Central Illinois

Sunday Nov 1, 2015.  We got up early as today the clocks were turned back to Standard Time.  The sun was shining!  We headed out at about 8:00 for a 200 mile trip to:

Nice size lot, full hook up for $25 a night..  

Ring Necked Phesants

finally has shorts on!

our yearly find of hedge balls, we took a few to put in the RV

we had our first fire since we left home it was relaxing way to have dinner.

Monday Nov 2:  beautiful day, filled with sunshine.  Great morning hike.  lots of deer stands in the park.

beautiful colors

Tuesday Nov 3:  off early to visit with family.  cousin Linda and Aunt June in Hoopeston about 75 miles from our camp. we were happy to see cousins Debbie and Karen too!

a coupe games of pool...

Eric and his personal nurse Linda  (he had a sore back)

me and Aunt June

The girls:  Linda, Debbie, Trinity, me, Aunt June and Karen

the boys still playing pool

What a delightful day and evening spent with wonderful cousins and our dear Aunt June.  Linda outdid herself with a wonderful lasagna, Debbie's salad was very good and Aunt June's Strawberry Pretzel salad was fabulous.   Linda invited us to spend the night, so we were able to really enjoy our visit.

Wed Nov 4:  We hated to leave Linda and Danny's home but we needed to get moving, we headed to

we found a horse trail that was fun to hike

then we went to

for more hiking..  what a wonderful day to spend enjoying all of natures beauty.

We finally got back to our camp around 3pm..  needed a short nap before packing up for tomorrow's drive.  We are heading about 225 miles south to Ferme Clyff State Park near Marion Il.