When we left the Nappanee area, we headed west. Actually, it was more south than west as we stayed well away from toll roads and the Chicago metropolitan area. We spent a couple of nights at Bo Woods Campground on Lake Shelbyville in Illinois. Like most COE campgrounds at lakes, the sites are extra spacious to allow for your RV, your tow vehicle(s), and your boat.
We then moved to Indian Creek Campground on the Mark Twain Lake in Missouri. In retrospect the Ray Behrens campground might have been a better choice. Indian Creek was further back from main roads.
We took a day trip to Hannibal, Missouri, boyhood hometown to Mark Twain. The town offers plenty of free parking for their Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museums. One tour ticket gets you into all the venues. Everything is in pretty easy walking distance. However, the hike up those 244 steps to the commemorative lighthouse on a hot day is not for everyone.
Norman Rockwell illustrated The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The Mark Twain Museum is home to fifteen original paintings for those books. If you're a Rockwell fan, you will be delighted.
We enjoyed the shopping too. I came away with a new book to read - a collection of Mark Twain's short stories. We especially appreciated the free ice cream at the Dutch Country General Store. I was able to stock up on my sweet lebanon bologna supply too.
Now, for those of you wondering why this was titled safe water, it's because that's what Mark Twain means.
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| Lake Shelbyville - picnic grounds at dam visitor center |
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| Never a navigational lighthouse |
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| Inside the home |
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| Original Norman Rockwell paintings |
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| Whitewashing time |
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| Foreign language translations |
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| Safe Water Ahead |
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