It has been a great 2 days and we will miss this very magical place, but I am sure that we will be back one day. we now head off to Arkansas.

And now I leave you with a few of the beautiful birds, who were easily identified thanks to the Merlin Birdlife APP.

After a few false starts we are finally on our way to Maine. The first time we left, after on 15 miles, we developed a leak in the power steering cooler. Sounds simple but $700 and 5 days later we are off.

We spent one pleasant night in Bastrop State Park, and then 2 nights at one of my favorite places Radcliff Lake Rec Area in the Davey Crocket National Forest. We pretty much have the place to ourselves so it has been a good visit.

Tomorrow we leave for another one of my favorites Caddo Lake State Park.

It is a few weeks before we take off for Maine, so we thought that we would have a practice run to see how our new toys work. We are presently camping in South Llano State Park. For my birthday Kim gave me an electric bike. I have really enjoyed using it as instead of just 5 or 6 miles I am able to easily do 25.

On the other hand, Kim purchased a new origami fold-up kayak, which at first was a challenge to set up, but quickly converted into a full size kayak.

All in all, I would say we are ready to tackle our up coming trip now if somebody could please help us getting gracefully up off the ground.

Much more to come.