Today was a beautiful shorts day, the kind of day we all love, not too hot, mild south wind and fluffy clouds in the sky. But now that has changed. Although we are enjoying tonight's fire in shorts, we have added jackets and that southern wind is now from the northwest. Many of the fishermen here at the campground are bringing in their boats and awnings are being rolled for the night. Today's 80 will be 42 in the morning with a high of 62 and possible rain in the forecast. Guess tomorrow will be laundry day and we will be back to wearing Jeans.
Today's history info is about Lake o the Pines, where we are camped. The Corp built Ferrel's Bridge dam in Big Cypress Bayou in the 50's originally as part of the flood mangement plan for Red River Basin. The dam is concrete and earth and is about 2 miles long. The resulting 18,600+ acre lake is a reservoir that provides water for the surrounding communities as far away as Longview. As it was being built they added provisions for activities such as wildlife conservation, fishing, boating and camping, lucky us. There are five COE campgrounds, multiple boat ramps and several recreational day use areas.
So tonight we sit on this lake, enjoying the fire and a wonderful sunset with thanks we still have places like this available. I am even including a picture of me this time so you can see I am actually on this trip too. Later...
Y'all look like you're having fun!
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