Sunday, May 19, 2019
Only about 30 miles from home we returned to our favorite campground - Petit Jean State Park. Donna and I arrived on Sunday afternoon with a chance of thunderstorms looming for Tuesday. We had reserved site #A22, a pull-through campsite near Lake Bailey. All of the campsites in loop A are full hookup AAA sites. The only drawback to the pull-through sites is that the camper passenger side is just a few feet from the road. This aside, the campground was quiet so there was no real problem being near the road. Just pull the blinds if you don't want walkers seeing in your camper.
The tent pad was located up steps from the picnic table. Big pine trees made for a good place to hang our hammocks.
It was chilly in the evenings. Enjoyed a campfire the first two nights.
We did a little fishing in Lake Bailey. I had some leftover crickets and caught a half dozen bream. No keepers but none the less fun to catch. Later Donna and I went down to the day use area and drowned a few night crawlers, but didn't get a bite.
Tuesday morning before the storms rolled in I took a hike from Mather Lodge down to Cedar Falls. This was my first time to make this hike and it was well worth the effort. I took a few pictures and the video below.
Tuesday afternoon we put up all of the outdoor gear and retracted the awning to be ready for storms. Several rain storms blew through early. We went to Mather Lodge for dinner when the strongest of the storms hit. I was glad that we were not in the camper for the last storm of the day. Back at the trailer after storms had ended I noticed the whole area of the campground was turning orange. I walked down to lake and got several photos of the sunset. I liked this one best.
