Wednesday, August 6, 2014

A R-V-ing we will go. Our vacation at Lake Rudolph in Santa Claus, Indiana.

A few weeks ago, we took a vacation to Santa Claus, Indiana.  Our family vacation before school started up.

We are here at Lake Rudolph in Santa Claus, Indiana.

 


We drove. And drove. And drove. And Kinley was over the drive about halfway through. Thank goodness for the DVD player and hand-held electronics.




We finally made it, though and the kids were pumped to get inside the RV we had rented. A first experience for them, and me.

The RV sleeps eight with 1 king, 1 queen and 4 twin bunks. The boys were immediately excited about the triple bunks and Liam especially liked how one of the bunks (he claimed as his) was above the queen bed. Kinley got her own private room: the half bath fit her pack-n-play perfectly and we were able to slide the door shut, too.











There are a lot of people here in all different forms of shelter: cabins of a couple sizes, RVs and tents.Prices are listed on the website and vary based on the size of shelter you need.  For the 8 of us, renting an RV here was less expensive than staying in a hotel.  And, it was right next to Holiday World.  The campground offers a shuttle there, running every 20 minutes and picking up from several stops in the campground.  Andy and the boys used that one of the days we were there.   I felt like there was a really community atmosphere at the campground. The employees were helpful and polite. You can rent a golf cart to drive around the site.  The campground has a swimming pool, water slides, basketball court, a lake to paddleboat on,scheduled daily activities,  playgrounds and much more. If there is one thing I will add next time we go, it's more time at the campgrounds to just hang out and do stuff on-site.  The RV we stayed in was clean and the campground was also well maintained.  There are quiet hours at night and, really, I didn't think the area we were in was ever loud and crazy.

We ate out at a hole-in-the-wall Mexican restaurant in a town called Dale.  The food was pretty good.  There are only a couple restaurants right in Santa Claus.  There is also a grocery store and a Dollar General.  We went to both almost every day.

We came back to the RV and Andy coached the boys in starting a campfire.  That took a while.  Finally, success.

Then, it was time for bed.

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