This past week Jason and I headed to
Lake Ouachita State Park in the great state of Arkansas for our first camping adventure together. For our first attempt at outdoorsy life, I think it went rather well.
The setting was beautiful. The state park had nearly 100 drive up campsites for both RV's and tents. We stayed in one of the twelve walk-in tent sites located on the end of a peninsula. Out of all the campsites in the entire park, ours was probably the prettiest. It was located at the very tip of the peninsula and had gorgeous views of the lake.
The state park was full of fun things to do. There were several trails you could hike and the marina had all types of boats you could rent. On our second day, we rented a 16 foot fishing boat to take around the lake. There was also a swimming beach, but the water was still a bit too cold for swimming.
We enjoyed good food and drinks during our trip. Below, Jason shows off Houston-brewed Karbach Weisse Versa. We grilled chicken and vegetable foil packs and had sausage with baked beans for dinner, usually ate sandwiches for lunch, and made some wonderful egg, mushroom, and potato scrambles for breakfast. The first night we made smores and our last night we had banana boats for dessert... yum!
In the evenings, we had beautiful views of the sunset.
And each morning, we woke up to beautiful views of the sunrise.
Jason tried his hand at fishing in various locations around the lake, on various days, at various times, with various lures - with no luck.
And while Jason attempted to fish, I was bored and took self portraits. :)
Overall, it was a very fun, relaxing trip. I miss it already.
