Started the day again with a morning swim. Water isn’t as clear as the first day I arrived, but the water is much warmer at 72°F.  Walked arround taking some pictures of the area while the sun was low in the horizon. My daughter lead me to a spot where she found some turtles on a previous venture. Sure enough we saw 2 turtles. Small little guys laying on top of the algae bloom. A trail was near by so we headed down it. The path lead over the hill and down a small valley. We didn’t come across any animals but did find some artifacts when the area was built by Job Corp during the Great Depression. An old bird watching stand that can hold 12 people. The wood aged with  reddish hues and black wood grain. Once back to the camp site we enjoyed breakfast and played cards till the afternoon.  I took a nap for an hour. Kids woke me up wanting to go snorkeling with me. We suited up and went swimming. I noticed the skin on my hands are very dry from swimming in the lake. The small shells in the water denigrates into small grains, much like sand if you try to pick them up. But the ones on the shore line are sturdy as you would expect. I spent most of the time under water taking pictures and some videos of fish and algae.

Afterwards I headed into town to pick up some steaks and a bag of ice. Made some Rice a Roni and pan fried steaks. We managed to polish the plates clean.

Took another trip on the trail with my daughter. We did manage to see two deer on the trail. The took off pretty quickly into tree line. We continued further and found no more wildlife. On the return trip back I found deer tracks across the trial. So I follow them to a deer path with scat on it. I kept on the path until I found the group. They were started and so was I. Didn’t think I would see so many. I started to take pictures from a distance. Most of them slowly walk the path way from me, but a few stay behind watching me. Once the others were no longer in site the rest slowly went up to meet them. I got what I came for and headed back to the main trail and back to the camp site.

Stay up to watch the star for the last time of my stay. Clear beautiful skies.  No light pollution to obscure the night sky. Saw quite a few artificial satellites. The Milky Way was easily seen.

Headed to bed at 10 pm to get some rest for the return trip.

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