. I want us to be safe since travelling is our way of life so we…

26Nov 2015 by Lboll

Illinois – Thanksgiving

Traveling

Joe and I have spent the last two weeks in Benton, Illinois at Gun Creek Corp of Engineer campground. We came from a crowded expensive park to this beautiful park sitting on Rend Lake for $8 a night. We will hate to leave it tomorrow but the park is closing on Monday for the season and we need to keep moving south. We have shared the park with deer hunters, fishermen, and some families who just want the peace and quiet of this park. Crappies have been biting and the hunters have been getting their deer. We know this because the deer carcasses have been hanging in the trees (not a pretty picture). We have shared our campsite with a pair of eagles and sometime their adolescent offspring. They sit in…

26Nov 2014 by Lboll

Thanksgiving – 2014

Traveling

It’s the day before Thanksgiving and we have so much to be thankful for. We are presently at a Corp of Engineers Park, Twiltley Branch Campground, in Collinsville, Mississippi. The temperature is 60 and there isn’t a cloud in the sky. We are sitting on the shore of Okatibbee Lake watching the fisherman out our back window. There are very few people in this gorgeous park so it is very quiet. We will enjoy our view and the quietness for the next five days before heading farther south. We left Crossville, TN on Nov. 21st after a nine day stay at a KOA waiting for our slide to be fixed. So much wasted time when you have to get the warrantee work approved first. First the dealer has to get…

14Oct 2014 by Lboll

Iowa – Fall 2014

Traveling

So Iowa won out! I have a wonderful husband who always gives in to my wants. I had my heart set on visiting the Amana Colonies in Iowa but with the delay because of the truck we didn’t think we would head in that direction. But Joe said it didn’t make any difference in distance going to Zach’s in Ohio so off we went to see the Amana Colonies. Our first stop on our way to Amana was a beautiful Corp of Engineer Park in Johnston, Iowa, on Sayerville Lake. So many of the COE campgrounds we have stayed at as we travel are treasured fines. Of course, the people who live close to them already know that and book them for the weekends. For that reason they are hard…

03Aug 2014 by Lboll

The Great Mississippi River

Campgrounds

Here I am the first part of August going back to catch-up on our blog for the end of April. I’d just skip this time but I have to write a little about our trip along the Mississippi River coming from Ohio back to Minnesota. We were fortunate to find this beautiful Corp of Engineer Campground on the Mississippi River in Thomson, IL. This was a fantastic find. Not only was it just $9.00 a night (with our senior pass) but we had a site right on the river that was fabulous. This park was exceptional not only because of the many sites on the river but they had a very large section that was first come sites. We have discovered with our traveling that if you go into a…

14Apr 2014 by Lboll

On Our Way to Ohio

Traveling

From Oklahoma we entered the state of Arkansas for the first time. Our first stop was on the Arkansas River at an Army Corp of Engineer Campground call Toad Suck Ferry. What an unusually name! It is so unique that it is listed as the worst named town in the United States. It really isn’t a town so much as a small community. The name came many years ago when the steamboats were travelling down the Arkansas River and pulled over to the side of the river so the captain and crew could enjoy a beer or two at the local tavern. The locals didn’t appreciate the rowdiness of the crew and would say “They suck on bottle ‘til they swell up like toads”. Hence the name Toad Suck. A…