August, 2025
I was feeling lazy today, so I sat outside my camper for most of this summer’s morning, reading, and watching the world go by, and watching the lake, the sky, the birds, and chatting with people who walked by although there weren’t many of those since the campground wasn’t full.
But in the afternoon, I got off my chair and went for a slow, quiet drive in the country.
These horses were in a field that’s close to the campground, so most of the time when I drove anywhere at all, I would drive by this field. Usually the horses were out, but not always. Today they were closer to the road than usual.
Down around a corner or two, I came upon this windy road. I wondered why they built it so curvy. Looking at that road, and then driving it made me smile. 🙂
And then I came to Lake Sylvia State Park. I’d driven through here before, but thought another look might be nice.
Most of the campsites here are way too close together for my comfort, but a few of them would be ok. #23 (below) was spectacular. It backed right up to the lake (Lake Sylvia), and it had only one neighbor campsite, and there were trees and shrubs between this campsite and its neighbor campsite.
Then more slow driving ensued along even more quiet country roads.
I slowed (even more) as I passed the field below. Those cattle are an unusual looking color to me.
This one, below, was VERY busy … chomping, chomping, chomping.
But I whistled, which usually gets an animal’s attention better than yelling or calling to them does. And this fellow did raise his head even tho he didn’t seem too pleased to be distracted from whatever was in that grass.
But I whistled again. And he looked over at me with squinty, sleepy eyes … and with a few strands of grass hanging out of his mouth. But he seemed friendly enough.
Around a few more corners, up and down a few more roads, and then I finally made my way back towards the campground … passing that field again that had the horses in it.
They were further from the road this time, but I zoomed in with my camera.
And then I finally did make it back to the campground. After parking the big white truck in the campsite, I went for a little walk-about around the campground just to stretch my legs.
Here’s a view of my rig (the big white truck and Towhee the Trailer) in their campsite … and a little view of Lake Quigg on the left (no other campers were over there). Such a pretty place.
Such a comfortable day.
Don’t forget to check out the links on the right side of each of these webpages, particularly the links under the heading “Other Blogs and Vlogs That I Follow“. I just added a new one: “Ruth Aisling, Scotland in a van”. I found her vlog a few days ago and have watched the first two of them. She’s Scottish and adventurous and smart and kind. I think I’ll enjoy her travels. Feel free to watch her videos and enjoy them along with me. 🙂