Getting Caught Up
It's been a while...
It’s been a while since I’ve updated this! After leaving Pittsburgh in May 2023, we made our way to Missouri, Iowa, and South Dakota to spend time with family. Along the way, we spent some time in Ohio, Illinois, and took a vacation on a Caribbean cruise.
As we made our way from Pittsburgh to Wakonda State Park in Missouri, we spent a week in the Delaware, Ohio area. Delaware is just north of Columbus and is home to Alum Creek State Park and lots of historical areas, with 60 buildings and areas on the National Register of Historic Places. It’s also the birthplace of President Rutherford B. Hayes. While his birthplace is no longer standing, there is a historical marker to mark where his home used to be.
This was our second time staying in this area. Our first time we stayed at the campground in Alum Creek State Park and this time we stayed at Cross Creek Camping Resort. Both campgrounds have their plusses and minuses and neither was really built to hold a 42 ft RV comfortably. Although Cross Creek did have a couple of sites that were designed to hold longer RV setups, you still had to maneuver your RV from the road to your site and back out. Alum Creek had lots of room between sites, lots of areas for biking and/or walking, and easy access to Alum Creek Lake. Cross Creek had a laundry room, a pool, a campground store, and is a short drive to Alum Creek State Park.
From here we spent the night at Kickapoo State Park in Danville, Illinois before heading to Wakonda State Park for two weeks. Kickapoo has one, very long pull thru spot and we just happened to be able to get it. We also saw a group of deer wandering through the park.
We’ve stayed at Wakonda before and have enjoyed our stays here. The park was full of baby geese, birds settling in for the summer, and everything was looking very green.
Next was Thousand Hills State Park in Kirksville, Missouri for a quick stay. We explored the downtown Kirksville area quite a bit. They have a wonderful Farmers Market too!
At the end of May, we moved to the KOA at Newton, Iowa. While the campground has several activities and things to do, unless you really enjoy the noise from the interstate, I have a hard time recommending this location for much more than a short stay.
While we were in Newton, we left our RV for a few days, flew to Miami, and took a Caribbean cruise with all of Tracy’s family.
Once we were back, we spent most of June in Northwest Iowa and Rapid City, South Dakota. At the end of June, we started our trek towards Montana and our final destination of the summer - the Pacific Northwest.
