Thursday October 2 through October 3, 2025
In the 1939 movie, The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy says to her dog at one point, “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” Ahhh, but Jil and I are!
Both of us are a little leery of our Mr. Garmin and Miss Smarty Pants routing directions considering the routes we’ve taken the last few days. I looked on Google Maps on my computer and exploded each portion of the route and I’ve determined that even Mr. Garmin and Miss Smarty Pants can’t screw the next route up- fingers crossed.
We work our way north/northwest following perfect directions from Mr. Garmin. The roads are very good to excellent for a change. We travel through lots of beautiful farmland, then graze Kansas City, Kansas as we continue west. We are heading to a one night stand in Clinton State Park near Lawrence, Kansas. Our route is easy to follow even though there are a few route changes. I was a little confused with one route because I’m not from Kansas. State routes in Kansas have this sign:
All is good and we pull into Clinton State Park. Jil goes into the office to check in and comes out with a copy of the campground map with a line drawn on it indicating how we are to proceed to our campsite. We muff it because there is a lack of signage indicating which campsites are on each loop. We double back and find our site…… Hmmmm… the utilities are on the wrong side of our rig. I look down the row and some rigs face the same as ours and some face the opposite which puts the utilities on the correct side. No matter, I have enough power cord to reach the electrical pedestal and we don’t need water.
Clinton State Park sports 368 campsites, six cabins, a 25 mile hike/bike trail, a five mile cross country ski trail, archery range, two disc golf courses, a 3 acre trout pond, a one acre kiddie trout pond and a fish cleaning station and a marina- all on the shore of Clinton Lake, a reservoir built to protect surrounding communities from devastating floods.
The evening is warm and the sky clear and our satellite dish is working perfectly. We have plenty of room to walk the dogs so this park is serving its purpose- a layover camp on our way to our next destination.
The next blog will find us in a very nice place. Come along and see for yourself!
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