I think this might be the second
entry where I blog a true complaint.
Honestly – even the day our window broke – I never really felt like I
was complaining. Just reporting. It didn’t ruin our day or anything. I need to look back and see what my other
negative entry was about. I don’t even
remember now. (Just looked back – the
horrible “resort” KOA.)
Today was not a good day. We drove for too long (6 ½ hours) and through
a big city (Chicago). You can think you
are driving around Chicago and you are actually still driving through it. We were in stop and go traffic, paid about 12
tolls and were getting short on gas. It was very stressful. At
least we were headed to Indiana Dunes State Park. Of course, when it rains … maybe that’s just
because when you are already in a bad mood, it’s kind of hard to snap out of
it. Anyway, it took a long to time to
get our campsite because it was the girl’s first day and then it was $10 more
than we had been told (we really wouldn’t have stayed had we known) and there
is no water, only electric (we were told there were full hookups). Even typing
all that feels silly, because none of it is a big deal.
We are over it now, just really
tired. We have made a mental note to not
drive over 4 hours. We already had that
rule, but broke it. I guess our mental
note should be “DON’T BREAK THE RULES!”
The end of the story: The guy in charge of the campground (who told
us the wrong price) brought us over some firewood “on the house.” After we ate a quick supper, we took a little
hike across some huge sand dunes to the beach (we are on Lake Michigan) and watched the sunset while the
girls waded in the water. The sand felt
great. The weather was perfect. We hiked back in the dark and took really hot
showers. I think I let that bad mood
float away on the water.
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