CAMPING in TURKEY RUN STATE PARK — Marshall, Indiana

The campground at Turkey Run State Park is pretty nice. Especially if you don't care about hookups too much. We didn't find any issues with the electricity, but you have to fill up with water on the way in and there are no full hookup (electric, water, sewer) sites.

Hint: If you have a 20 foot or larger camper, fill up with water at a spot along the main road, not in one of the dead end loops. You might not be able to go all the way around the loop with your camper. The circle is tight and the trees are close to the road. ;)

The best place to camp is off the main road. Our campsite, pictured above, was site 221. My friends had 220 and 222. Both of those sites were wonderful, especially if you are visiting during hot weather. There were lots of trees and shady most of the day. 

If you look at the campground map below, the Sugar Ridge area is also wooded and shady.

They have a camp store with some essentials and souvenirs. In my next post, I'll talk more about Turkey State Park itself. Some great adventures happed there!

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BLACKWATER FALLS STATE PARK — Davis, West Virginia

Blackwater Falls has a pretty easy hike with some boardwalks and steps to get to it. Pretty impressive!

Even from as far back as we were it was still really loud. That is a lot of water crashing down on a lot of rocks. Jim said that he was pretty sure he wouldn’t survive going over those falls. He is so much like Spock from Star Trek. So logical that man is, but it made me think, “He actually had the thought of trying to go over those falls. What in the heck!”

The next little hike was to Lindy Point Overlook. This hike had me wondering if we were in the same place they filmed The Princess Bride, one of my all time favorite movies! 

That mud pit on the left kept me looking over my shoulder for  a R.O.U.S (Rodents Of Unusual Size) to attack my “Wesley” at any moment. IT WAS AWESOME! Another interesting thing was the forest was full of Rhododendrons. I had never seen that before. Have you? A Rhododendron jungle?

Once we got to Lindy Point, the view was spectacular. I’m enough scared of heights that I had no desire to go outside the railing that was provided like I usually do. Those boulders could crash down on the civilians with me on top dying of a heart attack as I am wetting my pants screaming on the way down.

I’ve been in the papers one other time for an Improper Backing citation. It was in the Zeeland paper. It was a very dark cold night and somebody with a black car parked on the side of the road in a residential area directly across from my friends driveway. I did not see the car when I backed out of the driveway and lightly hit his car….IMPRPOPER BACKING. 

Let me make this clear. (This deserves it's own little segment.) I DO NOT, that I know of yet, have an improper back (buttocks or back), I backed up improperly in my car causing damage to another car because that person didn’t think about the risk of parking in that spot with no street lights DIRECTLY across from his neighbor’s driveway. I digress.

Of course I included my husband, a happy man feeling like he is on top of the world. He isn't afraid of falling down, wetting his pants, being in the newspaper, or having a heart attack. A picture of confidence leaning on railing put up who knows how long ago... :)