We broke up the 933 mile drive from Niagara Falls to Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri with two short stops. We spent quite a bit of time trying to find RV parks that were on the way and were reasonably priced. We chose the Cardinal Center Campground and Shooting Center in Marengo, Ohio as our first stop. It was a longer drive than we are used to, but went smoothly. It is a beautiful campground with really large sites, lots of open spaces and very few other people. We were hoping to get to shoot some skeet while we were there, but they didn't rent guns darn it. Miciou came with us on our first walk with the dogs and was pleased to find a nice young chipmunk couple that she chased down to bat around for a few seconds. Luckily I was able to distract her for a minute so they could get away. She has become quite the successful huntress. We used our time there to catch up on the chores... grocery, pet store, hair cuts, truck service, laundry etc... They also had the Taj Mahal of laundry facilities. Huge commercial machines that had everything done in a hour. We were going to go to the Columbus zoo, but the weather didn't cooperate.
Cardinal Center wide open spaces
Everyone loves it here
Pit Stop 2: Oaktown, IN August 2 - 4, 2013
Our second stop was in Oaktown, Indiana at New Vision RV Park. It was a little park with a pond and lots of wide open spaces as well and only 12.50 a night... woo hoo. The park itself was great and really quiet, but it did have the required train which was about 100 feet from our campsite on one side of our site complete with whistle and a 24 hour asphalt plant behind the campground on the other side of our site. It looked like a science fiction movie when you looked out your window at 2:00 a.m. It was all lit up with the tractors hauling the asphalt all lit up too, crawling over this huge mound of asphalt. When we arrived our GFI breaker plug that had been acting up finally quit all together. When I asked the park manager about a mobile repair service he said he knew a little about electricity and would come by to take a look. He replaced the switch, but it still didn't work darn it. We used the day just to relax and get ready for the longest leg of the drive.
New Vision RV Park. Yup, Calcite played some fetch out there!
Path to the spot that led to the above picture
Coming soon... Sunrise Beach, MO to see the Nex's and Adam's.
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