I Love It when Things Work Out

When we came into Lincoln Parish Park near Ruston, Louisiana, I was hoping we liked it, because I had inadvertently booked us back here for January 16-21 on our way out of the Hot Springs area after the holidays.

We were delighted to find the lakeside sites were raised and paved giving us what amounted to a private patio…

overlooking the reservoir.

There is a lovely paved walking trail going around the reservoir with access from the campground.

There are ducks…

and at least one egret.

It’s just under a mile and a half around the reservoir,

and Matey can walk with me or ride in the stroller.

There is a tree identification trail…

with both an underpass and an overpass at the junctions of the well made and

well used mountain bike trails.

This is the “Hub” where most of the those trails start.

They even have a place to wash the bikes.

When we arrived we found we’d just missed the annual Christmas celebration; Lincoln Lights Up the Pines.

It had been held the two weekends before we arrived.

Non-profits,

churches,

and businesses had displays. These folks showed you can even dress up a dumpster!

Some of the displays were elaborate…

and inventive.

It must have been quite a big event.

There were generators scattered around to power the many lights.

Folks were beginning to take things apart. But we were not disappointed to miss it.

The young man at the gate said both weekends the campground had been fully booked, and about half the people stayed the week between. They had all cleared out just before we arrived, and we had the whole campground to ourselves. Of 33 RV sites and 10 tent sites there is just us and the campground host.

That’s just fine with us; we’re happy to share this space with just the birds and the squirrels and the walkers and the bikers.