Cave-in-Rock Ferry Ride and Spring Creek Campground

We got up this morning at 7:00 and it was 44° with a wind chill of 39°. Jack fixed homemade biscuits and gravy for breakfast this morning - a great start for our day. After breakfast, Mike and I loaded our stuff in the trailer and hitched up the car. We thanked Frances and Jack for the great food and visit before we left.

We drove south on IL-34 to IL-142 and then south on IL-1 

to the town of Cave-in-Rock to take the ferry across the Ohio River to Kentucky. 

We arrived at the river's edge at 10:45 and the Cave-in-Rock ferry had already left and was crossing the Ohio River to Kentucky.

The river was a lot higher this time than when we were here last and that's due to all of the rain that has come through this area. We got out of the car and walked Tinker while we waited for the ferry to return.

There were several cars on the returning ferry and once they disembarked, we were signaled to drive on to the ferry. There were several cars that boarded the ferry after us. 

We left Illinois at 11:00 and started across the Ohio River and we were able to get out of the car.

We reached the Kentucky bank at 11:15

and a little later drove through Marion, KY.

We continued south until we reached I-24 and crossed into Tennessee and got off at Exit 4. We stopped at a Wal-Mart before going on to Spring Creek Campground. We called yesterday and made a reservation for tonight. The office is closed on Sunday and they have a self-check-in. They are a Passport America campground, so our cost tonight is $22 for 30 amp electric and water hook-ups. We don't need full hook-ups, since we're using the water from our fresh water tank and won't need to dump our tanks in the morning.

We got here at 2:15 and by 3:00 we were all set up. There are so many trees here that we didn't put out the Dish Antenna. We're using the local antenna and got 3 TV channels - one is CBS.

We all laid down this afternoon and took a nap including Tinker.

There is a church group having a gathering at a pavilion here and they have a train that they were giving children rides on and it circled around and through the campground this afternoon.