Camping on Lake Bob Sandlin
The rain came in at 11:00 last night and stayed into the early morning. The storm wasn't as bad as the weathermen had predicted. The surrounding areas were under a tornado watch. We had some lightning and a small amount of rain.
When Larry woke up it was still raining but it stopped a few minutes later. A couple hours later I woke up, the rain was gone but everything was still wet. We ended up staying around the house until the streets dried a bit.
While waiting around I did the Daily Challenges and the Event: Pyramid Mini of 10 games. It took me 1 hour, 7 minutes and 21 seconds, which put me in 33rd place in my group.
Larry wrote an e-mail to a Dayle Hodge, Di Green and Terry to let them know we were going camping for a couple of weeks. They wrote back and told us to have a safe trip and have fun.
After lunch the streets were dry so we decided to start our trip. We drove 235 miles to Mount Pleasant to Lake Bob Sandlin for the night. It took us four and a half hours to get there. We drove two and four lane highways. We saw some bluebonnets in our area but when we drove through east Texas they hadn't come up yet.
Lake Bob Sandlin has a water supply plant that is run by Titus County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1. The district has a beautiful park on the shores of Lake Bob Sandlin and you can camp for free for ten nights. A police officers comes by and checks you in. They have been having a lot of rain so there were mud puddles. You camp on the grass and the sites are not marked. Before setting the Minnie up for the night Larry walked around the grass to make sure that it was safe. The grass was hard and water free. The sites were right on the lake. The facility has a boat ramp, concrete boat trailer parking area and restrooms (the restrooms at the ramp were open). It is a very nice campground and well maintained.
After setting up the Minnie for the night we had ham sandwiches for dinner. After dinner we went for a half hour walk around the park. We walked along the shores of the lake to the boat ramp and back. We saw a lot of pelicans, ducks and geese. The geese were very noisy, especially when we got near them. The park is a great hangout for the local residents, there are a few picnic table and covered ramadas. When we got home I went on another half hour walk. I meet a cute little brown dog and she walked with me until we got to her masters. When I got home I finished doing my steps, which was 26,000 steps. This put me in 5th place in my group. We had a super travel day.
The geese living at Lake Bob Sandlin
A small boat dock on the lake
Pelicans
Our camp site with pelicans and other water fowl on the lake
Lake Bob Sandlin with the pelicans and other water fowl on it
The Titus County Fresh Water Supply District No.1 building
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