Well if you haven't figured out by now we love the trains and wind farms. We followed this train on 80 for miles as 80W follows the train tracks or maybe the train follows 80.
This is my favorite car and we saw lots of them. I never trier of seeing our great flag!
Finally caught up to the engine and the conductor blew the whistle at us!
OK enough about the trains...
Hall County Park is a gem and we would definitely stay here again. There are 19 paved level sites with 50amp service for $15 a day and you are maybe 3.5 miles from shopping. Our site was long allowing us enough room for everything. They do have areas for parking if everything doesn't fit on your site. They have bath houses that are older but clean. Their season is April 15th thru October 15th.
Grand Island has hiking/biking trails through out the town that are paved and are located right next to the park. We took advantage of them and it is nice to be able to ride your bike and not worry about getting run over. The campground also has exercise stations that we used as well.
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You might even see a buffalo!
Wild turkeys run freely through out the park and there are redheaded woodpeckers as well right outside your door.
A little history lesson...
Originally the George Clayton Hall County Park was known as Schimmer's Sand Krog. As you enter the park you will see a sign that says it was originally Schimmer's Lake. The founder, Martin Schimmer, immigrated to Nebraska from Germany. In the early years, Schimmer's was the hub of the local German community. Not only was it a place to buy merchandise, but it was also a place to conduct other matters of business, like trade a horse, sell a hog or produce, listen to a political candidate's views, or maybe close a real estate deal. In the winter months when the lake would freeze they cut blocks of ice and would sell them to the locals. It was a popular tourist destination for thousands of visitors until it was lost in 1942 when the dam that formed it was washed out. The Sand Krog was later closed in 1959 to make room for Highway 281. In 1968 the property was given to Hall County. George Clayton, a Hall County Supervisor, was charged with the task of re-claiming the area for a park. Two years later the area was once again fit for public use, largely due to the efforts of Mr. Clayton. In 1981 the park was dedicated as the George Clayton Hall County Park. Since that time it has become known as an excellent wildlife refuge and popular recreation area.
And yes the train runs right behind the park but it doesn't come through at night. When I was doing research on the campground through www.rvparkreviews.com some folks complained about the train, can you imagine! This place is great so I guess they had to find something that was negative. I joined the website so I could do some reviews on campgrounds that we have stayed in. I find this site very helpful.
When you live this life style you see all kinds of things and one evening this is what pulled into the campground.
Well of course I had to talk to these people as I have never seen a boat pull into a campground with people camping in it. They told us it was there boaterhome! Sorry I can't remember their names but the Misses showed me on board and it contained everything but a shower. They have been everywhere in this boaterhome. It is a C-Dory boat. Happy travels to you both.
We stayed here for 5 days and I can't say we accomplished much other then doing some much needed chilling out. On the 14th which was Wednesday I celebrated my 39th birthday (I'm lying). The rain started coming in on and off again but we were content to enjoy the down time and even played some board games.
We met some nice folks Kim and Jean Brown that were camping next to us and they informed us about a Irish Festival that was taking place this weekend in Greeley NE. Sounded good to us so we made reservations to get a campsite in the sports field that had electric and we will be there on Friday. That is what is so great about living like this, you are so free and mobile.
On to Greeley...
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