Thursday, October 3, 2013

NORTH TO ALASKA! –Indiana through Western KY to Tennessee


TRIP DAY – 108, 109, 110, 111
DAILY MILES – 200, 117, 140, 0
TOTAL MILES – 13,527
Lottie
Dallas
9/30- We departed Valparaiso, IN with hugs for our grand-kids and headed south on IN 41 towards the Land Between the Lakes Fall Rally hosted by our friends Dennis and Susie Archer.  Tonight we stopped at Shakamak IN State Park in  the Terre Haute, Indiana area.  The park is very nice with big sites and a new restroom/shower building that is very serviceable.   



Shakamak IN State Park





10/1- This morning we were back on IN 41 and headed for the John James Audubon KY State Park near Henderson, Kentucky.  After a much needed McDonalds “fix” we reached the park in early afternoon.  The campground is very nice and has great structural “bones”, but is in need of maintenance.  One plus was the washer/dryer which I made good use of.  Tomorrow we reach Land Between the Lakes.   
John James Audubon KY State Park
10/2, 10/3- WELL, the best made plans still tend to change.  We received an email from rally host Dennis Archer advising that the LBL park had been shut down by the federal government at noon on 10/1 and the rally was being moved to Paris Landing KOA in the same area.  Eleven members of the rally group were already set-up at the campground when they were advised to vacate the park by noon on the first.  This caused a real scramble to find a new location, as there will be 41 camping units attending the rally Thursday through Sunday.  Anyway, we arrived at the KOA, via the huge country buffet served at the Bauer’s Restaurant on TN 79 before reaching the campground.  I ate so much catfish that I couldn’t eat any of the many choices of home-made pie offered.  I’ll get to remedy that on Saturday night when all the rally participants converge on the same buffet line.  It was wonderful connecting with friends that we have camped with all over the southern US.  We will be here until the rally adjourns on Sunday morning when we finally head for home-sweet-home.
 

 
"Scamp" Rally at Paris Landing KOA - 41camping units attending