Rally at Devil's Den and beyond

Today is Thursday October 10, and we woke up in a KOA in Bowling Green Kentucky. Our trip timeline was five nights at Devil's Den, two at Lake Charles State Park in Arkansas, and one at the Bowling Green KOA.

The rally, Aliner and Chalet owners, for the LOKAT region, was lots of fun, with most attending being of the outgoing and friendly type.  It appeared that first time attendees like ourselves were in the vast minority, with lots of friendships already in place and lots of catching up.  Food and good times were in abundance.  The organizers, the Picards and the Colglaziers, plus region director Richard Larson and Betty are big fans of Dutch Oven cooking.  They demonstrated their skills and fed us well at the afternoon high teas.

Cinnamon rolls in the dutch oven

Jeanne, Roy, Ginnie and Dan

Gwen, John and Dick in foreground

John, Gwen, Jeanne, Dick and Ginnie

Plotters

Good stuff cooking on the fire tables

Aliners

More Aliners

Following the rally we headed east, with Jane in Virginia being our ultimate destination.  We spent most of Monday driving east and north to Lake Charles State Park in Arkansas.  The little park was perfect, with only a couple tenting as company in our camping loop.  It was quiet, and peaceful.  The weather was perfect and we spent two nights.  We walked trails for a couple of miles and attempted to make french onion soup in the crockpot.  Jeanne Colglazier had prepared the onion soup for us in her dutch oven.  It was marvelous and appeared very simple to prepared.  Our variation in the crockpot was good, but not up to the dutch oven variety.  We will try again at home in the oven.

Thursday finds us in a KOA in Bowling Green Kentucky, after deciding not to camp at the "campground from hell" Kenlake State Park.  Tiny campsites, crowded, with kids riding around on ATV's.  I heard banjos in the background.  We made a quick lap, looking for a campsite and got out as quickly as we could.

We made contact with Herb and Caroline Jukes who recently moved to Bowling Green and will visit with them a bit today.  Laundry also raises it's head, needing attending to.  KOA's are good for laundry if not much else.