"Stop and Dropping" our Way Back Home

Sunday....As we drove into Indianapolis this afternoon, we realized we were finally back in the Eastern Time Zone.  We began computing our next couple of potential stops and realized that we had turned the corner and are definitely Homeward Bound!  The last couple of days have been "stop and drops" in Iowa and Illinois and we have seen more corn than we ever thought possible.  This is truly the country's "bread basket". In one little town we saw an "ADM plant" on steroids that would make ours look tiny!!  The Iowa stops were fun.  Who knew Iowa had lakes?!! Then again, when you are in land-locked state with no mountains, you exploit whatever natural features you have.  We really enjoyed the Okoboji Lake and its amusement park.  We do have a confession to make, we got this site by "mistake."  We thought the sign meant it was free after July 12 and after we got all set up, we realized that it was RESERVED through July 12 (It was July 12!).  The guy next door said, "Yea, he hasn't been here all week"... it was already 6 pm.... we took our chances and put $20 in the box  anonymously when we left (it was a State Park).

Dave, the campfire, wine for Deb and a drink for Deb by Lake Okaboji

Deb packing up the next morning

Good by Lake Okaboji

Then it was on to Lazy Dayz near Cedar Rapids, Iowa where we were in a bean field but the sites believe-it-or not were really not bad... lots of grass, if no trees between them!  Next we came to Carlock, Illinois to a very memorable, if infamous, campsite that was just above a WalMart parking lot.  At first, the owner of Kamp Komfort (I swear that was the name!!) wanted to put us in a site that was basically in the road with a water and electric box beside it.  We were just getting ready to tell him that we would take our chances at WalMart, when he miraculously found a better site down the way (next to the highway and across from the corn field!!). 

Corn and Windmills out "Bessie's" window

Dave  - Homeward Bound!

Now we realize that we are just 2 or 3 stops from home and that "homeward bound" mindset has truly set in.  On the way here we've noticed that the corn has gone from "knee high by the 4th of July" to tasseling!