From Maumee Bay State Park we came home for a day to celebrate Mother's Day with our moms. It also gave us a chance to unpack and repack for a week long trip. On Monday, May 13 we headed out for General Butler State Park in Carrollton, Kentucky.
This trip was a do-over from one that we attempted back in June of 2010. That should probably be a separate blog entry in itself, but I'll try to give you the Reader's Digest version. Back in 2010, we set out for General Butler with our old 28 foot Dutchman travel trailer. We got a late start because when we woke up our water heater had leaked all over our kitchen floor and we had to deal with that before we left town for a week. It was about 2 pm before we headed out, but thankfully it was only a 4.5 hour drive. We were cruising along just fine through some very serious construction in Dayton, Ohio and Jim noticed that the semi-truck driver behind us was yelling at us and throwing his arms in the air. Jim figured that he was just mad because he was taking it slow through the construction zone. Well, the semi-truck driver finally made it up beside us and rolled his window done to try and tell us something. We couldn't hear a word he was saying, but just figured he was upset. As I looked away, I noticed in my side mirror that there was smoke coming out of the trailer. I did a double take before I said something to Jim. Yup, there was smoke coming out of the trailer. I very calmly said to Jim that it appeared that there was smoke coming out of the trailer and maybe that was what the semi-truck driver was trying to tell us. Jim pulled off at the next exit, exit 50 to be exact, to see what was happening. I was scared to death! Here we are sitting on an exit ramp in Dayton, Ohio at 5 pm on a Saturday with a potential camper that was on fire, and Jim tells me to stay in the truck! Thankfully, the camper wasn't actually on fire. The axels broke and were dragging along the road causing the smoke, but no fire. We were up a creek without a paddle. Needlesstosay, we met a lot of great people that night that really reaffirmed not only my faith in mankind, but Jim's too. We ended getting back home about 1:30 am just in time for a tornado to pass over our house and touchdown in Dundee just a few minutes later. What a day!
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| General Butler State Park - Campsite #25 |
So, since we never made it to General Butler it was on the list for this year. We had a very nice drive down, but I know we both held our breath a little when we came up on exit 50 in Dayton. The park was beautiful, but I have to say that there wasn't much to do in and around the area. We spent most of the time at the park itself just relaxing around the campfire and riding our bikes. I also read 2 books. Oh and how could I forget, we had to check out the local Wal-mart one afternoon for a few things we had forgotten. It's just not right if we don't visit a Wal-Mart where ever we go.
Campsite 25 was beautiful. It was at the end of the road with a small creek running behind us. There were only 2 other campers in the whole park, so we basically felt like we had the place to ourselves.
On Tuesday when we ventured around the park some we stumbled across The Lookout. The view was amazing!
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| The Lookout at General Butler State Park |
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| The view of the Ohio River from the Lookout |
Jim never likes his picture taken. It always seems that when I'm about to take one he make a funny face. I think this is one of the best photos of him yet!
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| Jim |
On Thursday morning, we packed up and said goodbye to Kentucky and hello to Indiana.
To be continued....
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