Monday, Sept. 9, 2019 – Travel Day to Pleasant Hill Lake Park

Up at 7:00, out of the campground by 9:30, on our way for a thankfully uneventful drive to Pleasant Hill Lake Park on the other side of the state. This park is a lot more crowded, has a lot more activity, is a lot more manicured than most places we've been this year, but the horse camp is right on the lake. After stopping in the office, and per Hubby's request asked if we didn't like the spot we had reserved were there others we might have for the two weeks we booked, and the nice guy in the office made out a whole list for me. We drove out to the horse camp and found our spot, and it was pretty nice, but the highlines for that site were a long way up a hill, and it was mostly in shade, which would be problematic for storing up solar power since there's no electric in the horse camp here. We reconnoitered, and discovered site 518 was longer, also right on the lake, and the water spigot was directly across from us, which will make life so much easier. The highlines are still about 30 yards away, but there are no sites between us and them, so the horses will be just fine. We called the office and officially changed our site, then proceeded to get settled in. Uncharacteristically, we traveled on a dialysis day, so first thing I did was get Hubby hooked up to his machine, then gave him his walkie-talkie and got busy setting up. Though they have cables on their highline posts, I put up my highline, one side on the post, the other on a nearby tree, just so they can run the length of their highline in their usual way, with a water bucket in the middle. I filled up the trailer and the barrel in the truck with water, got the screen room up and the chairs out, and before long, we were home sweet home again! The lake was active with boats (any size motor is allowed here), some fishing, some water skiing and tubing, and we have a front row seat to it all! Feels a lot like being at the cottage where I spent the summers in my formative years in upstate NY, very nostalgic! I think we're really going to like this place!