We are at South Marcum Campground near Benton IL, 100 miles north of the southermost tip of Illinois. We've been here a week, and enjoyed very nice weather at the start. Then rain began on Thursday and continued nonstop for 48 hours, part of the northern lash of Hurricane Helene …

I mentioned in my last post that I was working on updating my site theme and structure to give it a more modern look and to make it easier to use on mobile devices. Well, here it is!

At this point there are still things I will be tweaking and …

The morning that we left Luce County Park and Campground we had breakfast at the Helmer House Inn, just over a mile from the campground. Kristin had a lovely avocado toast while I had a breakfast plate with very good homemade sausage, in a charming little space with friendly staff …