The summer of 2019 heat hung on with the warmest September on record beating out the previous record from 1953. With the first sign of fall in the 10 day forecast I reserved site #30 at Waveland Park on Blue Mountain Lake. On Friday, October 4th we picked Brayden and Hannah up in Dardanelle after school. The adventure started with a car wreck that blocked both lanes of highway 27 south of Dardanelle. The Yell county sheriff department and state police forced all traffic to detour down a one lane road to Bethel Road. Oncoming cars were having to stop on the shoulder to allow us to pass. After the detour we drove through light rain that stopped just before we reached the campground.
This was our second trip to Waveland Park in 2019. Site #30 was next to site #29 that Donna and I had back in April.
Crisp air on Saturday morning was nice for cooking outside and enjoying breakfast with the kids.
I hung the hammocks in the trees behind the trailer.
When electronics were put away the kids were forced to find something else to do. Hannah finished some math worksheets and Brayden actually read some of his new book.
Saturday night we had planned to have burgers charcoal grilled on the fire pit. Turned out that the hamburger was still frozen in the refrigerator. So plans changed and we went to Mount Magazine State Park and ate at the Skycrest restaurant. We all shared a giant piece of possum pie. Nevertheless, nighttime rolled around and Brayden built us a fire for S'mores.
With a chance of rain we packed up most everything Saturday night. We broke camp before noon on Sunday in anticipation of storms. We made it back dropping the kids in Dardanelle and getting unloaded at home before the storms arrived Sunday evening. It was a quick trip but always good to get away with the grands.
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