Chambers on the Road

Our last camping trip of 2019 landed us at the Rend Lake area, about 2 1/2 hours south of St. Louis.  While there are 2 Corps of Engineers campgrounds at Rend Lake, we chose the South Marcum campground.  We stayed at site 82 on the Covey Point loop, right on the lake.  Even with there being 147 sites, the sites were spacious and scenic, even those not on the lake.  The fall colors near their peak, along with the tall trees, many of which were pines, provided the elements which make fall camping so appealing. Also, appealing to us was the $12 rate we got because we have the National Park Senior Lifetime pass.  And that was for full hook ups!  The campground had a number of selling points, including being about 10 minutes away from the larger town of Benton.  There is a Rend Lake Visitor Center, and there is a bike trail which is over 20 miles long.  With the weather being cooler and us being babies, we did not bring our bikes this trip.  We did enjoy walking on this trail a num