Ten years ago this month we camped here at Maquoketa Caves State Park a week or so before I retired. The visit inspired me to write Bats and Bones, a light mystery based on this park and including some of the antics that go on in a typical campground. In the decade since I have written 16 more books, 8 of them in the Frannie Shoemaker series.
This weekend, I am back here with the Midwest Glampers. Maquoketa Caves remains one of my favorite campground because of the shady sites and and the beautiful trails. It appears to have survived the derecho pretty well--at lest damage isn't obvious. And to be honest, we have never stumbled over any dead bodies here.
I have been languishing--to use the appropriate pandemic term--almost a month since my last camping trip. Agatha, as I wrote in my last blog, had power issues and spent several weeks at in an RV service department. The fix only took a day, but things are so backed up that it was this week before they could look at it. I picked it up Wednesday afternoon and made a hundred trips (remember, I write fiction) from the house to the camper putting back everything I had taken out of it so the repair people would have room to work. For example, much of the wiring is under the beds so the beds had to be stripped and the mattresses moved. I've forgotten a few things but after all, that's what camping friends are for.
This weekend, I am back here with the Midwest Glampers. Maquoketa Caves remains one of my favorite campground because of the shady sites and and the beautiful trails. It appears to have survived the derecho pretty well--at lest damage isn't obvious. And to be honest, we have never stumbled over any dead bodies here.
I have been languishing--to use the appropriate pandemic term--almost a month since my last camping trip. Agatha, as I wrote in my last blog, had power issues and spent several weeks at in an RV service department. The fix only took a day, but things are so backed up that it was this week before they could look at it. I picked it up Wednesday afternoon and made a hundred trips (remember, I write fiction) from the house to the camper putting back everything I had taken out of it so the repair people would have room to work. For example, much of the wiring is under the beds so the beds had to be stripped and the mattresses moved. I've forgotten a few things but after all, that's what camping friends are for.
This morning we did a little exploring of the caves, although the heat was getting prohibitive by the time it ended. Lunch and a nap were in order after that. Tonight I'll try some sweet corn on the grill.
This weekend, Book 8 of the Frannie series is free for Kindle. Frannie and Larry's adventures on the Michigan UP with a reality show being filmed in the campground: Real Actors, Not People.
This weekend, Book 8 of the Frannie series is free for Kindle. Frannie and Larry's adventures on the Michigan UP with a reality show being filmed in the campground: Real Actors, Not People.
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