Awake: 5:10am Temp 69 Some ground fog Elevation 741 ft
Overnight @ Fithian, Illinois.
This is a very quiet campground…. & not much traffic running on the
nearest highway. Only 3 RV units spent the night here, so it’s obviously
not a popular hangout but it did work for us. Negotiating around the many
trees & overhanging limbs while driving to our parking site does put a big
“NO” for future reference.
Leave the 5 Bridges RV Park @ 6:40am….our new 2nd earliest departure time
yet, beating out yesterday. As we are heading east toward Indianapolis
this morning, we couldn’t help noticing….a lot of traffic on I-74. 2 hrs
later, we discover there is a NASCAR race today @ the Indianapolis
speedway. I didn’t think it was the Sunday going to church crowd! Both
Iowa & Illinois interstate highways were rough over 40% of the time…..so
far, Ohio is a little better.
My sister Corinne calls from Lilly, PA with birthday wishes for my special
day. Son Nick calls with a birthday wish from him & Eriko….they are en
route to Lake Washington to watch the Blue Angeles air show today in
Seattle.
Katrina calls from Denver, CO with birthday wishes for my special day & we
did some highly technical car talk also.
We arrive @ the Baylor Beach Park in Navarre, Ohio @ 2:51 local time. From
a distance, we see hundreds of cars parked in fields, parking spots & in
the campground…then we see hundreds of people in the water park, lying on
the grass, everywhere. This is the 4th time visiting this park but the 1st
time witnessing the summertime/ weekend water park activity. The
organization has to be fantastic….as this is a family owned & operated
facility.
After parking, Melissa calls from Indiana, PA with birthday wishes.
All these special calls for me today on my birthday make me feel really
generous so I decide to take Kathy out for dinner in Massillon, Ohio. We
went to “Rocknes,” a good restaurant where we shared an old fashion
meatloaf dinner.
En route back to our motor home, we do a little shopping @ Wal-Mart.
Today’s travel: 7+10 time 400.6 miles 45 gal 8.9 mpg 56.6 avg speed
Travel high temp=84 Lights out: 11:31pm
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