When we got to Horseshoe Lakes, I was looking at tips provided by other campers in the past to this campground on CampgroundReviews (https://www.campgroundreviews.com/regions/indiana/clinton/thousand-trails-horseshoe-lakes-6690), and more than one mentioned a visit to Casey, Illinois. I did some internet searching (which was challenging because internet service was "iffy") and we decided it sounded interesting (one of the articles: https://www.travelawaits.com/2490383/how-to-spend-a-day-casey-illinois/). Since we were only staying at Horseshoe Lakes for 3 nights, we decided to go on Wednesday, and thoroughly enjoyed it. We took a *lot* of pictures, so I'm going to blog about it in a few parts -- we have now (today, Thursday, 9/24) moved to Indian Lakes near Batesville, Indiana, and the internet service is still not *great*, so I don't want to be uploading a lot of pictures.
Casey, Illinois is known for being a small town with big things (https://www.bigthingssmalltown.com/).
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Just *some* of the attractions listed on the exit sign off the interstate.
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When we got to downtown, we easily found parking and started walking around.
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The first "big thing" we found was a yard stick that is 36 feet long rather than 36 inches.
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Nearby was the worlds largest wind chime.
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Inside the garden for the windchime...
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... was a Bible verse: "For I am not ashamed of the Gospel because it is the power of God that bring salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew then to the Gentile" Romans 1:16 NIV. You may be able to see the star of David over "Jew" in the verse and a fish symbol over "Gentile". If you look back at the picture of the windchime, you can see both symbols incorporated in the support structure.
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Across the street was a giant rocking chair -- we were starting to feel that we had been shrunk! See Carl in comparison to the chair?
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Another Bible verse...
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"You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you."
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The verse was right at the front end of the right side rocker.
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Pretty garden areas around each display.
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Directional sign to some of the main attractions
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Across the road diagonally from the chair was the teeter-totter
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Unfortunately we weren't there on a Saturday when there would be an attendant so you could actually "teeter-totter" on the teeter-totter! I had read that a whole busfull of people could ride on the teeter-totter!
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The gate was open so we could walk up the teeter-totter...
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... and find the verse on the far end: Proverbs 16:11 (NLT) "The Lord demands accurate scales and balances, he sets the standards for fairness."
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A picture of the rocking chair from the teeter-totter...
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As well as a picture of the wind chimes from the teeter-totter. At the base of the wind chimes (where the people are standing) there is a rope that you can pull to make them chime. I'm not certain how often wind makes them chime by itself (it would need to be a pretty robust wind).
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I had made a list of 16 items that we were going to try to find in and around Casey -- so far, you've seen pictures of 4 of them! More in another post!
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