Thursday, October 29 - Left Country Oaks Campground at 10:04 @ 74 deg. and arrived at Rodman Dam Campground at 12:45 @ 87 deg after a stop at Walmart in Palatka. We set up camp and road bikes around the area checking things out. We fished from around the boat launch and John caught a couple of bream.
Friday, October 30 - It rained in the early morning. After breakfast we drove to the dam and fished. Late morning we drove to Walaka RV Park and visited our friends Chris and Sara who are our neighbors at Trackrock. We had lunch at a local dinery and afterwards put our kayaks in for them to try on the St. Johns River, while we fished from shore. John caught a bream. We sat on their dock and watched the sunset over the river. The view from there was wonderful.
Saturday, October 31 - We put the kayaks in to the lake and fished along shore from the campground to the dam and caught a small bass each. John put the new rod holders on the kayaks and we watched a football game in the evening. We fished around the mouth of the channel in the evening and Joan caught a very nice bream.
Sunday, November 1 - We took the bikes to the dam and fished by the dam, but caught nothing. In the afternoon, we got things ready to leave in the morning.
Monday, November 2 - We left Rodman at 8:03 am @ 63 deg., stopped in Bela Vista, FL for breakfast, and arrived home at 11:22 @ 75 deg. The house was in good shape, but needed cleaning.
We were gone for seven months and put on about 10,000 miles total. We will keep this blog updated with local trips this winter, so stay tuned.
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