Punderson
State Park
Newbury, Ohio
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Camp
Office: (440) 564-1195
- Park Office: (440) 564-2279
- Mileage Start 29,629
- Home 29,725
- Miles: 94
- Attended:
Dad, Mom,
Gracie Allen, 5˘fritz
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Punderson,
although it has a very poorly designed Campground, is a winter wonderland.
It has ample snow and things to do in the snow. It's the only or
at least the only close-to-Cleveland electrical-available winter camp. It
is about an hour east of North Olmsted, Ohio.
We're
here again at site 84. We had a stockpile of wood from last week
we hid in the back of the site and it is still here. The group
camp site is still closed with caution tape allowing it to recover which
insures the groupies will be in other areas. Gracie and I found we
had no water! It all leaked out through a cracked drain plug.
It drained into the two compartments adjacent to the water tank.
We
moved everything out and have a heater in there trying to get it dried
out. So far so good.
Luckily I had a number of connectors and was able to fix the problem and
reload water. Sure am glad I carried those parts!!!
We walked and walked. We walked here, we
walked there. We dragged a bunch of dead-fall and have the fire pit
all ready for tomorrow when Mom and Fritz arrive. I gave Gracie a
rawhide bone and she went into her "Joyous Grace" mode running up and
down the length of the motorhome throwing the bone in the air. I
just tried to get her to go on a walk but that bone is more important
than the walk!!!
We
went for a long walk in the woods. Grace got all muddy and we had
to do the "half-a-bath-at-the-dump-station thing. We saw many
turtles who, like the many geese, were quite amorous. We did see a
duck-like bird sitting in a tree. I tried to get a photo but the
bird and its mate flew away. I've never seen a duck sitting in a
tree before. I need a camera that has a better zoom ... and a
monopole or a tripod. All the pictures here have much larger
counterparts if you click on them.
Rarely does one get
to walk in the Punderson forest. Punderson is not much more than a
swamp after the lightest rain. Mary had trouble walking due to a
swollen Achilles tendon. She spent quite a bit of time on her
economics homework. All the pictures here have much larger
counterparts if you click on them.
For up-to-date park maps and
information, check the
Ohio State Park website for Punderson State Park