Going with the Flow

Things happen all the time while RV’ing. The big lesson seems to be to accept that things aren’t going to go your way all the time but to enjoy what you have.

Our preferred stop of Delaware State Park in Ohio was full. So we stopped at nearby Alum Creek State Park. We didn’t have reservations and it was a weekend, but the online reservations seemed to show openings. Nope, it was full! We stopped in the parking lot and starting checking for alternatives. There were a few openings in some nearby parks but the sites were without electricity. Then we saw several electric sites were available in Scioto Trail State Park two hours down the road so we headed that way.

The park seemed a bit out of the way, but we had no idea! After we arrived we were told that several people had died on the route our GPS gave us due to the sharp curves where you can’t see oncoming traffic. They don’t recommend that path to the park at all. However, even on the way out on the recommended path the curves were sharp. The route we took in also had a spot that google calls Deadman Crossing which might have been an old town. I couldn’t find any history about the town except that maybe it’s due to a story about a ghost soldier.  Quite exciting routes both in and out of this park.

The park itself was quite nice. It had wifi which is difficult to find in a state park. The campsite was excellent.

The trails, though, were quite a challenge. We are in the edges of the Appalachian Mountains. The campground is set in a flat valley but on either side the hills are steep and that’s where the trails are located. Lots of ups and downs on my morning hike.