This morning Robby and I woke up and started moving around because it was supposed to rain around lunch, and we had a few things we wanted to do before the rains came. Today at the visitor's center at Lake Charles, while talking about the lower lake levels, the lady said that they are always calling for rain here, and it never rains. It didn't rain here until 5, and the all day of rain that was predicted just ended up being for about 20 minutes so the rain never messed up our plans.
We walked the dogs this morning on Cedar Trail which left our camping loop and walked around the lake-well, around some of the lake. It is a 645 acre lake which is a good little bit. Our walk ended up being over a mile and a half by the time we made it back to the camper. We achieved our purpose-make the dogs tired.
Bentley hopped up on the couch, and she probably stayed there until we returned hours later. Marley wasn't too keen on going in her kennel, but she did with the promise of a treat. Robby and I then left go to Davidsonville Historic State Park. It was another lake, but it also had a huge town that they were discovering from an archaeological dig-though they weren't digging today, and possibly they haven't done much with some of the park in years.
Our next stop was a Sonic for a bite to eat in Pocahontas. Then we drove around Williams Baptist college in Walnut Ridge-it was not what I was expecting. Also in Walnut Ridge, the have a little park dedicated to the Beatles. The Beatles landed one weekend night in Walnut Ridge to change planes into a smaller plane to go to a ranch in Missouri for the next night. Someone heard the large plane coming in and sent some teenagers to check it out. They knew who they were, and word got out so when the Beatles returned from their trip to get back on their plane, the whole town was there to greet them.
Next up was another Sonic where we bought our supper, followed by our last state park of the day: Powhatan Historic State Park. This was a nice preserved courthouse with a friendly park worker. We walked around the courthouse, and then we walked down to see some of the other preserved buidlings.
From there, we hurried back to the camper since we had been gone a few minutes. We took the dogs and headed on another walk. Our phones said rain was coming, but we trusted the park lady and pressed on. As we were about to take one long trail, a man drove up and cautioned us of the mosquitoes in the woods. That was all the warning we needed.
We kept walking on the main road until we came to a short trail in the woods but not near the lake. We did it, and by the time we made it back to the camper with the dogs, they were ready to come in again. It is odd that they know their way to the camper and start pulling on their leashes once we get close.
Since then, we have just been in the camper, and it's been wonderful. I've finished one book and started another. Robby has worked and worked on drawers and cabinets and moving things around. I'm about to fix our supper, and then we will probably take the dogs on another little walk.
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