We left St.Louis,Mo.
this past Wednesday, after waiting out storms which were passing through and
going eastward, the direction we intended to travel. The weather is rapidly changing and bringing
about beautiful fall colors, which we have enjoyed seeing this past
week during our travel.
In all of our five
years of traveling in our motor home we have not had as much of a problem
finding a place to stay as we have encountered this past week. Red Hills State Park was filling up for the
week-end because of Halloween festivities, however the campground host did find a place for us. His trailer home, all decorated for Halloween, is pictured below. His was not the only one ready for Halloween!
The park is located in southeastern Illinois
between Olney and Lawrenceville. It sits
on Red Hill, which reportedly is the highest point between St.
Louis and Cincinnati. After we had settled in and eaten our
supper at the park’s lakeside inn, we drove up that hill to take in the view of
the surrounding countryside.
We also discovered historical markers in the park noting
that it was the westernmost edge of the first land ceded by Native Americans to
the United States
by a treaty made in 1795. At that time the area was
designated as the Vincennes Tract. It was
bisected by the old Cahokia Trace, which ran east and west just north of what
is now U.S. 50. The "Trace Road" use to be the major road between historic Vincennes, Indiana and St.Louis and the west.
The next day, before we moved out, I walked down to Red
Hills Lake. It was a joy to no longer need an
umbrella and the sun was making an attempt to peek out. The latest spate of storms have certainly caused many trees to turn from their bright summer green to the vibrant red and golden hues of fall.
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