Mississippi Palisades Park

Last weekend we spend three days at Mississippi Palisades State Park, located just north of Savannah, Illinois.

There had been much rain and standing water on the campsite so the flying critters were in abundance! The screen tent went up so we could spend time out of the camper while hanging around the campsite. My special needs step-son joined us which does limit our activities when camping.

 

We took a 90 minutes cruise a paddle boat on the river. As you can see the day was perfect. An announcer gave us all the information about the sights along the river with the Quad Cities on the shore along with the history of the area. It was fun trip and our first time on the mighty Mississip!

 

 

We were unable to do any hiking this trip yet has a chance to visit a few overlooks from the park. The river has a train line going along the eastern shore with heavy traffic. It seemed freight trains were constantly moving on the line in both directions up and down the river.

 

 

A sad note about the park...seems staffing is always an issue in state parks these days. The park office and store were closed. The store was empty so closed for good. Of the three buildings that house bathrooms and showers, only two were open. The one urinal in the men's room of the building closet to our site was overflowed when we got there. After the second day, the men's room was closed. The third bathroom/shower building is located on the other side of the park, not walking distance. The second one was not opened due to problems at ours. Sigh.

 

Otherwise we enjoyed ourselves and found our camper is completely dry during heavy rain!