Relaxing, Rainy, Weekend in the RV

 We had not been to the RV park at Lake Wappapello before. It is about a 3.5 hour drive south from our house down to almost Poplar Bluff Missouri and Lake Wappapello. This is an old lake and older State Park. It is a sister park to Sam A Baker (they share the same administration). We went down on Friday and stayed again till Easter Sunday.

It is sometimes hard to pick a spot from the reservation website, but I picked site #58 and that turned out to the best site along the lake.

Great views right behind the RV with no one in our way.

RV set up on Friday and the view of the lake behind. It was a fairly rainy day on Friday, so not much going on after we arrived other than settling in and watching a movie or two. 

The campground host was Judy, she had been our campground host at Onondaga Cave Campground a couple of years ago. We fell into a few running conversations with her and her golden retriever Cooper.

The next morning was our usual great breakfast meals when in the RV. 

There are a few nice trails in the park, one even is 12.75 miles and of course the Ozark Trail does go through a portion of the park. I didn't have time to do the really long one, but a shorter, 2.5 miles trail, did start right behind our RV, so I took that Saturday morning. It had a really large elevation profile, as it just went up and down from the lake to the ridge over and over. 

The day was a mix of cloudy with some brief sun, but it had warmed and it was a nice quick 45 minute walk around the loop. 

The leaves still have not come yet on the trees, but it makes the moss and lichen on the trail look that much more dramatic. 

carpeted stairway 

Burl wood on this tree

First Dogwood trees I have seen in bloom

The Asher Creek Trail Loop

After it was back to the campsite to relax and sit out. Not very many people in the RV park this weekend, which we thought was kind of strange, but it was not the best weather and the park is a little out of the way. 

Filet and Baked Potatoes for dinner! 

The skies looked stormy but it held off through out the early evening. 

We did make a great fire for awhile until the rain did come eventually 

The campers across from us were having a reunion of three or more families and that night they did a flashlight Easter egg hunt. It was really neat to watch them search across the hillside from us

It was raining when we woke up on Sunday and stayed raining, so about 10:30, after another big breakfast, we packed up and headed home. The temps had dropped to about 38 degrees, but it was still a very nice and relaxing weekend.