I had to post this photo because this is the straightest I have ever parked this camper. Butch would be proud. Here at Shady Creek Campground, a Corps campground between Muscatine and Davenport, the Midwest Glampers are having their September outing.
Some time since I was here three years ago, they have replaced the power posts with a new white model that looks like a cross between a lighthouse and R2-D2. Opening them can be a bit of a trick with no instructions, but they give a cute ambience across the campground at night with their lighted caps. I am sorry to say that the showers haven't improved since I last gave them a D+.
But one of the attractions here is proximity to Wildcat Den. an Iowa State park with only primitive camping. It has always amazed me to visit the pockets of totally different scenery, mostly in state parks, from the ubiquitous Iowa cornfields. Wildcat Den has dramatic ravines featuring limestone bluffs and formations with names such as the Devil's Punchbowl and Steamboat Rock. The trails are a bit of a challenge (classified as hard in the park's brochures) and we used to bring our kids there when I was much younger. There are lots of steps. some with handrails, many without. The photo is of a cave wall along the trail with art work courtesy of the minerals in the stone. A beautiful place!
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