Campsite 2, Lake Scott State Park, 6/16

A bit of a let down after the first place, though it looked to be superior during internet research.  The park is surrounded by an encircling container of bluffy hills.  The lake is long and slender, serpentine, created by a dam. no real open water, more like a very small twisty cove on Beaver Lake.

The park surrounds the lake, and consists of a number of campgrounds at various sites, several with vacant spaces, and several with lots of people.  I learn that there is no swimming except at the public "beach" which is tiny and crowded, not my thing.  As I entered the park I saw a small campground near the entrance with shady trees, but didn't consider it as the lake was like a canal at that point and would not have had good swimming.  But since swimming was out, I paid my fee ($19 this time) and returned to that site.

Lake Scott at my campsite early am

Shortly after I arrived and was setting up, two other families arrived, but with enough distance between sites that there was no feeling of being crowded or that one's privacy was encroached upon.  No one spoke, though one waved.  I felt funny with just those few folks around, so went and introduced myself to each briefly.  Then I was comfortable to go about my own business.

Campsite at Lake Scott State Park

Tonight I cooked: venison sausage (Thanks, Tracy) with red bell pepper and onions, on the cool little alcohol stove I got on ebay.  More about that later if I find myself short on things to say one day.

I discover the anti-joy of biting black flies here, quite a few of them.  They don't seem to be at all put off by Off!.  But there is a strong breeze when I arrive, and that keeps them mostly off until it dies around sundown.  Tonight I tried the small battery powered fan, and it works wonderfully.