From: theise@panix.com   
      
   On Wed, 2 Jul 2025 15:31:09 -0500,   
     sticks  wrote:   
   >  On 7/1/2025 8:01 AM, Ted Heise wrote:   
   > > Final installment.   
   >   
   > > On day 15 we crossed Iowa, ending up at Fairport State   
   > > Recreation Area right on the Mississippi just west of   
   > > Davenport.  It was a nice final campsite, it had a bath house   
   > > and we could see the river from our trailer.   
   >   
   >  You'd think you planned this trip with fishing in my looking at   
   >  where you always ended up.  ;-)   
      
   LOL  no   For whatever reason, it just doesn't interest me that   
   much.  Though I do like seeing the water.   
      
      
   >          ...That's a nice area.  Brother of mine went to   
   >  Augustana College just up the road in Rock Island.   
      
   I recall stumbling across a very good barbecue place just north of   
   Davenport many years ago.  Seems like it was called Pelican Pete's   
   or something like that.  It was right on the river.  Checked table   
   cloths.  I've searched (online) for it a few times in the past few   
   years and always come up empty.   
      
   Speaking of good BBQ, on our relatively frequent travels across   
   Illinois (to get from Indiana to Nebraska) we really like stopping   
   at Black Dog Smoke & Ale in Champaign, if the time allows (and   
   lines up with mealtime).   
      
   Speaking of drives to Nebraska, my wife and I decided just last   
   week to move back to Nebraska (we lived there until 1997 when we   
   moved to Indiana for my career).  Now that I'm retired, we're   
   going home.  As a plus, it'll be a shorter drive to the Rockies   
   and the Southwest.  :)   
      
      
   >       ...I got throwed out of a bar there one night.   
      
   Okay, that's more we have in common.  Though my bad old days of   
   alcoholic drinking are behind me, thankfully.   
      
      
   > > In the end I liked state parks as much if not more than the   
   > > commercial places.  Though they usually had only electric,   
   > > that was okay and I could dump and fill tanks when needed.   
   > > As a plus, they were generally not full, so I felt as if I   
   > > could wing it a bit more (i.e., not have all the stops planned   
   > > out ahead of time).   
   >   
   >  Could just be wishful thinking, but the state parks seem to   
   >  have just a little bit bigger sites, too.  I agree with you on   
   >  only having electric, too.  That also probably helps keep them   
   >  less crowded because some people just have to be hooked up.   
      
   Interesting.  Now that you mention it, the sites do seem a bit   
   less sardined in than the typical commercial CG.  Good point about   
   no FHU keeping out some folks.   
      
      
   >  Anyway, appreciate you posting about your journey.  I enjoyed   
   >  reading them and it kept me in the RVing mood while mine was in   
   >  the shop.   
      
   You're welcome, least I can do in return for all the advice I've   
   gotten here!   
      
   --   
   Ted Heise             West Lafayette, IN, USA   
      
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