Day 106: White River Campground, IN

We awoke to calm winds, pleasant temperatures and blue skies this morning.  We loaded up the van and returned to Poe, IN by 8 am, where we resumed cycling along the Northern Tier route.  We opted to split the day, though we only covered a total of 56 miles.  Alea rode the first 31 miles over flat terrain, and I did the final 25 over some very welcome low rollers, and with the beginnings of a light headwind.  We stopped just northwest of Wabash, IN.  From there we piled into the van and left the route, driving south to just north of Noblesville, IN.

We are camped at White River Campground ($28.29 [$25 + tax and a processing charge], power, water, showers and wi-fi).  The park is run by Hamilton County and is quite nice, but rather oddly laid out.  There are basically two rows of campsites parallel to White River.  The northern half of the sites have sewer hookups, while those in the south just have power and water.  There is one shower house, located at the far north of the campground (next to all those motor coaches with a sewer hookup, who don't use the showers), plus there is another rest room without showers at the far southern end (where everyone that does use the showers is located).  Of course we are in the middle, not really conveniently located to either facility.  Clearly, the campground was designed by someone with little understanding of the needs of campers.  But for one night it isn't bad at all.

We've been remiss at not commenting about fireflies for quite some time now.  We have seen fireflies off and on since Maine, with probably the best display occurring last week at Grand Rapids, OH.  There were quite a few, both hovering above the ground and rising high into the trees all around us.  There weren't as many as I remember in the mid-1960s in Parsons, KS, but more than enough for us to be quite entertained.  We are thinking this campground looks like a good firefly spot.

Alea's first attempt at a selfie, with corn as a backdrop (which we see very frequently).