Homeward Bound

Wednesday September 11, 2019

Brad made breakfast then we headed out to see what we could find.  We are in need of a new camp chair, so off to the local Dunham's store.  We found 2 bag chairs that we liked and picked them up to 

use as spare chairs and to be able to carry them easily to campground functions.  After that we headed up to Fayette, IN in search of the local Camping World, but first lunch.  Brad was hungry for Chinese, so I did some research and found a local restaurant with decent reviews.  It really was nothing more that a few tables in the front of what appeared to be a mostly take out place.  Now between the appearance and the poor service, we were actually surprised by how good the food was.  After lunch we drove around checking out Fayette as best we could, it appears that most of Indiana's road are under repair.  We finally headed to Camping World, which we find, but it isn't a store it's the distribution warehouse.  Well we had a good chuckle then headed the 28 miles back to Crawfordsville.  We had another quick stop at Dunham's for a regular camp chair, a craft store and then off to home.  A light dinner, a couple of walks for Rudy then off to bed.  

Thursday September 12, 2019 

Our last night in Indiana

We were going to leave today but decided to stay one more day.  We worked around the camper, I went to the grocery store via Dunham's and the Big R (big farm and sporting goods store).  Diane did laundry and cleaned the camper.  When I returned we went back to town hit a few antique stores, went back to the Big R and ended up buying a few more things there and of course Walgreens for more drugs.  I had picked up two steaks which didn't look big in store but they filled the grill.  We ate one and have one for left overs.  It is still very hot so we have had to eat inside all week. 

Friday September 13, 2019

We were on the road at 10:30 heading to a city park in Lima IN.  We travel the back roads and had a nice ride stopping for a nice lunch along the way.  Then we were down to the last ten mile Diane is

Great site at a 

City Park!!

giving me directions and I'm buzzing along until...… I turned left and Diane says that big sign with blinking lights said LOW clearance.  Well, crap.  Every drive way says no turn arounds.  But I pick one (Dept. of Corrections) probably not my brightest move.  We could not make the turn.  Diane got out to see if she could steer the truck while I backed up.  Just then a guy comes out of the building, he comes over and says didn't you see the sign(he means no turn around) and I yes I did see it (I meant low clearance).  Turns out he was nice and opened the second gate and gave us directions around the bridge. We still had to back up a few feet and turns out that is very hard but we made it without unhooking.  Adrenaline pumping we rolled into the campground at 4:30.  Backed into first site getting set up trying to plug in the electric but kept tripping the breaker.  Temperature is 93 degrees.  We pack up and moved to another site plugged in electric first and all goes well.   I was wet with sweat by the time we got the A/C's fired up.  Grilled sausages for dinner and the Friday the 13th was finally over.

Saturday September 14 2019. 

Breakfast on the grill with left over mushrooms in the eggs.  I like the mushrooms in the eggs Diane

I just had to laugh every time

I walked out to the picnic

table, easily entertained!!

says they are OK.  We paid for another day, the weather broke and it is just delightful here after some strong thunderstorms last night.  This park is really nice with some pull throughs and great hiking trails.   We went for a nice walk, then headed into town to a butcher shop, lunch and a few groceries.  Back home another nice walk and just sitting out enjoying the day. We are having problems trying to find a camp ground in central PA.  Harrisburg East is full, Dillsburg is trashy and full, Carlisle is full.  We have a call into the one we stayed at in Middlebury Center hopefully they are open.  Left over steak on salad for dinner and getting ready for our return to PA tomorrow.