Winton Woods Park
(13-15 Jun)
The “Summer Tour 2022” is officially underway! I guess to set the stage for future entries, everyone should know our entering criteria for our camping location selections. To be honest, it could be a combination of any of the following: to see friends, visit a state capital, eat at a food show restaurant, or see HGTV show locations – whatever gets us to all the states! Of course, after arriving we seek out craft breweries, wineries, pizza and hamburgers!! And yes, we look for any other point of interest! By the way, we logically chose to go north for the summer to avoid the heat. (Author note: this is a time late entry and I can tell you that strategy was a fail! We experienced far more triple digit days than we would have by staying closer to home! Ugh!)
We were fortunate enough to know former long-time residents that provided info on a couple of must sees and places to eat. Breakfast was at the “Echo” which is a local iconic American diner opened in 1945. For a relatively small place, I can tell you the food and service were great! We also did some site-seeing and ended up at the “Cock and Bull” in Glendale for lunch. Jenna was awesome and steered us in the right direction with some local (not in-house) craft beers. The one craft brewery we managed to find was “Mad Tree Brewing”. Good selection and I was partial to the Legendary Lager. Very nice on what was a hot day! The one other place of note that we did NOT get to see, was “Jungle Jim’s.” The area experienced a pretty severe storm the previous evening (yes, it was ‘fun’ riding that one out in the trailer) and the area of town where JJ’s is located still had not had the power restored!
The evening was uneventful and quiet. The camp of choice was “Winton Woods Park” a little north of the city. Roads through town getting there were a little rough, but manageable. The W. W. Park is a COE managed campground with full hook-ups and immaculately maintained. Away from the city and not near major roads made for a very quiet evening. It was also gated requiring key code entry. Nice place, inexpensive and on the re-visit list!
Camping up with the Joneses 