For this artsy Saturday, I want to give you a picture looking out the dining room window of the Giant City Lodge State Park in southern Illinois. The park is not big and “Giant City” is nowhere to be found but it reminds me of Yellow Stone and other national park lodges. The CCC statues there is to honor all those who built the lodge in the 1930s. Continue reading Giant City Lodge
This morning I put out a post of the cons for my recent trip into southern Illinois so this afternoon I wanted to give you a gem to counterbalance it. That gem is Giant City Lodge. Before I do that I want to give you a little background on my habits during my uRV trips. I usually stay the night at a State park at during the trip. Part of my ritual is to get up early as I usually do and find a local restaurant that serves breakfast. I do have a Coleman stove in the uRV but it … Continue reading The Gem of Southern Illinois…
When I came across this contraption at the O’Bannon State Park in southern Indiana I had no idea what it was about. But a couple hours later there was a full-blown demonstration with oxen and all . It is a hay press from the 1800’s. Back then they didn’t have hay balers as we have today so basically this screw machine pressed the hay into tighter bundles so more could be put in the barn. Continue reading What Is This ??
O-Bannon State Park IN – Winter on the farm This picture was taken during a recent visit to an Indiana State Park near the Ohio River. It was a very interesting day and I will soon be putting up a Travelogue … Continue reading Winter on the Farm…
Dreaming of a field of wildflowers this cold January morning. This one was taken at a State Park in Indiana a few years ago. Continue reading Flowers Of Spring…
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