Lake Loramie State Park

Entrance Sign

Lake Loramie State Park

another view behind our campsite

Lake Loramie State Park

view from our campsite

Lake Loramie State Park Day One Continued

We have stayed at Lake Loramie State Park once before and really loved the place. The lake is huge and they have premium campsites which back right up to the lake. We are staying on site #37. Boy, what a view! The site is nice and level with a concrete pad and we have a large back yard area that backs up right to an inlet on the lake.
Because of a weight issue we didn't have our own wood so after everything was set up off Dennis went to find some wood. He came back with a huge load of wood for $20.00. Wow! what a great deal, this will last the entire trip. Well we tried several times and after smoking out our neighbors a couple of times gave up on trying to start a fire. We don't know if the wood is wet or what the problem seems to be. We will try again another night!
We have two older couples on either side of us all four are very friendly and are all from the state of Ohio. Time to hit the sack early tonight. All that walking and getting everything set up has wore us both out!
Here are some pics of the park!

Carillon Park #3

Carillon Park #2

Carillon Park #1

Vacation 2005 Day One !

I was starting to wonder if we could ever get going! Finally by 10AM we were on your way. Katie was left at home this time because we are planning on doing alot of touring and are taking the popup. We just don't trust her to stay inside by herself for that long so my aunt and cousin are taking care of her this week
Heading north up 75 the plan was to stop and east breakfast then go to the Carillon Historical park in Dayton Ohio. Since we got such a late start we ended up with brunch at a Golden Corral off exit 44. YUM!
After eating we headed back up north to Carillon Park. The park is on 65 acres and included 24 exhibit buildings and structures. It is the home of wright brothers 1905 flyer 3, the worlds first practical airplane. Also included is a 13 minute movie on the airplane invention and the Wright Brothers life. To me that was worth the $8.00 admision alone! For the transporation lover this is the place to be! There are trains, old buses, trolley cars etc in the huge transporation building and you are allowed to tour each car. Located in the wagon shed is an 1843 Conestogas wagon. You know.. the kind that took our ancestors to the west.
There is also Clups cafe on the premises but wasn't open when we were there which was a good thing because of the huge meal we ate earlier! You can also bring your own lunch and eat in the picnic grove but no outdoor cooking is allowed in this area.
Some of the other buildings included in the park admision are a print shop, tavern, sun oil station, watch tower, porter engine, iron bridge, Miami & Eire Canel locks and the locust grove school.
We spent almost 2 hours there and could have spent longer but we still needed to get to the campground and get set up for the week.
Here are a couple of pictures from the park!

Time for Vacation!

2005 Vacation is Almost Here!

Well finally our vacation 2005 is almost here! Seems like it has taken forever! We are heading to Lake Laromie State Park which is in the central part of the State of Ohio. Six hopefully nice quiet evenings in this beautiful park. We have a spot right on the lake (site #37) and can't wait to get going. We have put the popup up and have started loading it up! I worry about the weight that my car is towing tho, and because of that we won't be taking any firewood this time around.
Our plan is to stop in Dayton Ohio and visit the Carillon Heritage Park which is part of the Wright Brothers flying history tour. Then onto the campground which will be our home base for the next 6 nights. There is a pumpking weight contest in Bremen, the Neil Armstrong Museum in Wapakotenta, Grand Lake St Mary's just to the north and also the Airstream factory to check out! Can't wait to head out!

Dennis and Katie at our popup camper at Stonelick July of 2005! First time we have had our popup out for quite awhile (we have been doing some tent camping) Didn't realize how much we missed sleeping off the ground!

Another great fishing spot at Stonelick. I think Dennis has tried them all!

The new damn area at Stonelick

Entrance to Stonelick State Park