Camping at Cooper Lake

With fall being here and the temperatures being cooler... we went camping, at the Cooper Lake State Park. Because of the drought, the lake was dried up some, but we still enjoyed the nice lake view from our campsite. We "roughed it" in our tent and with our cooking and eating outdoors, but had some comfortable things too, like air mattresses, water, and electricity. There was a fire ban, so we improvised and made smores over the camp stove.

We forgot our broom, to sweep off the campsite and inside the tent, so Clara made one from locally available materials.

Ellie had fun wearing Dad's fishing vest like it was a photographer's vest.

Clara and Ellie did some themed photoshoots in the woods. Here, Clara is about to wake up in a strange place.

We played cards in the evening by the light of the lantern, after the sun had set.

We saw lots of armadillos that were alive.

The lake view from our campsite

In the cold mornings, we enjoyed warm beverages like this hot chocolate.

Delicious burritos for breakfast.

Migrating birds

And our family!