Grayville, Illinois
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| Rest Up Camping and RV Corral |
Our stay at this RV park while visiting family has been very quiet. We found out the park is only a year old and not really busy yet. I think once the word gets out it will become very popular. This place is cool. It has a full-service restaurant that really looks like a saloon straight out of the old west. It has the cutest ever playground and a 27 hole miniature golf course. We picked this because it is right at the interstate and allows D to have a strong cell signal to use for work. Unlike some parks, the noise from the interstate hasn't been bad.
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If you are traveling along I-64 in Illinois I highly recommend stopping in if only to have a bite in the saloon.
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| Help! We need bail money! |
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| Playground for the kiddies |
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| Jerry, Dawn, Dennis, Christian, Hannah and Me. |
Small town America! Gotta love it!!
Here are a few of the small towns we visited while here and the water towers that for some reason I have become obsessed with.
Vincennes, Indiana
Hometown of our 9th president William Henry Harrison (1773–1841) and
Red Skelton Museum
Mt Carmel, Illinois
Is in Wabash County and is a cute, quiet town in the middle of farm country. The town is located near the Patoka River and not too far from the
Wabash Cannonball Bridge. If you are brave enough and have $1.00 for the toll you can still cross it today. For the life of me, I can not understand how it is still standing. The scariest thing I have ever gone over in a car.
 
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| Carmi, Illinois |
 
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| Wabash Cannonball Bridge |
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| Miss Hannah |
Pizza night!
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| Way to go Hannah! |
Friday has finally come but unfortunately,
it also brings us nearer to the end of our week with D's sister Dawn, and her family. It has been a great week. We have played miniature golf here at the Rest up Corral, watched Hannah play softball - Great job, Hannah on getting the Game Ball! We also recruited Jerry into helping us make a few repairs on the 5th wheel (More on that in a later blog), grilled out burgers despite the rain, bought bicycles, viewed miles and Miles and MILES of farmland, visited Metropolis - the home of Superman, and took a day trip to the Garden of the Gods. And per Dawn's request, D has made pizza! So during lunch, D made four dough balls and after work, we hauled them over to his niece Carrie's house so the whole family could pitch in on creating the masterpieces. Pizzas on the menu, per request, were; Reuben pizza, Mexican pizza, Sauteed Mushroom with Caramelized Onions, and a good old plain cheese pizza for the kiddos.
On our last day, we visited The Garden of the Gods Wilderness and Metropolis, Il.
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| Garden of the Gods |
Is a 3,318-acre park that is located within the Shawnee National Forest. The nearest town of any size is Equality. Dramatic erosion patterns have created unusual sandstone formations; Mushroom Rock, Camel Rock, and Table Rock. It was well worth the drive and the weather was perfect.
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| Hey Dawn...Yo-dee-oh-lay-eee-hee |
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| Brad, is that you? *** |
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| Hey Dennis....Yoo-dee-oh-lay-eee-hee-heee |
Metropolis IL., Home of Superman!
Metropolis is a city located along the Ohio River in Massac County, Illinois. Once again, our timing was off because Metropolis was pretty much a ghost town. In my opinion, it's from the huge casino that has been built there. Sad! We were told that NEXT weekend is their big Comicon / Superman Celebration! It seems that it will be the 41st annual event and features guest stars like;
Katrina Law,
Helen Slater, and
Erica Durance. Dang it!
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| However we still found a few things to make the drive worth the while.... |
Our next travels will lead us to Michigan! We hope to visit with our dear friends, the Ridler's and do some site seeing too.
*** reference this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtPiGYsllos
it also brings us nearer to the end of our week with D's sister Dawn, and her family. It has been a great week. We have played miniature golf here at the Rest up Corral, watched Hannah play softball - Great job, Hannah on getting the Game Ball! We also recruited Jerry into helping us make a few repairs on the 5th wheel (More on that in a later blog), grilled out burgers despite the rain, bought bicycles, viewed miles and Miles and MILES of farmland, visited Metropolis - the home of Superman, and took a day trip to the Garden of the Gods. And per Dawn's request, D has made pizza! So during lunch, D made four dough balls and after work, we hauled them over to his niece Carrie's house so the whole family could pitch in on creating the masterpieces. Pizzas on the menu, per request, were; Reuben pizza, Mexican pizza, Sauteed Mushroom with Caramelized Onions, and a good old plain cheese pizza for the kiddos.
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