Okay, so here on the second night of my walk about I'm going to be staying in my tent as it should be. I've been out here since late morning. I put up the hammock first, then got out the things for lunch, but I didn't put up the tent until the afternoon to see where the sun was going to be. Most of the afternoon was about working on the campsite without having to hurry. Drove the 5 miles back into town for ice and orange juice. Dinner was rice, beans, and thin cut steak all cooked on my little butane stove. Very satisfying.
The tent it ready even though it was hard to put the tent-stakes into the very rocky soil here. I improvised a bit and all is well. I use an air mattress at night when I camp so I can actually sleep. Problem is that I'm leaving in the morning for my next stop. It's almost not worth it to put up the tent for just one night. (Last night's fiasco had me staying in a hotel.) I did have some visitors today: a gray hummingbird came buzzing by, landed on a tree limb, then off it went; and a family of deer came browsing through. The campground here at Russell Park at Lake Georgetown is simple and nice. Close enough to see the lake, but not close enough to walk there to swim from here. Didn't really get the chance for that anyway.
The next two nights will be at Ink's Lake. We'll see how it goes over there.
[I may add pictures to this later, but right now I'm using my phone as a wifi hot-spot and power is an issue.]
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