Saturday 3-31 Fantastic Day

No matter what you do have fun

We woke up to a nice cool day with the temperature in the low 50s.

After breakfast we went on a hike, ended up hiking a bit over 5 miles. We started out by hiking the Lake Trail, it is a three mile trail that goes around the lake. Due to construction on the dam only 2 miles of the trail is open. Today they were pouring concrete using a pump truck, they were having to use a crane to help hold up the pump's arm while it was pouring the concrete. The road to get to the dam is narrow so they could only get one concrete truck down it at a time. Due to the narrow road the truck driver had to back in to where they were working. We hiked the lake trail back about a half mile where we picked up the Headwaters Trail. This trail was challenging, it went up and down hills as it wound through the forest. We crossed over creeks via bridges and at times we had to leap over them. A big rain storm come through a couple days ago so at places the trail was a little soft and had water standing on it. They had a controlled burn a week ago and where they burned the underbrush off, it's starting to get green again. We were glad that the trail was marked with orange markings on the trees. The trail was about 2.5 miles long. The last trail we took was the Cabin Lake Trail which was very short and took us back to the campground. As we were walking back to the Minnie we saw turtles sunning on a log in the lake. When I got close to take a picture a couple of them crawled into the lake. The hike was very peaceful and the temperature was perfect. By the time we got back to the Minnie we were tired so we rested in our chairs until it was time for lunch. We barbecued hamburgers for lunch.

Choctaw Lake

Boardwalk across the lake

Creek along the Headwaters Trail

Turtles sunning on a log

After lunch Larry read outside and I took a nap for a couple of hours. Last night I stayed up until 2:00 finishing reading a book.

During the rain storm the other morning Larry found that we had a small leak. After my nap he went on the roof of the Minnie. About 4 or 5 years ago he had fixed a leak where the cable for the TV antenna enters the roof by applying a patch over it and he figures that's where the leak is again. He removed the old patch and cleaned the area. Then he built a new patch using some plastic sheeting and Eterna Bond tape. He also checked the seams that he had covered with Eterna Bond tape years ago, they still look fine.

When he had finished this little project it was time for dinner. I heated up leftover sausages. After dinner I baked some cinnamon rolls for dessert. We had a fantastic day.