Our neighbors left before us, so I got a shot of their camper ready to roll. The whole tent fits into that flat box on top, leaving all of the room underneath for stowing gear.

It was while taking this pic that I saw the words on the frame:

Coolest. Camper. Ever.

Indeed!

Something on the history of Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park:

In 2005, a section of the dam wall along the old Taum Sauk reservoir collapsed and sent 1.3 billion gallons of water down Profitt Mountain, into the Black River, and right through Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park. The campgrounds, then near the Shut-Ins, were destroyed, as the flood scoured everything in its path. Giant boulders, deposited by the flood, still lie scattered around the lower parking lots and picnic areas.

You can still see the “scour” from a new park trail created after the flood. It carved down to the bedrock, exposing the geology of some of the oldest mountains in America.

The scour trail, taken soon after the flood.

The campgrounds took four years to rebuild, and are now situated well above the river.