Day 1 and 2
June 20-21, 2021
We spent the first 2 days at Circleville RV Park and let me tell you from the moment we made the reservations the team at the park made us feel welcome and also was able to accommodate our late arrival with no problems at all.
It was probably about 10:30 pm when we arrived and we were still greeted by the owner of the park, Tanja, who guided us to our campsite (#7) and then brought over a welcome basket which included: a deck of cards, several maps of the surrounding area as well as nearby attractions of interest, the key to the restrooms, the wifi details, and a couple bottles of water. The morning of day 2 we were able to speak with the rest of the staff and check out the store before we took a bike ride around town.
During our ride around town we came across a memorial to all the Circleville men who had died serving our country in wars from Black Hawk to Vietnam. It was beautiful and touching to see not only the number of men from this small town who died in the wars but also the number of family members that fought and ultimately died together.
At the same park was a memorial to the Paiute Indians that were massacred during the black hawk war in 1866. On April 26,2016 the dedication ceremony for the Circleville Massacre memorial was held
After stopping at the memorials we decided to just ride though the residential side streets to get a feel of the community, land, and architecture. There were houses and buildings from what seemed like every decade since the re-establishment of Circleville in 1874. I do not know this for fact, I am just speculating. Anyway,I could stand outside of these old houses ad buildings and just imagine the life that those walls had witnessed over the decades; the stories of luck, tragedy, triumph and prosperity that must accompany a structure with roots that deep. I would have loved to have more time to explore the neighborhoods of that town but we only had the day and tomorrow we are off to another destination. While doing some research back at camp i found out that two of the houses that we came across unknowingly were the homes of Maximillian Parker ,Butch Cassidy’s father, and the estate of Martin and Charlotte Dalton. These two families had a long history around circleville and I had no idea until now.
Our Tiny Adventure 