Knightstown, Indiana
Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park
Oh Momma, you found me a new playmate!
Look how friendly he his. He's waving at me. Wait a minute. I think his hand is stuck up there. Oh man, he's a fake.
As I had mentioned previously, we are traveling to smaller, out of the way areas. This nice campground is located in the country as you can see by the corn fields.
The ride was 'interesting', as Dad put it. We departed Kentucky, slipped thru a corner of Ohio and into Indiana. Rather than take us further north and then east, our GPS recommended taking a diagonal path which would eliminate 50 miles. As we left I-74, there was a marvelous large parking area at the gas station on the right so we took a break to stretch our legs and visit the large grassy field. My what fantastic smells. And of course Momma and Dad used our rig's facilities.
Well, as we traveled through the first little community, Momma was enchanted with Brookville's charm. A LARGE court house and some Victorian style homes all well maintained and landscaped. And then the moment of panic. The GPS said turn left onto Hwy 52 and the road was baricaded. As a said, it was just a moment of panic as there was a bright, orange detour sign. Piece of cake. So straight we went as our GPS kept trying to turn us around so we could take the baricaded roadway. And straight we went. And straight we went. Shouldn't there be another bright, orange sign showing us the way? About then everyone decided it was a good thing we had taken that stretch and potty break because the 50 miles we were expecting to save may have just added 100??? Well, the GPS finally gave up on turning us around and resumed guiding us in a northly direction through some beautiful countryside. And then, the GPS guided us to a left turn. "Do I turn here at this intersection Dad asked?" Momma looked at the GPS map which said the turn was two more blocks a head..so on we went. But when we traveled 2 more blocks, we immediately knew this couldn't be right. Okay, time to find a place to turn around, but then the GPS rerouted us and we said, "Why not". So on we went passing by some more planted fields. Wow, they even mowed the roadside between the fields and the edge of the road. It looks better than our lawn at home!!
We bravely followed the turns of our GPS and finally came to I-70 with a dozen miles to head back toward the west to arrive at our destination adding only 11 extra miles to our original, shortened route but....those last 12 miles were in the middle of road construction with only one lane of traffic each direction as they were working on the second east and west bound lanes. The signage said one lane ahead but the second lane wasn't blocked off yet. Momma mentioned to Dad that she was surprised not to have cars rushing up on left and trying to sneak into the long line of traffic. Dad could see in his side view mirror what was going on. A semi was blocking off the second lane keeping those 'I'm in a hurry and need to get ahead of you drivers' from using that lane. Traffic was rolling along slowly but smoothly for our safe arrival. Now that arrival was another matter. The road was 'paved' with large crushed stone. At least it wasn't a rutted, potholed road as we traveled about another mile.
Our site is l-o-n-g and a pull thru with nice grass bordering our graveled pad. As we were all sitting at our picnic table enjoying dinner, our neighbors arrived. It's too bad they were on the other side of our rig because they provided much entertainment. We didnt' clock it, but we finished our dinner before they had finally landed. Did a mention that these are nice, open, level, straight pull thru sites? Dad was worried the poor guy was going to have to refuel before he finally got situated. His wife who had gotten out of the cab of the truck looked over at us and said, "He'll get it straight soon."
The sites are filling up as the day draws to an end. Business is good for this campground. I sure hope they don't all plan to use pool at the same time and practice some social distancing. At least being a dog, I don't have to don a mask!!
I'm Chloe
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