Harmony State Park - Indiana

First Day of Travel!

I am going to post the words first & pics as I can.....

Here goes......

Day 1 highlights - Driving from Mount Sidney, VA to Harmony State Park, Indiana

Day 1 Grandma

1.  Most thankful for:  How well our group has gotten along  & everyone has bought into the trip & doing their part to make it happy & comfortable & pleasurable for everyone else

2.  Anxiety relief over finding gas – not at $4 & how tight it was going to feel – all of that was alleviated yesterday.

3.  Favorite sight:  Grayson sighting the oil wells. 

4.  Favorite moment:  Riding with Toni & talking while she rode beside me 

5.  Favorite activity:  walking around the very empty campground after a very long day in the RV

6.  Other:  Pleased with our progress & our trip planning.

How engaged David is with the activities we brought to keep the boys busy.  Watching what a great dad he is (again)

Toni

1. Favorite Sight:  Gabe & Grayson having a ball at an  awesome park

2.  Favorite moment:  Hearing EVERYONE sing in the RV to Johnny Cash

3.  Favorite activity:  Watching the kids color in their states as we crossed state lines & doing a “line dance” for each state line!

Other:  Grayson sleeping for three hours 

DAY 1 - 

About ½ way to the campground, we stopped at a park.  Oh Lord are we thankful for the GPS.  We entered the name of the park & it took us right to the park.  I found this park on the Internet.  & it said it was an award winning park.  It had great climbing wall, a zip line that Gabe & Grayson both went on.  There was an Alice In Wonderland theme.  There was a hole that you climbed through that lead into a tunnel.  There were great swings we all used & hills & slides.  We only saw part of the park. Well, it was amazing!  I will attach some pictures from the park.  The boys had a great time!  It was a much needed & well deserved break.  We fixed sandwiches & got back in our seats & Lucy – the GPS - got us back on the road.  

The first campground was quiet with only 1 other camper in our whole loop.  We got the boys out and on their bikes.  It was an amazing first day.  We saw lots of beautiful mountains, greenery & rivers.  We all had been through all of it until we got into Indiana.  Gabe, Grayson and David all added this state.  Grayson we all know is a great “spotter.”  In Indiana near our campground, there were a lot of oil wells drilling in the pastures & huge irrigation systems  on wheels along the road.  Grayson would say there's another one, and we would look and look & finally see one WAY off in the corner of a field.  Gabe kept us entertained with singing & lots of questions.  

That night, it poured.  There was a huge thunderstorm.

Preparations

The boys are very excited to go on our trip!  We have lots of cool places to see that none of us have every seen.  Hopefully all will go well & we haven't forgotten anything major!!!  If anyone has any advice for a way to corral the "enthusiasm" of a 4 year old & an 8 year in an RV, we would love the suggestions!  Wish us luck as we start out in the a.m.!