We left home at 12:30 pm with all of our gear packed into the car. We knew the general direction to go for the most part and Heather had written down the directions using a pen and paper. But once we got off the main highway and headed south we decided to use the GPS on our phones, or as Heather likes to call it "Lady Google".
Fair warning to all, DO NOT TRUST LADY GOOGLE! Every time we turned around Lady Google was trying to lead us off the main highways and down all the back roads. If we had relied solely on her instead of using her as just a bit of a reference, we would have added an extra hour or two to our trip. And for some reason she does not want you to travel down highway 41. So Heather was the navigator and I just drove and let her and Lady Google battle it out.
For the most part it was sunny but at one point there was a rain storm with a down pour so heavy that we had to pull off to the side of the road and wait for a bit until it passed. We were the first to pull off the road but we weren't the only ones to do this. About 3 or 4 other cars ahead and behind us did the same.
Soon enough we were driving in the sunshine again and we eventually made it to Bon Echo at about 5:30 pm.
While we were at the office checking in, we noticed a sign for an Art event being held July 27, 28, and 29 from 10 am to 4 pm. We decided that before we start backpacking the next day, we would go and check that out. We knew that we only had to go about 2 km the first day so we had plenty of time to see the art work before we went.
After supper we took a walk to explore what we could of the campground before it got dark. This park has a number of walk-in sites. We didn't get to see them up close because we didn't want to go traipsing through other people's sites, but we did get a sneak peak as we walked through the designated parking area for those sites. From what little we could see, they didn't seem all that impressive.