Yesterday we travelled from Elkhart, Indiana to Sandusky, Ohio. We stopped at a place called Menno-Hof before we left Indiana. It told the story of the Mennonite and Amish in the area- I found it very interesting! Why don't the Amish use electricity? How do they wash and dry clothes in the winter? How do they stay cool in the summer?? Are buggies really safer than cars? I wish it would've answered more of these questions, but the museum told more of their history (which I enjoyed!)
After four hours of travelling again, we were at our new destination at Sandusky, Ohio.
We found our campground and got checked in. We had reservations for this one before we left home because of Labor Day Weekend. We found very bad reviews online and some very good ones, so we reserved it and hoped for the best. Honestly, I couldn't find any other sites in the area.
I don't know which way I am leaning yet, but let's say I am not so impressed.
1. The campers are within 5 feet of each other. Matt wants us to keep our shades shut, but I can't do that! Last night our neighbors were sitting right next to our camper! He doesn't even think we have ever been this tight in a campground before. It was a little bit of a challenge to get our camper into our spot last night. (This is what a lot of the complaints were about.)
2. Within a half hour of plugging in, the campground's fuse blew three times, so we ended up plugging into another site's outlet, don't worry, people from the office told us to.
3. We had to go get our own picnic table, which was a challenge too. With the campers being so tight and trees everywhere, it was tricky getting a table to where we wanted it.
4. We are right next to a mobile home that is sort-of permanently in place. You can see the wheels underneath it, but it seems to be put in place with a wooden structure. There is also junk just sitting around the back (we had to move the junk to get our picnic table to our spot.) It also has a nice musty smell.
5. The place isn't as nice as our other places. The pads are grass and it rained last night! It is muddy out there this morning! It doesn't seem to be as nicely mowed and taken care of as some of the other ones we have been at this week.
I will say though that the bathhouses are fine. The countertops look like they are fancy marble, but then the walls are yellow with cobwebs in the corners. At least they smelled clean. :)
Another nice thing is that they put us right by the pool. The girls went swimming last night at 8 pm and the pool was full! They had to play along the side until a bunch of people left. There was one pool that was heated and the other was not. Can you guess where all the kids were??
There is a huge children's play section, but it's across the campground. I think we are going to walk over there soon, but the kids probably won't be able to play since it is so wet outside.
I also made reservations here because it was by the islands of Lake Erie. Now that we are here and are looking for things to do today and tomorrow, I found that it will cost $106 just to get to the islands! If we want to take our car, it would be another $30!! Yikes! And there are a lot of activities going on at that island that would be neat to see. They are celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie from the War of 1812 this weekend. They have all sorts of ships in the harbor and historical activities on the island, but after looking at other ferry services in the area and talking about it, I think we are not going to go to the islands. We would rather save our money for the east coast. :) I think we may see some little museums here in the area and see some state parks. I also need to get laundry done and get groceries sometime. Don't forget the pool and playground either. I think we will stay busy. The children can just play in the camper too!
We are here until Monday and then we are off to Niagara Falls!!!
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