Moving on to Cleveland (6/19/2015)

Saturday was moving day again, but it was a short trip.  We woke up to rain, again, so we didn't get in any hurry to go outside and start the de-camping process.  Joe had decided last night that we would run up the highway to McDonalds for breakfast this morning, so I had already put away the toaster and coffee pot.  We ran out between raindrops and by the time we got back it was just drizzling, so we put on our rain jackets and got busy.  We were actually on the road just before 9:00, and we headed up the road through Kent (where the infamous Kent State is) and Aurora on Highway 43, then we cut over on 82 to 44, which took us into our campground.  It was a nice drive, past lots of beautiful homes, pretty lakes (lots of geese around here).  

We arrived at Punderson State Park, near Newbury, about 10:15, and started the check-in process.  We messed around for about an hour picking out our campsites, then going back and getting registered, then getting set up.  The strange thing here, which we didn't think to ask in advance, is that they only have 20 amp electricity.  We usually have 30 amp, and oftentimes we have 50 amp, so we weren't sure how that was going to work for us.  We paid for 2 nights here and thought if we could keep our units cool enough, we would probably need another night or so.  We should be able to run one air conditioner, as long as we don't try to use power for any other heavy-duty thing (like the microwave or hair dryer) at the same time.

We decided to take the rest of the day off, so after a quick lunch, we all settled in, took naps or read. It had quit raining, and there were lots of people moving around in this park, taking kids to the playground, starting campfires, setting up tents.  It's a busy place on a weekend.

Joe and I finally took a little walk around the campground and encountered Collins who was making his hike.  We didn't try to keep up.  We did take a few pictures down by the campground office of the lake and a house across the lake.  I guess if I had to live here, I could make it in that house.  It looks like it has a basement, so that would work.  I told Joe if I lived back here, I would want a finished basement and I would put my bedroom down there so I didn't have to worry about moving to the basement during the night when the tornado warnings were out.

You can see it's just a short walk to water's edge.

Marilyn offered to make enchalidas for dinner, so I whipped up some refried beans and Mazie made an apricot crumble, and we had our first group dinner of the trip.  Yummy!  We talked about plans for tomorrow's drive into Cleveland, then went our separate ways for the evening.