Last night we stayed at the Elkhart Campground, a clean, quiet place where the sites are nicely spaced. The price to camp was OK, but I thought it odd that they charged an extra $2 for cable. Really? Just include it in the nightly fee. The interior roads are not good, with substantial potholes in the gravel surface. But overall, it was a decent place to stop for the night.
Today we moved further west, through western IN, and Chicago (!) to Wisconsin. Man, the smog in Chicago was bad. You could see the smog layer at least 50 miles away. As we expected, traffic through Chicago was horrendous--bumper to bumper from one side to the other: about 20 miles, with someone trying to cut us off every few minutes.
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| Route from 90 to our campground |
Finally into Wisconsin, we stopped for gas at a Pilot station. Our Good Sam membership gives us a $.05 per gallon discount on gas there. That coupled with their typically lower prices saves us substantially. But apparently, in Wisconsin, there is a law prohibiting gas merchants from selling gas at any discount. When you're buying 50-70 gallons of gas, that $.05 per gallon adds up.
Once into Wisconsin, we chose to take the back way in to our stop for the night in Spring Green. The route took us along Wisconsin County road J and Wisconsin 39 and 191, among wonderful rural landscapes. For all 79 miles, we drove the fantastic rolling hills of Wisconsin, and got views of farms and fields in 40 different shades of green. Just to see this brings peace to your soul.
Our campground is in a small town called Dodgeville, situated at the top of a hill. The views from our site are lovely.
Pictures of our route and site are here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/SQnuLhiZMaq3aBSm6
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| View from our site |
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