July 6, 2018 Our Last Day

We had a really nice morning, Maggie and I took our usual long walk. We sat outside enjoying the birds  and the squirrel's  playing. Susan came out when she got up. I cooked breakfast outside and then we went in for a little while. We decided to go swimming and drove up to the swimming area. They have a really nice swim area here. Great picnic tables under the shade trees and easy parking. They have a pier with steps to get into the water and a platform you can swim to and jump from or lay out. We enjoyed floating for awhile. Some small showers approached us and we heed back home. They also have a cemetery inside the park, it was drizzling so I didn't check it out for more information. Later that day we got some pretty good thunderstorms. We just relaxed the rest of the evening. Tomorrow we will head home.

July 5, 2018 Lake Bob Sandlin State Park

We pulled out about 7:30 am not sure about where we were heading. We stopped and ate breakfast in Texarkana at the Cracker Barrel. I called Dangerfield State Park to see if they had a site for two nights. They had sites but none we could fit in. Next choice up was Lake Bob Sandlin State Park. The Ranger said he could accommodate us so we headed there. It took about an hour and 15 minutes to get there. They let us drive in and pick our spot. No waterfront sites we could fit in but we found a nice site. We have full shade and good cell/internet service. I couldn't get our satellite to get a signal. We wanted to go swimming but it looked as if we might get rain. It threatened but never happened. Maggie and I took a walk around the two camping loops on our end. They have two other loops but the Ranger said we probably wouldn't fit there.  I really like this park, the only drawback is satellite. We just read (Susan hand sewed) and chilled. I cooked hot dogs for supper and watched a movie. Will check out the rest of the park tomorrow.

July 1-5 Degray Lake

We got on the road to Degray Lake about 9:00 am.  It was only about a 2 hr drive over winding, bumping small 2 lane roads.  Jamie & Belinda beat us there, Our site wasn't water front but we had a water view. Shouse Ford is our park and its on the north west side of the lake. We had a nice shady site. Cell service was spotty but sometimes you could text but no internet. I finally managed to get satellite tv going. It was pretty hot for the next 3 days. We did some swimming and just chilled. We went in to Arkadelphia one morning to wash clothes.  We decided that since it was so hot we would just head back to Texas on the 5th. We can be hot there.   July 4 was the first nice day we have had. The humidity was down and we had a nice breeze all day. Lots of boats and jet skis on the lake. Maybe we jumped the gun on the weather but we will see.

6/30/2018 A Short Move Today

We have a one night stay before we get to Degray Lake. We could only squeeze 4 days of reservations there. We will meet Jamie&Belinda there as they went a different direction. We picked Lake Nimrod for our lay over. We got on the road about 11:00 am.as I called ahead to see if our site was open. It only took us about an hour and 15 minutes to get there. Our site was nice but tough to get into.  Two big pines and a narrow road. Finally wormed my way in about 10 minutes. It was a nice park but we had no cell/internet service.  I also couldn't get satellite tv.  Full shade which we like but comes with a price. Whew we are roughing it now.  Maggie and I took several walks and this is a nice little park. We cooked a ribeye for supper and watched DVD movies.