April 25-27, 2014
Our season opener for 2014. Prophetstown State Park is one of only a few state parks in Indiana with full hook-ups (at some sites, only). The park was modern, well kept, and the bathrooms were nice. We visited the battleground, the museum, the Indian Village, and the Farm. All were much enjoyed by the kids. I particularly liked the museum and thought it was worth every penny of the admission fee (which was - we think - $6 for adults and $3 for kids over 3).
Unfortunately we didn't get many pictures from the places outside of the campground that we visited, mostly because we were chasing children, cleaning up their pee, or wrangling them in some other way. Good times were had by all. Sarah (I) did an 8 mile run within the park's extensive network of trails, though trails 3 and 4 were only recently added and therefore mainly consisted of a swath of mowed tallgrass prairie. When the grassy areas gave way to muddy riverbanks (where the Wabash and Tippecanoe rivers converge) ...I just followed the dog paw prints. At the time that we visited, trails 3 and 4 were marked by vinyl signs, and didn't yet have wooden trail markers set. Luckily I had GPS and a map. So I only got lost twice. Okay, fine, three times.
Our site - complete with frolicking children.
The kids, just settling in to plot out their havoc wreaking schedule.
"We were told there would be cake...?"
Mike was smart enough to shield his cake's candles from the wind. I was...not so smart.
Candles relit and ready for blowing out.
The visitor's center
Ada auditions for the part of "Max" in How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
We even flew a kite! The central area of the electric loop made for good kite flying grounds.
A zoomed out view to prove that we flew the kite...
Present opening
No birthday party would be complete without a big bag o' batteries.
Walking back from the playground. That was a top-notch playground.
