I did some major postcard organizing after breakfast. I wanted to box up some stuff to leave in Austin when we get back there. Around 12:15 some employees brought a backhoe and a chain saw to take down a 40 to 50 foot pine tree two sites down from us. In a few short minutes they pushed it over with the backhoe and it gave a mighty crash and fell across the road, right at the rear portion of Jeff & Rebecca's abandoned campsite. I’m sure glad they were not there! Even though I do miss them. It seems very empty across the road today.
At 12:45 we put on our hiking shoes, got the Lincoln Parish Park map and headed out on the mountain bike trails. We went four and one half miles at a 20-minute mile pace. There were lots of ups and downs and ziz-zags so we were pretty tired. Home looked good.
While we had lunch, the big 'rock star RV' left so we really are the only ones here now. It's like having our own park and 30-acre lake all to ourselves. Around 3:00 we drove to the Texaco for a paper; we got a Shreveport Times for a change of pace. Then we came back and drove to the other side of the lake where we had discovered a little pond while we were hiking earlier.
We fished for a couple of hours. Bob had a three and a half pound bass on his fly rod but did not land him. Said it was fun on his light fly rod though. I caught 4 or 5 small bass on a shallow diving crank bait, that were really wired. Back home it felt good to get off our tired legs.
It never did rain today (so much for 70% chance-we could have gone fishing!) The high was 73 but rain and a cold front behind it should hit tonight.
It's 7:48 p.m. and 66.1 degrees.