Ok…it’s obviously time for another entry into the ol’ blog. We finally did the whole camping thing over the July 4^th holiday weekend. We headed down to Lake DeGray near Arkadelphia, Arkansas and set up camp at DeRouche Campground. Although we experienced some rainy conditions toward the end of our stay, including some rather muggy and humid conditions, we had a good time overall.

We had the opportunity to camp in our new tent, and experience the frustration of a leaky air-mattress…but it was still fun. The nights were fairly cool next to the lake because of the cool breeze we got off the water. We took a box fan, so that helped. We didn’t catch many fish, but we ate what we caught. It was mostly hand-sized or smaller perch. No catfish or bass to be had in the shallow lakeside areas.

We took a guided sunset lake tour by boat, which was fun. We ate at the local CrackerBarrel restaurant one morning for breakfast, so that was a pleasant change from cold cereal. Oh, we’d brought biscuits and bacon and whatnot…but our friends’ camper oven was giving us fits. We did manage to get some pancakes fixed up toward the end of the trip, tho.

We were befriended by several ducks and their ducklings due to the copious amounts of bread crumbs the women were tossing out. Free food = winged visitors.

Here are a few pics from the trip....