Category: Places to fish

He better have a skinny wife . . .

Season 1; Episode 4

Trip number four was to familiar territory at Bennett Springs State Park and while the weather was gorgeous, the experience was not familiar as we encountered many firsts. Bennett Springs is a large campground with sites very close to one another in order to accommodate the popularity of the campground with trout fisherman. 

We discovered, arriving mid day on a Saturday, compared to early Friday meant we would have an audience watch our feeble efforts to back and park Lil Red. This was our first unpaved, un-level, short pad with no easy access. Naturally, our audience was four drunk women who were amused by our backing efforts, with a look that suggested “I bet you’ve never been to a quilting bee either.” The ring leader was a bossy brunette who told P Rob many times that her husband was a trucker and could do this in his sleep- did we want her to get him? We persevered through their disdainful glances and got Lil Red into position. We should have known catcalls were in order when prior to parking the camper we stopped at the fill station to fill the tank with water. This time the audience was the older set with bigger toys – big 25 ft plus rigs we refer to as “living rooms on wheels.” One saw tiny Lil Red and me work the hose and surmised quite loudly “Look at the little camper. He must have a skinny wife.”

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Kamping

Season 1; Episode 3

Our trip to Arrow Rock Historic Site at the end of April was brought to you by the letter K. As in Kids, Kasey and Kaboom. We had purchased concert tickets to see Kasey Musgraves before we ever bought Lil Red. P Rob was intent on trying to combine the camping and the concert, so he booked site 18 at Arrow Rock State Park. After working the morning on Friday, we made our escape rather easily by 1:30 and made the short drive up 179 & 87 to Hwy 41 and our final destination. We were thrilled to have a pull through site and arrive before the other campers. We quickly set up camp, purchased some firewood and headed out for a hike through the woods. We saw some large deer and ended up in the quaint but empty town of Arrow Rock. Evidently, it doesn’t come alive until theater season at the Lyceum opens in June.

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