2019-09-14 Clifty Falls Campout

We had me and Carie and three other couples head out to Clifty Falls State Park in Madison, IN, near the Ohio River. It was a lot of fun and the town of Madison was a voy to explore.
The campout participants were me, Carie, Tom & Ella, Dane & Elaine and newcomers Jamie & Judy. Jamie and Judy are new to Airstreaming but not to camping and RVing. They have previously owned three other RV's including their last one being a 40' Class A motorhome. They now have a beautiful new 30' Airstream Flying Cloud.
The meal plan was a little goofy as we planned on doing a couple of "open grill" dinners at camp but ended up eating almost every meal out at restaurants. Not that that is a bad thing. It's just that we all went home with a ton of food we had planned to eat up during the campout.

 

Clifty Falls SP!

Our camp set up -

 Ella & Tom -

 Judy & Jamie with pups Tori & Szu Szu -

 Elaine & Dane with camping kittie Shamus -

 

Tom's new toy - The BioLite Firepit! He controls the fan speed with a phone app...oh how camping has changed!

 Hanging out enjoying the BioLite

One of our meals out, at the Clifty Inn Lodge. Seated l-to-r - Dane, Elaine, Carie, Alan, Ella, Tom, Jamie & Judy

Around the Lodge...

"Buckey" & "Oliver"

 

 



 

 



Pano from the Lodge patio

 Dane & Elaine enjoying the day on the Lodge patio

The taxidermy throughout the Lodge was beautifully done. This wolf was massive. Shocking just how big a wolf really is!

 

 They happened to be hosting a quilting expo at the Lodge while we were there and Ella thoroughly enjoyed that surprise

 Some really neat quilt panels...

 A random picture in the Lodge / Inn. I just thought this was a really pretty photo of this massive, beautiful tree, although I wouldn't want to rake up after it!

A couple of panoramic shots of our campsites...

 Some random campout pictures.

Tom & Ella's set up

 Mine

 Dane, Tom and Charlie Button

 Dane & Elaine's set up

 Jamie & Judy with the doggies

 Pup Tori

 Zsu Zsu

 Ella's alien Airstream passenger looking out the window!

 Alan, Carie & Dane enjoying the shade. The weather was quite hot and humid for most of the campout (Thursday - Sunday) although Saturday cooled down nicely.

 Play time! Jasper, Charlie Button & Tori. The dogs hit it off great!

Dane, Elaine, Jamie & Judy went hiking and took a couple of pictures of that. These shots are from the entrance of the tunnel/cave that was originally built for the railroad but never completed and never used.

Sunday morning prior to departure we had a wonderful pitch-in breakfast prepared by Dane & Elaine!