A Little Respite

We are home from a glorious three day weekend. Want a peek into our fun?

We picked a place at random and ended up in Batesville, Indiana. We've been to that area before - what feels like years ago now - when we visited Ripley County. That was such a fun trip! This time, we went straight to our campground, which was new territory for us!

We stayed at Indian Lakes, which had a KOA tucked inside it, and that's where we went. This place was HUGE! Hundreds of sites, and many of them were occupied full time by campers and park models that stay year-round. Happily, the section where we stayed was almost entirely empty, and we loved the privacy of it. 

    

Ryan made all the arrangements and told me later that when you reserve online, you can't choose your site, but we hit the absolute JACKPOT with the site they gave us. The nice lady in the office escorted us to it and we could hardly believe our good fortune. It was a corner lot with the perfect amount of shade, lots of extra space, full hookups, a fire pit, and a cement pad outside our door. Gorgeous.

We arrived just after lunchtime, and I'd come prepared for that! While Ryan started unpacking the camper, I put together salads and set them up on our bistro table.

In full disclosure, I also had part of a cookie my friend Abagail gave me. She made it, and it's a good thing we don't live closer. I'd be requesting a batch every day.

After we got set up, we crashed in the RV and took a TWO HOUR NAP!! Uninterrupted sleep is such a gift, and we both felt human again when we woke up!

Human and in need of smoothies. :) 

We took some time to explore the park on our bikes. It was HOT OUT THERE!!!

We found the boat launch (which was the good news). The bad news? It was too far from our campsite to conveniently carry the kayak, and since we hadn't brought a separate vehicle this time, we couldn't drive over. So no kayaking for us on this trip. But we did enjoy the bike exploration.

We worked up quite an appetite, too, and we wanted to try one of the new recipes we brought along. Ryan built the fire and I assembled the turkey smoked sausage/green beans, mini potatoes/onions/mushrooms.

100% delicious, you guys!!! So so good. 

It's not even right to build a fire and not include a s'more, so we did cap off the evening with that treat!

And then we did what we could not do at our last camping adventure: sit outside for a while. I did get a few mosquito bites, but not nearly as many as last time. It was so fun to sit and enjoy the quiet evening - lights up and all!

Eventually we did go inside, and Ryan worked on putting together his Sunday morning breakfast ingredients and I hunkered down to watch a movie. It was the perfect end to a beginning of a respite!

Thanks for traveling along!