Winter Excursion 5, Day 171

We left camp this morning with the intent of checking every Federal and State Campground on Lake Shelbyville, IL.

First stop was just outside of our campground. This is a goat tower on private property. It is called The Tower of Baa, it's the only one in the US. It is 31 ft high, has 5000 bricks, and 276 spiral steps. We have seen the goats on it!

Next up was Forrest W. "Bo" Wood Campground. It is a large COE campground. It really nice, but a little crowded. We would stay here.

We stopped at Eagle Creek State Park next. It's an older park, sites are very unlevel and small.

Lone Point COE will be a very nice COE campground. It is closed for renovations now.

Coon Creek COE campground was the largest we visited. It has 215 sites and is also closed for renovations.

Opossum Creek COE campground was not yet open for the season.

We visited the Lake Shelbyville Dam and visitor center. There are three really large recreation areas, Dam East, Dam West, and Spillway.

Here's the lake side of the dam.

And here's the spillway. There were lots of fisherman here angling for Walleye.

Last stop was Lithia Springs COE campground. This was the nicest place we visited and if we are ever in this area again we will stay here. I can't believe that I didn't see it when we were making our trip reservations for this year. It has many sites that have lake views. Some sites are full hookups and would cost us only $14.50/night!

Back at camp we are still the only campers on our loop. I think we scare folks off! We will see what the weekend brings. We spent the late afternoon by the fire having a few toddies!