We opted to visit a park we have never camped at before, Lake Loramie State Park. We have visited a few times and looked over the campground but before we mainly only had weekends to camp and this campground is slammed on weekends as we are finding out today on Saturday. We originally were going to leave on Friday morning but have enjoyed being in this site with a great view of the lake and canal that we decided to stay till Sunday. We have no one in front of us and our site is plenty large enough to give us space without being cramped. This week has been the most perfect week out of the summer so far and we are entering August next week, weather has been high 70's and low 80's and most of the week was mid 50's at night. To wake up in the morning and look out the windshield and see steam rising from the water was awesome. Jess and I are getting multiple walks in each day totaling 3 miles at least and Deanna walks in the evening with us. Our neighbor Winona has been a lot of fun to talk with and she just loves Jessie, her parents came friday night for a cookout and her dad Wild Bill (he says Mild Bill) was a blast to talk with, he has traveled a lot of the places we have been or are going.
One day this week a couple friends came up in the morning to go kayaking with me and we spent about 3 hours out on the lake taking a nice leisure paddle for about 4 miles. One side of the lake is all No wake and the other side is the speed zone and it is separated by an island. Actually this campground is on an island. As we went up the north side of the island and crossed under a footbridge there were houses all along the shoreline. Quite a nice community. One thing we have noticed is there is a lot of Red Headed Woodpeckers at this park and a lot of Blue Herons. We have not seen a single mammal yet as in Deer or Racoon or Skunk which is surprising.
Sitting here this morning typing this and all the campers around cooking out the smell of bacon is filling the air and the sound of silence is pretty much not broken by people but by dogs barking. I find that pretty amazing that this many people are congregated in one area and it is so quiet as compared to what it would sound like sitting in a restaurant with the noise level nearing breaking your ear drums!
Friday night Deanna was feeling better than she had all week after suffering through what we are pretty sure was a flair of her lupus so she decided to go out in the inflatable kayak so she could enjoy some of the canal system of the lake. Was a great night and not to hot, we got in about a mile and a half and about an hour on the water.
So today (Saturday) we will just lounge and enjoy the atmosphere, tomorrow will be back home and getting the RV cleaned up for the next excursion where ever that may be too. We want to make a run to Indiana yet before we head west in September.
