Hidden Gem

It is not raining but everything is wet and cold on this March morning in Branson, Mo.  The cold is preferred on a travel day as engine and transmission temperatures stay in a much more preferred range.  Wear and tear is greatly reduced when high temperatures can be avoided.  Only a little ways out of Branson and things dry out, specifically the roads, but temperatures stay cool and the skies gray.

Cyndee started looking for possible places along our route to pull in for the night but was not finding anything we really wanted to do.  They were mostly commercial campgrounds in and around Memphis so they were either Elvis or Mississippi River themed.  The Elvis ones were right in the city and a little too cramped for our equipment and we had stayed on the Mississippi one once before.  It was nice but with all the rain we expected it to be just one big mud pit.

It was not directly on our path but Cyndee found an Arkansas state park, not too far from Memphis.  Village Creek State Park was a little out of the way, north of I-40, but it was a big park that had modern RV facilities.  Especially nice were the level pull-thru sites.  Even though we are here for just one night I unhitched and leveled the rig as if we were in for a long stay.

It was a pretty good drive to get to the park from I-40 and then another good drive to get back to the RV campground.  This place is big.  But, wow, what a nice place.  Our campsite was on a small bluff overlooking a lake.  Even with winter-bare trees and gray skies it was pretty.

Nothing like having a campground to yourself.

Arkansas knows how to build an RV campground.  Concrete pad for the RV and picnic table, a grill and fire pit, lantern pole, and gravel apron (no mud when raining).
This place is real gem hidden out in the woods.  To bad we are here for only one night.  We would both like to see it again in a season other than winter.

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