The Traveling Ducheks

  • Leech Lake Campground (June 16-29) 2025

    Leech Lake Campground (June 16-29) 2025

    I’ll be honest, when Ed said we were going to stay at Leech Lake, I was not really excited about it! Turns out, there are no leeches at Leech Lake. *whew* We got a wonderful site! I really enjoyed this campground. It was peaceful and woodsy. We set up the CLAM to hang out in.…

  • Sawmill Campground (May 18-June 16) 2025

    Sawmill Campground (May 18-June 16) 2025

    We are getting the map filled in pretty good! We arrived in Mankato, Minnesota and got settled in a site at Sawmill Campground. I was apprehensive about this campground, as the reviews were pretty negative. Lots of complaints about the owner who apparently can be a real grump. When we checked in, the lady who…

  • Neshonoc Lakeside Encore (May 16-18) 2025

    Neshonoc Lakeside Encore (May 16-18) 2025

    We arrived at Neshonoc Lakeside campground which is an Encore campground. We got a nice shady site located at the top of a hill. I was initally put off by the lack of a real ‘pad’, no gravel, asphalt or concrete, but in all honesty, this was a great site. I was worried about how…

  • Milton KOA (May 15) 2025

    Milton KOA (May 15) 2025

    Speaking of weather, this was a crazy windy night with a wild storm. It was nice to be in a secure area with a nice concrete pad and no really huge older trees to stress about. This KOA is really nice and I loved the site, it had a nice patio area that was secluded.…

  • Kankakee South KOA (May 14) 2025

    Kankakee South KOA (May 14) 2025

    We drove to Chebanse, Illinois for a one night stay. We schedule for almost a year out, so when something like repairs interrupt our schedule, we have to do some overnight stays to ‘catch up’ to our reservations. We have a somewhat difficult to get reservation for Yellowstone’s Fishing Bridge campground, we had to forgo…

  • Shipshewana South (May 12-14) 2025

    Shipshewana South (May 12-14) 2025

    We picked up June and she is all repaired and pretty again! We stayed in Shipshewana for a couple days just to insure there were no issues with the repairs and also to be able to go to the market, as it was the first official weekend! I got two adorable wooden figures for outdoor…

  • Camperless Travel (May 5-11) 2025

    Camperless Travel (May 5-11) 2025

    May 5-We dropped off the camper for repairs and drove to Holland, Michigan to attend the tulip festival. It was beautiful and I took a billion photos of tulips, I will not post them all. LOL We stopped at couple of lighthouses and stayed the night in Muskegon at the Holiday Inn. May 6-We drove…

  • Shipshewana South (April 13-May 5) 2025

    Shipshewana South (April 13-May 5) 2025

    We stayed the night at the Blue Gate Hotel while the new fridge was installed. We are getting a fully electric fridge that doesn’t require any propane. After the fridge was installed, we settled into the Shipshewana South Campground. It is a nice campground. We originally were booked at a KOA, but it was not…

  • TT Indian Lakes in Batesville, IN (April 2-13) 2025

    TT Indian Lakes in Batesville, IN (April 2-13) 2025

    We arrived to a pretty empty campground. It’s early in the season for this area and we were surprised, as when we have been here before, this campground has been pretty packed. We got a great corner site that had tons of room. The only drawback was that when we arrived, there was an issue…

  • Renfro Valley KOA in Mt. Vernon, KY (April 1) 2025

    Renfro Valley KOA in Mt. Vernon, KY (April 1) 2025

    This was just an overnight stay on our way to a TT campground. Ed booked a nice site with our very own fenced in dog area. The patio was nice and we had a swing. The KOA is really nice and would stay here again if ever in the area. We went to Berea to…

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