Friday, November 12, 2010 - Hazlet State Park, Carlyle IL
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Virginia Creeper, Red Rock, East Chatham NY, August 23, 2010
Distractions
My plan was to hit the road early this morning and beat feet for the Mississippi. But it didn't work out that way. It seems I got distracted by the iPad display at the Frankfort KY Walmart I stayed at last night and decided to buy one before I left {insert grin here}.
Nope - the 16GB WiFi model I wanted was not in stock. Ah, well. A quick check of the Walmart website showed some in stock at a Louisville store on the way to St Louis.
So I stopped by. Nope. Won't be in until next week. It seems Walmart's website includes merchandise on it's way - not just what is on hand. Go figure. Ah, well.
But wait. Maybe there is an Apple store in Louisville. Yup.
Night camp
Site 141 - Hazlet State Park, Carlyle IL
- One of the largest campgrounds in the Illinois state park system, Hazlet State Park is located on the largest manmade lake in Illinois. Eldon Hazlet State Recreation Area is a 3,000-acre site on the west shore of Carlyle Lake, a Kaskaskia River impoundment. The site is located 3 miles north of Carlyle and 2 miles east of Illinois Route 127 in Clinton County.
- Verizon cell phone and Broadband service are available here with a strong signal.
- Locate Hazlet State Park on my Night Camps map
- Check the weather here
Mix With the World
I am convinced our own happiness requires that we should continue to mix with the world, and to keep pace with it. . . . I can speak from experience on the subject. From 1793 to 1797, I remained closely at home, saw none but those who came there, and at length became very sensible of the ill effect it had upon my mind, and of its direct and irresistible tendency to render me unfit for society, and uneasy when necessarily engaged in it. I felt enough of the effect of withdrawing from the world then to see that it led to an anti-social and misanthropic state of mind, which severely punishes him who gives in to it; and it will be a lesson I never shall forget as to myself.
John Adams