A Nice Day After All

I wasn’t expecting much from this campground. It’s an Iowa State Recreation Area and is really just a few rows of campsites next to a boat launch.

It sits between the Mississippi River, which is nice,

and the railroad line,

which is not so nice. It is small and there is nowhere to walk Matey.

But the day dawned clear and sunny, and there is a disc golf course just a few miles away.

That turned out to be very nice.

There were interesting things in the woods, including Osage oranges. I love these bumpy green fruits, but they are not edible.

We also spotted this dragon in the woods.

On closer inspection he was even more impressive, his fiery breath was painted on the splintery end of the broken log that formed him.

And in the end we had a pretty nice day.