ONWARD TO INDIANA.
Day 77 – Around 7:15 this morning, it was 54 degrees & raining; it had rained most of the night. We took our time packing up. Our drive won’t be too long today. We’ll be leaving southeastern Illinois & crossing the border into western Indiana. We’re stopping over to stay one night in New Harmony, IN to help make the next day’s trip shorter. Then we’ll be staying for 4 nights at Charlestown, IN, a convenient place to stay when visiting my daughter, Pam, in Louisville, KY.
110 miles, (2:05), 36518-36628
We departed Ferne Clyffe State Park at 10:50 a.m. after dumping tanks. It was 55 degrees & very cloudy; it had stopped raining. We drove to our new campground via the “blue” highways except for a short stint on Interstate 64 due to a road closure on the route we’d planned. The roads ran through mostly flat farmlands. We went through a couple of large-ish cities (Marion & Carmi, IL) and many very small towns (including Muddy, IL which had a river called Saline running thru it. Was the water muddy or saline in content……) We only took one picture during the drive; it was quite overcast out.
The road we’d planned to take into Indiana was closed, so we went a little farther northeast & got onto I-64 east. We crossed into Indiana when we crossed the Wabash River. Soon thereafter we took Exit 4 south to Harmonie State Park. The countryside was beautiful with rolling hills, farms & woods. We arrived at the campground at 12:55 p.m., overcast, humid & 63 degrees. We’d camped here for one night last year when we were on the way to visit Pam; we just requested the same site we’d had then. We checked in & drove to site #118. Several campsites nearby were occupied with a large group, partying & kids. Nope, the campground was large enough & empty enough, we figured we could find another location. We drove around and found a small loop that was completely empty, off to the side, no one was near. Most of the campsites that were occupied were in the full-hook up section or all clustered around in the close vicinity to the shower/restroom buildings. Our shower & restroom in the RV work just fine, thank you very much. So we chose site #164 & called the campground office to see if it was okay if we made the switch. Yes, it was, so we had lunch, unpacked, and set up.
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When Rob was getting water & hooking us up for electricity, all four girls were having little tantrums at the door again. I couldn’t help myself & took another picture. Too cute. The high today was 67 degrees. It’s supposed to rain tonight & all day tomorrow with the wind picking up tomorrow, too. We’re looking forward to seeing Pam and the Grand-Doggies!
I’m really coming back! I promise!
Harmonie State Park: We stayed at this Park for one night last year, so I won’t do another campground review, but for more information follow this link, Sunday, March 18, 2018. The only differences this year were that we were on site #164 & there was water available for dumping. We would come back again since it’s a convenient stopover before Louisville.