For 17 months the camper rots in the
driveway.
So next weekend we drag her out again, this time to
northeast Indiana. We plan to go to JE Roush Fish
and Wildlife Area (Roush Lake).
Roush Lake the enigma.
The Indiana DNR says, "Roush Lake was constructed in
1967 and is one of the three Upper Wabash Valley Lakes operating primarily as a
unit with Mississinawa and Salamonie Lakes to control flood waters along the
Wabash River Basin and secondarily with other lakes downstream in reduction of
lower Wabash and Ohio River floods."
Four years ago, when we bought the camper and started this
pathetically ignored blog, we took the maiden voyage to Mississinawa. It was a great late March trip to a great
park (which might get chronicled if I actually take time to catch up on
four years of blogging remiss).
Salamonie, a few months later, turned into a total train wreck. It's a great park with some great
features, so long as you're not at the height of a heat wave and low water drought.
The enigma of Roush: Mississinawa and Salamonie remain manned and maintained by a staff of
Indiana park rangers. Roush seems abandoned, many facilities locked behind gated and barred roads. Why?
Hey Indiana! Why did the parks at Roush Lake get shut down?
So presently we plan to camp Fri-Sun (9/23-9/25/2016) at
an honor-pay campsite up on the cliff, north side of the lake. No reservations possible; the DNR website says "The
campground has 41 electric sites and 14 primitive sites. All camp sites have
fire rings and picnic tables. Camping is open all year on a first come first
serve basis."
<http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/6358.htm>
Join us if you love the outdoors! Definitely not the place for y'all creeper predators. We have a major firearms weekend on tap...
...to be continued
