We Lucked Out

We’re going to be on Lake Greeson until next Monday. On Tuesday, because it was in the 50’s and sunny we decided to go play disc golf. The nearest course was kitty-corner across the lake. On the way there we detoured to check out a car wash that might have accommodated the trailer. Alas, it had no foaming brush, so we decided it was not worth the 70 mile round trip. The trailer remains dirty.

We then went up to see the dam that makes this lake. This is the lake just above the dam. Like all these mountain lakes it’s narrow and convoluted since the water fills the valleys in these hills.

This is the dam, and it’s called “The Narrows”.

Bud and I remembered that we had been to the stream below the dam once before. Then it had been a shallow, rocky trout stream. There may still be trout, but right now it is not at all shallow. This is the Little Missouri River.

We did get to play disc golf and the course was a mix of open woods…

and huge fields.

It’s pretty chilly here, but this field wasn’t dusted with snow or frost.

It was covered with tiny wildflowers.

Yesterday we moved to a new campground; the Corps of Engineers campground at Kirby Landing just a few miles east from Daisy State Park. In our tour of the lake we had stopped to check it out. The site we had reserved was fairly small and seemed awfully tippy. It was bad enough that I checked online for another open site but there wasn’t one. We figured we’d just make do.

This is the site. This was the most unleveled site we’ve seen at a COE Campground. We pulled in and backed up as far as we could (there was now a camper behind us) to get to a more level area. The trailer was still at an 8 degree angle. We do not have nearly enough blocks to get us level at that angle. Before we tried anything drastic I checked online again. There is more rain and cold coming so I thought maybe someone had cancelled. They had!