Day 5 - Short Day
But not short on fun
Editor's note. I am going to post this but will revise it later by adding graphics and pictures.....
Dowling Park River Camp to Lafayette Blue Springs State Park (LBSSP)
Back in the water but not so fast.
The plan was to load up the boats and to leave my family at camp to play in the water while we floated 1/4 mile down the river and used a boat ramp to go resupply at a convenience store. While we were packing Savannah was where she basically lived: playing in the water. Shawn was already loaded and just looking out for Sturgeon when he spotted something in the water slowing coming our way. At first he thought it was a beaver but later identified it as the common alligator. Out of water Savannah came as a precaution. The gator never even got close to us. Once it spotted us onshore, it did an about face and headed away from us.
At the store, we stocked up. I bought ice, sodas, and ice cream sandwiches. The kids hated the fact that I made them eat ice cream in the morning but they did obey my wishes. Okay, only part of that sentence is true, I will let you decide the part. A couple of weeks later, Maria said that was the best ice cream sandwich ever. Not because the taste, but where she was eating it. She also said that she will always think of that moment when ever she eats another ice cream sandwich.
Side trips???
Cabin in the Woods (pt 2)
This was another state park that we stayed in cabins. It was very similar to the first but the porch overlooked the woods (and river if the trees weren't there). Even though the appliances were different, everything else was the same. Except the ice maker.
I opened up freezer and the ice bin was litterally running over. There was so much ice that I had a HUGE smile on my face. I emptied the bin into several pots to let the ice maker do its thing overnight. It did not disappoint. There was just enough ice to fill the one cooler that we had consolidated all of our food down into. Yes, God is good.
We also has some unexpected guests on our porch: Shawn, Debi, and Casey. They had planned on finding a spot outside to camp but there were too many ants. Shawn asked if they could camp out on the porch and I was happy to say yes. It was almost no different than one of the shelters at a river camp but they used their tents, partially for privacy, also to air them out for later use.
For dinner, my goal was to get rid of some lingering food supplies. We were consolidating the coolers so this would help on space. So, I figured custom hamburgers would due the trick. I took the hamburger meat added some egg and potato chips as a filler. Cooked up the rest of the canned corn and beans as well. That ended up way better than expected.
After dinner, my family went down to explore the springs. Maria and Savannah had already been down there earlier in the evening before dinner. By the looks of it, I knew this would be a great place to swim in the morning.
Daily Digest
This was probably my favorite evening of the trip. Staying in the cabin was great. Having Shawn and the gang on the porch seemed to make it even better.
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