Chicago area where do you go?

campinginthewoods wrote:
Rend Lake has 5 campgrounds Gun creek is close to the golf course and full of golf carts, Wayne Fitzgerald State Park is first come first serve, South Marcum is nice, North Sandusky is nice and has a swimming beach, and you will see a lot of deer, and south Sandusky is nice and also has a swimming beach. There are bike trails and hiking areas and there's also a marina where you can launch your own boat or you can rent several types of boats. You are about 30 minutes between Marion IL and Mt. Vernon IL. We really never went to far as we camp to relax so haven't really went sight seeing to much. Small town of Sesser Il has a great little custard stand. It's about 10 miles from Wayne Fitzgerald SP (which is the only SP on Rend Lake rest COE). We have taken a drive down to Sikeston MO and visited Lambert's Home of the thrown Roll Good food. We love going to Rend lake for 2 weeks in the fall but have been other times and love going. I'm from the Champaign area so it's not a bad drive for me.