Mark Twain State Park

Just sit right back and I'll tell you a tale, a tale of a fateful trip!  Well, it wasn't really that bad!  I've waited a whole year to take the grandkids to Mark Twain State Park to visit the Indian  Creek Campground to experience their Halloween Extravaganza. Steve & I arrived Friday night with Mary, Michael & Gussie.  Catherine had a soccer game so she and Amber drove up Saturday morning.  The weather was perfect!

Karen and Vince joined us on Sunday.  Here is Steve showing off some more of his man muscles!

Gussie was fascinated by Grandpa disconnecting the RV from the truck.

We took several hikes.  This one was next to the lake.  The kids threw  many rocks into the water.

Mary helped decorate our campsite.

Many snacks and drinks were consumed.

We saw several beautiful sunsets.  This was the view from our campsite.

And now for the end of the story.  The kids dressed up. We drove to Indian Creek Campground.  Paid our $5 to enter.  Lots of people were there.  Every RV was decorated to the hilt. And it was terrifying! Mary lasted about 10 minutes, Catherine, Michael & Gussie about 15 minutes. We went back to our RV.  Made a fire and roasted smores. And prayed the kids didn't have nightmares!

First Timers

We took the RV on our first official trip last weekend.  We went to Mark Twain State Park.

There was a little bit of color in the trees.  And lots of nuts falling on the ground where we were parked.  Mike Taylor told me what these were called, but I can't remember.  All I  know is that they make a really loud noise when hitting the roof of the RV!

It wouldn't be camping (technically I guess we weren't actually "camping") without a fire.

We were really surprised by all of the RVers that had Halloween decorations up around their sites.  Apparently this is THE thing to do.  Maybe next year!