Frannie Shoemaker Campground Mystery Road Trip, 7 stops, June 4-17, 2023 (13 nights)

Frannie Shoemaker Campground Mysteries are a book series written by Iowa author Karen Nortman. Many of us have collected, read and love all of the books. They take place in real campgrounds, but the books use a ficticious name for them. Note that there is a link in the info for each stop to buy the e-book. You do not need to have a Kindle device to read them as Kindle is a free app for phones and iPads.

First Stop: Indiana Dunes State Park, Porter, IN, June 4-5, 2023 (1 night)

• Campground
• Make a reservation (beginning 12/4/22, try for sites 28-55)

Who's coming: (Let Nancy know if you are coming!)

• Ed, Peggy and Maddie Kowalski, site 52
• Mike, Jamie and Russell Leichty, site 55
• Nancy, Daisy, Lacy and (maybe) Missy Kroes, site 57

Second stop: Root River State Trail-Eagle Cliff Campground, Lanesboro, MN, June 5-7, 2023 (2 nights)

• Campground
• Make a reservation (beginning 12/5/22, try for sites A1-A19)
• Buy Peete and Repeat

Who's coming: (Let Nancy know if you are coming!)

• Ed, Peggy and Maddie Kowalski, site 16
• Nancy, Daisy, Lacy and (maybe) Missy Kroes, site 17
• Mike, Jamie and Russell Leichty, site 19

Stop Three: Lewis and Clark State Park, Onawa, IA, June 7-9, 2023 (2 nights)

• Campground
• Make a reservation (beginning 3/7/23, try for sites 1-19)
• Buy Corpse of Discovery

Who's coming: (Let Nancy know if you are coming!)

• Nancy, Daisy and Lacy Kroes, site 1
• Jamie, Michael and Russell Leichty, site 2
• Karen Nortman, site 3
• Peggy, Ed and Miss Maddie Kowalski, site 4

Stop Four: Ledges State Park, Madrid, IA, June 9-11, 2023 (2 nights)

• Campground
• Make a reservation (beginning 3/9/23, try for sites 1-15)
• Buy The Blue Coyote

Who's coming: (Let Nancy know if you are coming!)

• Nancy, Daisy and Lacy Kroes, site 4
• Ed, Peggy and Maddie Kowalski, site 8
• Jamie, Michael and Russell Leichty, site 9
• Karen Nortman, site ?

Fifth Stop: Beed's Lake State Park, Hampton, IA, June 11-13, 2023 (2 nights)

• Campground
• Make a reservation (beginning 3/11/23, try for sites 39-50)
• Buy The Lady of the Lake

Who's coming: (Let Nancy know if you are coming!)

• Karen Nortman, site 86
• Nancy, Daisy and Lacy Kroes, site 91
• Jamie, Michael and Russell Leichty, site 94
• Ed, Peggy and Maddie, site 95

Sixth Stop: Backbone State Park, Dundee, IA, June 13-15, 2023 (2 nights)

• Campground
• Make a reservation (beginning 3/13/23, try for sites 51-62)
• Buy To Cache a Killer
• Geocaching

Who's coming: (Let Nancy know if you are coming!)

• Karen Nortman, site 52
• Ed, Peggy and Maddie Kowalski, site 60
• Nancy, Daisy and Lacy Kroes, site 61
• Jamie, Michael and Russell Leichty, site 62

Stop 7: Pokagon State Park, Angola, IN, June 15-17, 2023 (2 nights)

• Campground
• Make a reservation (beginning 12/15/22, try for sites 101-114)

Who's coming: (Let Nancy know if you are coming!)

• Ed, Peggy and Maddie Kowalski, site 112
• Mike, Jamie and Russell Leichty, site 125
• Nancy, Daisy, Lacy and (maybe) Missy Kroes, site 127