Cold Front

The cold front that moved in last night dropped the temperature quite a bit. The high today was 64 degrees, more than 20 degrees colder than yesterday. We took our "morning walk" after noon. By that time it was sunny and a pleasant 60 degrees. Looking back at the rig, we could see little white caps on the lake still, though it wasn't nearly as windy as last night.

This must be great armadillo habitat. We saw three today. They don't pay much attention to us as we walk by and photograph them, but this one looked up. They're actually kind of cute.

We walked around the park checking things out. At the Honey Creek Day Use Area, we found this fishing pier and nearby fish cleaning station. You'd have to catch weed fish, we guess, because it's nowhere near the water.

The boat ramp is closed, for obvious reasons.

We walked along the .2 mile nature trail that extends from the parking lot at the day use area. Most of what we saw was mud underfoot that stuck to our shoes. We did see some deer tracks in the mud.

In addition to the Bright Star Camping Area that we are camped in, the campground includes an equestrian loop, the Deer Haven Camping Area (30 amp service) and the Oak Grove Camping Area (walk in tent camping). Many of the tent sites are actually on the water. Only this one was occupied today.

We finished watching the Guthrie Theater production of H.M.S. Pinafore that we had TIVO'ed. We enjoyed the comedy and the satire. The captain and the admiral turned in especially delightful send-ups of the pompous upper class Brit the show is skewering. But the music seemed discordant--so many different styles mixed together--and the closing scenes with confetti and flags were just over the top. We'd like to see a more traditional performance now.

We have the campground nearly to ourselves. We've seen only six occupied sites in addition to the two camp host sites, but the young woman who checked us in said that the weekends are busier.