October 18,2016- Tuesday

After 155 miles, 4 hours...we crossed over the Mississippi River and over the state line of our home state....Illinois!! We arrived at our last campsite, Gun Creek Recreation Area in Whittington, Illinois. A COE site which was our first stop on our way down to Florida. It is at the southern tip of Illinois . We arrived early afternoon and checked in. When we got to our assigned site, we realized the site which was right along the shore of Rend Lake, was on a very steep incline. It was, we guessed, intended for a much smaller RV than our 30 foot one. We had to go back to the ranger station & get assigned a different site. After we got all hooked up, it was early afternoon, so we went to the golf course which is right at the entrance to the park. But, they were very expensive. It would have cost $35 for Richard to golf and another $15 for me to ride along in the cart. Needless to say, $50 is a little out of our price range! So Richard looked on line and found another course nearby which we found and  was only a total of $16 for him to golf and me to ride along. It was not a very good course.....bumpy with a lot of leaves on the ground. We lost about a dozen balls we couldn't find because of all the leaves. So Richard was discouraged and didn't do very well. Afterward we went to a little cafe for a good meal.

PS  The green bridge picture was a bridge on the golf course we had to drive over, not very wide with swampy water on either side.