Illinois

Rock Cut State Park
Rock Cut State Park
September 17, 2018 In Campgrounds
Located in Rockford, Illinois – Rock Cut State Park is the largest state park in Illinois.  We first stayed there last summer and have been there three more times this...
Lone Point Recreation Area
Lone Point Recreation Area
July 31, 2018 In Campgrounds
Located on Lake Shelbyville in central Illinois, Lone Point Recreation Area is one of a number of campgrounds operated by the Army Core of Engineers in and around the lake....
Johnson Sauk Trail State Park
Johnson Sauk Trail State Park
July 6, 2018 In Campgrounds
As I’ve mentioned previously, we like to head out of town to a quiet location for the July 4th holiday (see Ramsey Lake State Park).  Our dogs hate the fireworks so we look...
Ramsey Lake State Park
Ramsey Lake State Park
July 5, 2017 In Campgrounds
Located in central Illinois, Ramsey Lake State Park is a 1,980-acre recreation area that has a 40 acre lake for fishing and boating.  We stayed at the park over the July...
Ferne Clyffe State Park
Ferne Clyffe State Park
November 24, 2016 In Campgrounds
As part of our 2016 Turkey Trot, we went down to Southern Illinois to check out some of the local state parks. We spent one night at Giant City State Park and decided to head...
Giant City State Park
Giant City State Park
November 23, 2016 In Campgrounds
A stop on our Thanksgiving Turkey Trot, we hard originally planned to spend a couple of days at Giant City State Park before heading over to FFerne Clyffe State Park but we ended...
D & W Lake Campground
D & W Lake Campground
November 21, 2016 In Campgrounds
Our “go to” campground when traveling down to Southern Illinois.  Great place right off of I-57 just north of Campaign, Illinois. Great for a one-night pit stop....
2016 Turkey Trot
2016 Turkey Trot
November 21, 2016 In RV Trips
The first year with our RV and we didn’t want our camping season to end.  So we ditched our families the week of Thanksgiving and went camping in downstate Illinois....
Fox Ridge State Park
Fox Ridge State Park
September 1, 2016 In Campgrounds
So when you finally purchase your dream RV, then have it break and have no idea when you’ll get it back –  it’s a bit difficult to make plans for the last...
Geneseo Campground
Geneseo Campground
July 23, 2016 In Campgrounds
Now that we purchased this big beautiful RV, we figured we needed a “practice run” to figure things out.  We know we didn’t want to head out too far (just...