We woke this morning, packed up and headed North. That's about as far as we got towards planning. LOL
We drove up North through Tennessee, Missouri and ended up in Illinois. I found a Core Of Engineer campground located on Rend Lake. Rend Lake is on the Big Muddy River in southern Illinois. Rend Lake is named after William Patrick Rend, a retired Civil War colonel who operated a local coal mine in the 1920's.
There is a visitor center near the west end of the dam. It has interactive exhibits including live reptiles and fish from the area. It also contains a working honey bee hive. The bees are able to travel indoors to the native plant garden where they collect pollen and nectar to take back to the hive. Can't wait to see this!
We scored a camp sight at the Gun Creek Campground with full hookups right on the water.
Gun Creek Campground is in Benton, Illinois adjacent to a golf course and so beautiful. The sites are full hookups with a generous amount of space and all for $13 a night with our America the Beautiful pass.
After setup, we headed out right behind our camper to sit near the water and enjoy the rest of the evening.
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