We have traveled over 1500 miles from Key West. What a difference a few miles can make. Gone are the shorts and flip flops. Now it is jeans, sneakers, rain coat, and umbrella. The weather radio got fired up yesterday too. Right now there are hail, high winds, heavy rains, and flood warnings. Sheesh!
It seemed like a good morning just to stay put and bake some cinnamon rolls in the oven. With a few cups of and a serenade from this little bird our new weather pattern did not seem as bad.
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| Spotted Towhee |
This is our first sighting of a Spotted Towhee. We ended up having to cover the mirrors. He was working himself into a frenzy fighting his reflection.
We are camping at Scotts Air Force Base in Illinois. It is very close to St. Louis. We stopped here for a few days and had dinner with some dear friends who used to live in Indianapolis. Chet and Chris moved to St. Louis a few years ago and it was so good to see them. Chris and I used to work together at St. Vincent Carmel.
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| Scott AFB Famcamp |
Jimmy is a little sad about his new surroundings. The weather is not going to be very good and this will prevent much exploring over the next few days.
Earlier in the week we stayed at two KOA campgrounds. One was in Forsyth Georgia. It certainly was not a very level campground (check out our picnic table) but it worked as a good over night stop One nice perk was warm chocolate chip cookies delivered to our door by one of the workampers. Yummy!
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| KOA Forsyth Georgia |
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| Small catch and release fishing pond |
Last night we stayed at the Kentucky Lakes/Prizer Point KOA in Cadiz, Kentucky. This huge campground is not far from the interstate but seemed very much off the beaten path. Most of the sites overlook the Intercoastal Waterway How can that be...you ask? Amazingly this waterway will eventually lead to the Mississippi River.
It is a very pretty setting with lots to offer especially during the summer time. There are a wide variety of boats to rent (house, pontoon, paddle) and over 150 cabins. Their season is just about to start and we loved seeing the dogwood in bloom streaking across the forest like white lightening. Everything just looks so green and fresh.
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| Office and boat center |
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| Kentucky Lake/Prizer Point KOA |
We have seen a lot over the past week and plan to take a few days off before heading further west. Thanks for stopping by and Happy Easter!
Well, I hate to say it, but I think I would rather be back in Key West. We had to camp at KOA's some parts of the Midwest last year, seems as though there often isn't much else around. The Family Camps are great, though, and thanks for the update on this one.
ReplyDeleteWe stay at Scott AFB to see the kids. We'll be back again in August/September. Good to see you made it from Key West.
ReplyDeleteSure like the look of those cinnamon buns!! We left Palm Trees and shorts a few weeks ago and it is tough getting used to jeans and sweatshirts again!
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