Miller Woods Trail, Indiana Dunes NP

Rain stopped this morning. I took the opportunity to empty my cassette toilet in the porta potty at the Indiana Dunes NP Visitor Center. Easy peasy. Went in to talk to the ranger on duty, asked about non muddy hiking trails that were moderately easy. He recommended going to the Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education at the west end of the park and hiking the Miller Woods trail, said the lupine are blooming at this time. His recommendation was spot on, we enjoyed the hike that went over dunes, vegetation with lots of lupine, lakes and ended up on the lake shore. We then took the relatively easy paved road back to the Center's parking lot.

Instead of staying a 3rd night at the visitor center, we drove west to get a head start the next day. We found a Walmart in Hammond, IN that allowed overnight parking using RVparky.com, a great app for identifying places to stay in a particular town/area. Users reported/reviewed locations that allowed overnight parking; the app also lists campgrounds with reviews.