May 4 - Monday

We got an early start to our last campsite on the last leg of our journey home. We wanted to get through Nashville not during rush hour, which can be very hectic. There was construction on the road which slowed traffic down a bit, but not that bad. We went through parts of Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky and finally crossed the Illinois state line  early afternoon. The campsite is called Gun Creek in Whittington, Illinois, very southern part of Illinois. It is a Core of Engineers park, which are very well maintained. It was  about a 5 hr drive, around 280 miles.  The weather was great, but a little windy. Our site is right by Rend Lake, the park was full. It was good we had reservations, because they had a "campsite full" sign posted. There is a golf course there also. Being that it was still early, after we got settled, we went to the course and Richard golfed 9 holes. I decided not to play because my ankle was a little sore. So I drove the cart. We had a good time, there were only a few other golfers that time of day, so were able to take our time. We ate supper outside on the picnic table and watched the sunset on the lake.