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By June 4, we were in Cloverdale, Indiana. A funny thing happened there. On this trip, we found it prudent, as well as easier on our minds, if we reserved our campsite in advance. I knew where I wanted to stay in Indiana, because it was central to all of the places I knew we wanted to visit: Cloverdale KOA.
So I made the reservation using the KOA app on my phone — very handy! We arrived and the sign directing us there said “Cloverdale Campground.” No KOA sign at all!
I got on the phone and called. “KOA, Cloverdale, California!” was the cheerful reply. I explained that we had reservations and she said, “Yes, we have them right here!” “But we’re in Indiana.” She was very nice, refunded us our money, and assured us that we would be welcome there whenever we made it to Cloverdale, California.
Thankfully, the Cloverdale Campground was fine for our several-day stay.
Our Indiana stay included a few trips to see Annette and Steve, a trip to Greencastle to visit my old alma mater DePauw, and a trip to Bloomington to visit friends. We also went up to Fishers to visit friends (and Handel’s Ice Cream). It was a good time.
We left Indiana and, just as we entered Kentucky, we stopped at the Louisville KOA. Falls of the Ohio State Park (Indiana) is right on the Ohio River, and I had never been there. I was picturing big falls, but… uh, no. The pics of this park are just above. It was a nice day. Another Louisville day was perfect for a visit downtown.
After we left there, we went to Bowling Green, where there is the Corvette Museum. We had both buzzed by it numerous times, but neither of us had stopped. What fun we had! There was a special exhibit of the cars that fell below, when the sinkhole opened up under the museum in 2014.
Following those pics, I have a few from our fun visit to Nashville, Tennessee’s Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
Alabama was next. Huntsville was our next stop where we had a nice visit with Jack’s brother Ken and his wife Susan. We also had a fun lunch with more family – Ken’s daughter Teri and her family. During this leg of the trip, I was remiss at getting pics of the people we visited.
Here are some shots from Monte Sano State Park near Huntsville. This is where we camped for a few nights and, as you see, it’s beautiful!
From Alabama, we drove over to Georgia. We needed to visit the capitol there in Atlanta, so we decided to stay in the area for a few days.
We stayed at Stone Mountain and it was a fine example of how to do an RV park to keep plenty of people occupied and happy. While we were there, we took off and went to the capitol, to the Coke museum, and climbed Stone Mountain!
And then we were off to South Carolina! We love SC and Charleston in particular. We love staying at James Island County Park, where their accommodations for RVs is unparalleled. Of course I have no pictures from there. I do have a couple of pictures from Hyman’s, though! Gosh, I wish I were there today!
Fort Sumter was interesting and included a boat ride!
Fort Macon in North Carolina was a couple of days later. That’s pretty close in a row for two forts, I realize.
We loved the Outer Banks so much! Here, you’ll see pix I took from the ferry which took us from Cedar Island > Ocracoke > Hatteras.
From there, we visited Chicamacomico, which my spell-checker is advising me is spelled wrong. LOL.
Chicamacomico is an old Coast Guard station where they used to perform life-saving maneuvers. They still do a demonstration of these maneuvers and we were lucky enough to see one.
Kitty Hawk was cool. There is a nice museum there and a monument honoring the Wright Brothers and their first flight. We stayed at the OBX Campground. Located handily and it was a fine stop.
The following day, June 30, we drove to Richmond, Virginia. We photographed the Capitol and went to the Richmond Battlefield National Park. It’s located in the old Tredegar Iron Works. All of the photos I got here with my phone were on the outside.
In Richmond, we parked in a garage with a strict rule. If you parked up to 3 hours, you paid $15. ANYthing over 3 hours, you paid another $15. We were parked there for 3 hours and 15 minutes. Yeah.
The first photo in this group is of our RV park map. Nearly all of the camps offer such a map containing rules, etc.. We often photograph it so that we have the passcode for the gates or the restrooms with us.
