As I drive, I do pass some interesting things along the way.
In Pennsylvania (I think), I passed a mini book cabinet near a park. I had finished one of my books, I believe it was Ordinary People, and left it for someone to borrow. Neat idea :)
In Florida, I passed a giant pirate ship :).
In Louisiana, I passed the exit for Lena. I took the exit, but I'm not really sure where the 'town' is at. I found a Lena road but there were just a couple houses on it. I gave up quickly and was back on the highway.
With the storms past now, the days were beautiful again. I was headed to a state park in Texas, just outside of Dallas. Again, being during the week, the park was pretty much empty. For those from my home town, I think it was a lot like Shabbona State Park - man made lake, campsites, fishing, etc. The first day I hiked around on the trails and made some mac and cheese for dinner. I did run into a snafu when my waterproof matches would not work to light my stove. Always have three ways to make a fire - ideally, lighter, matches and flint. I only had the matches and they would just not work. So I quick drove into town (well to an intersection with gas stations about 8 miles away) and grabbed a lighter. All was good.
The next morning the wind died down and I rented a kayak to explore around the lake. It should be called Turtle Lake - there were so many turtles!! You could tell it was a man made lake, filled in over a bunch of trees - there were branches everywhere, sticking out of the water and some just beneath the surface that I had to watch out for so as to not get my kayak caught. As I got closer to the branches, I found the turtles were hanging out on all of them, sunning themselves. Then when I got too close, plop! They slid back into the water. It was fun to see how close I could get to them. I saw some more big cranes and vultures as well. After my couple hours, I packed up for the day and headed towards Dallas Forth Worth to see my friends, Sara and Sean. They have a new little guy who's just about one and I haven't met yet.
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| The lake |
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| You can't see them well, but there were deer at the playground :) |
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| The reflection in the lake - the stillness of the morning |
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| Also hard to see, but that's the outstretched neck of a turtle :) |
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