Relaxing in Some State Parks

End of July 2016

We spent the last 2 weeks of July not doing much of anything. Both South Dakota and Nebraska have really nice state parks. We headed for a family reunion in NE utilizing the state parks as we went.

At Farm Island State Park in 

South Dakota we had a site just 

a few feet from the lake.

It was hot her in July

so a relaxing dip in the lake felt heavenly!

       

From the kitchen all you could see 

was water out both windows.

It almost felt like

being on a houseboat!

 We went to the other side of the lake where they had a fishing dock.

That's Stella on the lake over there!

Someone enjoyed an early morning stroll before me!

It's 5 O'clock somewhere! I need one of these!

 We stood there and watched this guy swim across the little bay in the lake.

We think it's a muskrat!

 Having some downtime gave me time to finish the frames I'd been working on. I had regular frames but they bounce around when we travel and have glass. I was taking them down and putting them up every time. I made these frames out of plastic canvass and yarn. The stay up all the time!

I think this was Niobrara State Park in Nebraska.

Retirement can't be all go, go, go!

A little time for just relaxing was nice!