The rest of the fall trip - Ill, Kentucky & Tennessee

So, off we went from Bailey's Grove headed to Champaign, Ill. Planned on overnighting there, but ended up staying two nights so Mary could get some important work completed. Also had a terrible drive down there due to road construction, poor roads, etc. Needed some rest!
Nice park and Nice folks at the DW Lake Campground. Would have been very nice had it not rained all day, every day.
On Wednesday we headed off to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Nice drive, all expressways. Really a nice RV park, no sewer hookups, but we surived just frine. Rained most of the 5 days until the day we left. While Mary was working, I went on part of the Burbon tour to Woodford Reserve Distillery. Beautiful place, old quaint and moderrn all at once. Finally we got to visit the horse park. Wow, very worth a persons time. Even if you are not a horse person, just seeing all the history and learning about how the horse became such a part of America was interesting. Highly recommended. They have 29 miles of white fence in the horse park. Vey well kept and , well, fun to see. The countryside in the Lexington area was also worth a good drive.
Oh, don't go there and expect any sleep on a fall football weekend...Fun, noisy, but not rude.

Next was the trip to Tellico Plains, TN and the Tiffin RV Network Rally. Woww, 50 coaches showed up. This was really fun, meeting people we met in Beverly Beach in the spring, making some new friends, learning more about our motorhomes, lots of great food and more. I know now why the FMCA Rally was such a downer. This was really well done and fun. Can't wait for the spring Rally in Gulf Shores, apparently we're up to 75 coaches already there.
The Tellico Plains area was also beautiful. It is the start of what is called the Cherola Skyway. A very senic, twisty drive up in the mountains, a number of very beautiful vista etc. Fun to drive as well. Went up on the modern road, but came back on a ORV trail (why have a Jeep and not use it capabilties?)for about twice as far, but really beautifull. Followed the Tellico River all the way, see a couple pics for a taste. And one of Bebe after a meal of grass.. Dog or mini horse??

Finally left Tellico Plains and headed back to Knoxville to drop off Cecialia and head back home in the Jeep. All done with no problem, about 18 hours driving time after leaving Tennessee RV. Stayed a night just south of Chicago and made it home Sunday afternoon about 4 PM.

Hope you enjoy the pics and reading about our travels. Can't wait for Feburary!!

Door County

Had a great time up on the Door County penisula. Excellent fall colors, very charming little villages and shops. Lots to do and see without driving very far from the campground. We stayed at Baileys Grove CG in Baileys Harbor. It's on the Lake Michigan side. Very nice CG, friendly hosts and well kept up. We had our Allegro Club meet and greet on friday night for a local fish fry and a chili dump on saturday after the club meeting. That was something new to me, everyone brought their favorite homemade chili and it all got dumped in a pot and heated together, excellent idea.

Monday we drove to Champaign, Ill and are spending a couple nights there before moving on to the kentucky horse park on Wednesday. We have kept warm with no problem in the motorhome and no issues with frozen water. Not very cold yet though.

Fish Fry Tour, Part Duex

Been at home base for three weeks now, must be time to get outa Dodge again. So, off we go; first to Wausau to pick up the motorhome from Kings. A few repairs completed. Really a great shop with good people and very customer oriented. After that we are off to Door County for a long weekend with the Wis Allegro club. Friday fish fry, Chili pot luck and other activities.

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