Today turned out to be a rather long day. We got to bed late, so we decided to get up later than usual. It was after 11:00 a.m. when we pulled out of our campsite at Lake Park in Lewisville and headed east to camp at Lake of the Pines. Our first rest stop was at the Tanger Outlets. This is *not* the way to speed up your trip! We did find the silicone wine stoppers we were looking for.
Along the way our GPS and Droids didn't entirely agree on a route. At one point we stopped to check the map, and a lady stopped to help us out. Only she didn't know how to get where we wanted to go, but she was unwilling to admit it. "Let me see that map book!" she said. Finally she said we were headed the right direction and left. We started to see signs for Lake'O the Pines, which was very reassuring, but then we came to Tejas Rd., where our GPS said for us to turn--but no signs.... We came to a T in the road and stopped to regroup, and that's when another lady decided to *help* us.
She said, "Are you looking for the campground? That's the way to go." When I asked, dubiously, if we could get through, she said sure. So we proceeded, and the road continued to narrow among the pines. We came to a locked gate. The road continued, but we decided not to. So I turned around (keep in mind that we are about 50' long, so it wasn't a 3-point turn!). We went back out to the highway, and soon we came to the very welcome Corps of Engineers sign for Brushy Creek. Yay! When we pulled up at the campground entry kiosk, they said "Marks?" and welcomed us warmly.
The campground and lake looked so inviting that we relaxed and moved into our spot--easy access, nice paved pad, shade, but no trees in the way of the slides. Well, mostly not in the way. Ken's view out the dining table window is a bit obstructed by the large pine trunk about 8 inches from the window....
When we went on our walk, it was getting dark, so we couldn't see too much. We met a woman who offered us a few "musky dimes"--muscadine grapes. She said that she and her husband are park volunteers. They clean boat ramps on the 70 mile loop around the lake.
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