Alum Creek

My view on the way

Just got home from our first trip of the season.  I love the view in this picture.  Yes, there were clouds all the way down, a little bit of rain as we were still in Michigan.  Once we were in Ohio, it looked like we just chased the rain the whole way with the clouds, but never dealt with any rain.

We headed down to Alum Creek State Park in Delaware, Ohio, on our side of Columbus.  Why would we go there?  Between the W family and us, we have 3 girls *right* at the age where American Girl is awesome.  We are equi-distant for the store in Columbus and the store in Chicago.  Camping in Chicago is... uh... not something we want to do.  Plus, the W family lives near Cleveland.

Alum Creek is quite large, many different roads, all named after letters.  We arrived and asked where to fill up with water.  The water hadn't been turned on yet for the season.    Thankfully, we were only the 2nd camper in line waiting for the line waiting to fill up the tank, and the first was a very friendly, patient woman.  Thankfully, we didn't have to wait long and then were on our way to our campsite.

We were on Road K, very close to the smaller of the 2 playgrounds.  We were almost near the water, campsites near us were on the water.  Lots and lots of roads for bike rides.  There were plenty of fishing boats on the water.  We tried two different locations for fishing, got nothing.  We tried the boat launch and another place not far from there, on Road J.  Nothing.  Mama "supervises" and Dad is the one in charge of fishing.

Another great thing about Alum Creek was the dam that's just a short

Kite flying

drive from the campground.  There are two great playgrounds at the Dam.  There are great open spaces, tons of wind that makes for great kite flying.  When we finished flying kites, we climbed the stairs up to the top of the dam.  All

Top of the Dam

101 of them (the kids counted, not me).  Made for fun things to see that we don't see on most camping trips.

Once we got back to the campground, the girls were giddy to check out all their new goodies from American Girl.  The boy started putting together his Legos.  The kids were very happy.  The parents were happy with what we'd given the kids.  Dinner prep was underway.

We had a great trip.  The drive there wasn't short, but I figure it's just prep for future trips.  We'd happily go back, especially if it were closer.