Short trip to Ceasars Creek

Natalie and I went to Ceasars Creek campground this weekend. She had a birthday party for Wyatt (her son) on Saturday. Our site was the back of loop A, and it really was in the back of the campground.

Looking out from under the awning on one side.

And the other side. There was a hiking trail off to the left, but it wasn't used much. Bicycles and horses were not allowed on it.

Nobody behind us, either. Just a nice wooded patch.

This was from the closest camper to us. The downside to having the quietest site was the distance to the showers and restrooms. We filled the camper water tank on the way in, so we had water. Ohio state campgrounds don't seem to have on-site water like Kentucky's do. Next trip is in 3 weeks!
 

Camping trip to Pennyrile State Park

This was our campsite at Pennyrile State Park this past weekend. It is a smaller campground and it wasn't very crowded while we were there.

 They made a shallow bay into a beach. We went swimming there on Friday. The beach is only open to campers during the week.

 

 There was a boat dock with rentals of canoes, rowboats and kyacks. We rented a pair of kyacks and paddled around the lake. It's a small lake and motors on the boats are not allowed. We easily went all around the lake in an hour. It's a very pretty lake.

 

 This is the view we had looking the other way from our site. We did eventually get another camper in the site there behind us and the front corner was fairly full. Here in the middle it was quiet.

 

 Saturday we went to the restaurant at the lodge. Limited menu, but what we ordered tasted good. The view of the lake from our table was also quite nice.

 

 When we were leaving the restaurant, we noticed this sign. I went back inside to inquire about it. It seems the event was around the end of June, so we had missed it. It might have been very interesting to know about it ahead of time. 

 

updates

I picked a bucket of tomatoes yesterday and started making some sauce.

They cook down quite a lot before they become sauce. I made 5 pints of pizza sauce and 3 more pints of pasta sauce.

While the tomatoes were simmering, I got the truck and camper hooked up. We're heading to Pennyrile State Park tomorrow morning. It's out near Bowling Green.
 

Pantry is filling up

After a few trips to the garden that looked like this, the pantry is looking good. The beans are mostly done for, but the tomatoes are coming in now.

All the extra shelf space is very nice for the store bought canned goods, too. It makes everything much easier to find.