El Dorado

 No, not the John Wayne movie. The Kansas state park outside of El Dorado Kansas, about 30 miles northeast of Wichita.

 A big, spread out park with plenty of trails and activities. They have an archery range, a shooting ranges as well as the typical lake activities. Some strange ways but not a terrible spot to camp. Our site had room and plenty of shade.

 We stayed here one night when heading northbound and three nights southbound. In both instances it was all about location, location, location. Not a lot of choices in this area and it most closely matched the distance I was willing to drive. Strange policies and behavior to be found here. When I made my reservation on line it said 3 night minimum and would not let me book shorter time. In walking around the park seemed to be most people came in on Friday, leaving on Sunday. ???

 In the end it does not matter. We stayed here 3 days to rest after two long travel days with two more coming next. Getting old sucks. With FHU (short for full hook ups ie:water/electric/sewer) it gave us a chance to dump our holding tanks and to get caught up on laundry. We had been off the grid with no hook ups and Winterset did not have sewer at our site. A reason for all or at least most decisions.

 Tomorrow brings a 300 mile day to Thackerville Oklahoma, home of Winstar casino. They have a great rv park that we will utilize plus we will dine in the casino. Made many visits to Winstar thru the years when we lived in north Texas. Yes, we will probably donate a FEW dollars via the slot machines while there. Then Monday brings a 280 mile or so drive to Bastrop state park. Been there many times both pre and post fire. Sure looks different than it did pre forest fire.

 Been fun but look forward to returning to Texas

carpe diem