#11  Shipshewana, IN to Grafton, OH

We headed east on Highway 20 rather than return to I-90/80.  We traveled this smaller road pass farm land and small towns. Lots of trucks travel Highway 20 too.

Again the clean neat homes with large mowed lawns impressed us.

          

Laundry hung on the outdoor clothes lines.  These are obviously Amish homes.

Litter is absent on the shoulders of the road.

We passed several small lakes with homes sitting on its shores. Of course they popped up suddenly or sat behind trees, so no photos.

This piece of farm equipment lumbered down the road until reaching its turnoff. In farm country you often see equipment on the road as it moves from one place to another.

Here we encounter the ever present traffic light that pops up in the road construction zone.

The town of Angola, IN offered us more views of small town America with its brick buildings and quaint houses.  It just looks a place someone could spend time exploring.

 The roundabout in the center of town reminded me of Franklin, TN.  Too cute!

Interesting houses live in Angola. We stopped here for fuel, just before crossing the state line.

Hello  Ohio!

 We rejoined I-80 a few miles into Ohio.  Our first observation sees trucks, trucks, and more trucks.

More clean looking farms sit on each side of the highway.  The acreage doesn’t equal what we have seen before, but still large enough to look like a lot of work.  I hope we thank our farmers for their hard work.

Then ever present toll plazas ask you to take a ticket.  Then pay the price when you exit as we did near Grafton, OH.

When traveling on toll roads, rest spots are taken at Travel Plazas.  They provide parking, fuel, a store, and several places to eat.  We just parked and made lunch, and Derrille and Jay walked. Travel Plazas allow you to stay on the toll road without exiting for services.

A series of very nice homes sat where we turned off one freeway on to a connecting street for another highway.

We found our destination at the American Wilderness Campground in Grafton, OH about 35 minutes SW of Cleveland. This campground has the playground, a swimming lake with a beach, a fishing lake, an arcade area and offers special venue things.  It also has sites that make leveling a challenge and no satellite reception. THIS IS NOT A BIG RIG FRIENDLY PARK.  A lane big enough for one way traffic is meant for two lane traffic. We were hoping no one was coming in when we took the RVs out.  It is however, the closest campground to Cleveland our  destination. We stayed. The American Wilderness campground was OK, but not to our standards.  The amount of rain here this year made the ground swampy, and the 2 inches of rain one day made it worse.   They have about 100 sites, some sit around the fishing lake. The place is packed with sites that look like annual rentals.  Club cars are motoring all over.  One even pulled a long wagon with about 30 kids in it. However they only have two marginal showers up by the office.   It rained over 2 inches one day adding water to the already soggy ground.  Our RV left about a ten inch rut trying to get out.  Lots of people are here and many poured in for the weekend.  Not sure what they like about this.  Maybe I have missed something.