Waubonsie State Park

We took another trip to Waubonsie State Park. We hadn’t been out there in quite some time. Naturally, I just picked a pull through site from the web site and reserved it ahead of time. I know the campground is rather small for a state park so I wanted to be sure I had a spot reserved.

When I got to the park, to my amazement, the site was pretty small and not level. Sometimes sites lean left or right and sometimes they lean forwards or backwards. This one did both. I had a fun time getting my camper level without the wheels coming off the ground. She leveled the first time though. The front end was damn near sitting on the ground. In fact, I knocked my melon on the bedroom slide no fewer than 10 times during the weekend. This slide is usually way above my head so I wasn’t used to it being that low.

The internet connection in this park is not very good (perhaps 1 bar and occasionally for a brief moment 2 bars). My site, while not level was completely shaded most of the time under a big tree (which littered my slides with stuff). The temps were about 100 degrees most of the time we were there but the AC keep the unit at 74 degrees (where I had it set).

One night, we got some pretty serious rain and towards the end of it, I started getting dripped on in bed. Upon inspection I did find a small hole along the nose cone seal on the top of the camper. I sealed this hole with some Dicor and that was the end of it. When my camper is in storage, the sun will hit that spot in the afternoons.

The other wonky issue with my campsite was the power was on the same side as the fire pit. So I had to go into the “back yard” to sit by the fire. It was either that or stretch my power cord from the further corner to the opposite corner to get plugged in. As it was 100 degrees out most of the time and very humid, I didn’t spend much time by the first. As I brought a bunch of my own wood, and I was determined not to take it home, I did spend most of Saturday afternoon drinking and burning.

Well that’s it for now. Please see the photos below. As usual, they all have captions.

Look how high that back end is off the ground!

Not level at all!

Was heavily shaded but not near level.

She has her own window.

The loop was thin so we had a road on both sides of our site.

Getting ready to make apple wood smoked bacon, tomato, bbq, onion pepper jack cheese burgers.

Looking down towards the tent camping area. Notice how low the front end of my camper is to the ground?

This is where most meals were prepared.

She will not pose for photos. It's a struggle.

Another angle of our shady oasis.

Here are some more cabins.

Here is the main entrance sign.

Another cabin.

Here's a sign I found down on a walking path.

It's a rock or a sign post or both.

Here we are arriving.

Our camper is level. The pad is not.

Here is another cabin along the way.

There's actually a small lake where you can take a kayak.

She will not cooperate for photos.

A shady road in the park.

Here is yet another cabin I found.

This park has its own equestrian area but there's not electricity back there.

There was actually some sort of gathering happening here so I didn't snap too many photos.

Here is a shot of some picnic areas. I didn't see many in use.

There were so many cabins scattered.

They had many places to have a picnic.

This is the back entrance.

Backroad

Back road

Here is one of the many cabins they have for rent.

A road less traveled.