Day 3 – We got up at 7 a.m. again, 62 degrees, humid & cloudy. A restful night; we’d stay here again off-season. We left Geneva State Park at 9:05 but after driving a short distance we realized we’d forgotten to take pictures of our campsite & the campground sign. We turned around and went back to the campground and got a picture of the sign at least. (We like to look back at the campground pictures & knew we’d be kicking ourselves for not doing that.)
Geneva State Park, 4499 Padanarium Rd., Geneva-on-the-Lake, OH, (440) 466-8400, check-in 3 p.m., check-out 1 p.m., http://parks.ohiodnr.gov/geneva. This State Park is on many acres near Lake Erie. Plenty of areas for picnics and group camping. We had our pick of sites off-season; it’s very busy in the summer & on weekends. There are 2 separate loops for camping with a smaller loop for no pets & two larger loops with mixed amenities (only 4 full hook-up sites). Site #66 – on the small, no pets loop, electric only, very shaded & private, trees all around. Most other sites were not as shaded. Near all the wineries in cute town.
We “officially” departed at 9:30 a.m., 65 degrees, got gas, & headed back to I-80 W which joins with I-90 W for awhile. Lots of wineries, then once you move away from the Lakes more, it becomes principally farmland, agricultural, & industrial. Lots of trucks again, road work that didn’t slow us down, then big cities – Cleveland, Akron, then later Toledo. In between lots of farms with corn, soybeans, squash, and apples. The clouds were increasing, dark & threatening.
Stopped at a rest stop for lunch; high today 76 degrees. Ohio is pretty; we were in eastern OH, which we loved, earlier this year. We continued on I-80 W/I-90 W to exit 121 in Indiana, where the terrain became flatter still and the clouds lessened some; the pavement was wet & it apparently had recently rained.
We took the 9 S to the 120 W and entered Amish country. Soon there were more horses & buggies than cars on the road. Lovely, scenic roads. We are heading to our campground where we’ll stay 2 nights because there’s some things in this area we want to do.
Arrived at Shipshewana North Park Amish Campground at 3 p.m., 68 degrees & cloudy. We were given site #32 with full hook-ups (full hook-ups include electricity, water, & sewer). They also have a South Park Amish Campground, we decided on the North Park because it was much smaller and closer to I-80 W. We are very close to the southern border of Michigan. This whole area is Amish & Mennonite; very pretty, quiet. The campground is close to full but all sites are separated by trees, private even though someone is next to you. Amazingly quiet, you forget other people are here.
Early dinner again for us & the cats – we are finding when we eat earlier, we go to bed earlier, which gets us an earlier start the next day. Tomorrow we explore this area; there’s a big RV & camper museum in Elkhart which is 25 minutes from here. They supposedly have some early vehicles on display & should be interesting. Also, Amish farms, markets, and stores. While we were on the road today, we took a picture of the girls sleeping on the bed while we travelled. It was what we saw when we checked on them on the GPS bedroom camera monitor.
Spying on the girls all cuddled together on the bed while we drive. Too cute!
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