Category Archives: 2014 Antioch road trip

We stopped Lake Paradise Resort in Lone Jack MO for one night. A huge place with 250 full hookups, 250 partial hookups, some primitive sites, some tent sites, and cabins too, five lakes, and the largest pool in Missouri. We camped by the main lake. The pool was closed until the next day due to rain the previous day causing chemical imbalance. So we paddled around the lake in the early evening when it was cooler. Lots of Canadian geese, a crane, some turtles, and lots of grass for Molly to roll in. A charming place for which we paid $13 for the night with full hookup.

We stayed at the Campus RV Park in Independence MO. An urban park, kind of crowded, and the only full park we have encountered so far on this trip. It is close to the historic part of Independence. It was close to the old downtown area and near the large Mormon temple & other large & small churches.  We visited the Frontier Trails Museum (next door) to continue what we started with the California Trail Interpretive Museum in Nevada. And we took a covered wagon trip with a focus on spots in town associated with Independence as the start of the Oregon and Santa Fe trails. Independence was a center for the outfitters of the wagons.

Campus RV Park

We ate a dinner at the Courthouse Exchange restaurant in a basement (cool) across from the courthouse with a statue of Harry Truman and a delicious lunch at Ophelia’s. We finished with lunch on the way out of town at the Smoke House BBQ and got takeout to take to our friend in Grafton. While in Independence, we were visited by the thunderstorm we fled in Nebraska. It is nice to be snug as bugs in the Navion while the rain pours down and the thunder pounds.