Tuesday, June 10 - We left Cotton Hill at 9:15 AM and 77 degrees and arrived at Whitetail Ridge at 11:58 and 85 degrees after driving 138 miles. It was a nice drive with little traffic. The site is awesome. We have a wonderful view of the lake and can launch the kayaks directly from the site. We took a swim after setting up, which was very refreshing. The water is quite warm, however. We had dinner, then walked the loops. This is something we could not do because of the intense heat down at cotton hill. The ten degree difference in temperature is very welcome. This campground is going to be completely full this weekend, due to Father's Day.
Wednesday, June 11 - We got up early (not too early) this morning and had coffee before launching the kayaks for a little fishing. John had the only action with a catfish on, but he got away. After breakfast we headed into LaGrange for some grocery shopping and lunch at Applebees. Some storms are brewing, so we battened down the hatches when we got back. It looks like most of the action thankfully missed us again.
Thursday, June 12 - We got up and took our coffee down by the lake and enjoyed our view. After breakfast we took a bike ride around the loops. It is quite a workout here due to the hills. In order to cool off a bit, we took one kayak and completely emptied it and took it into the lake. We wanted to see if we could get back in if we got dumped out. The answer is no, we would have to swim them to shore and get back in there. That should not be a major problem since we are never that far from shore anyway. Later we took the kayaks out around the islands near our site and fished for awhile, but all we caught were little bream. Storms missed us again. Joan cooked up some chicken in the crock pot while John grilled enough for three meals. We bought a 10 pound bag of chicken at Walmart for $5.
Friday, June 13 - We took a coffee walk around the loops and Joan wrote down sites we could reserve when we come again next year. We had sausage and pancake breakfast then took the kayaks out and fished. John caught one small bass. Help Jason!!!! This time the storm didn't pass us and we got chased off the lake. We had a nice rain without any damaging winds.
Saturday, June 14 - We took another long coffee walk this morning and took the kayaks out in the afternoon. Still no fish, but the weather has been much better even with the rain. John put a small fan in the refrigerator compartment outside to help vent the hot air on the 95 degree days. The campground is quite full, but because it is so spread out, not real noisey. It looks like more rain is coming in this evening.
Sunday, June 15 - We attended a very nice contemporary service at LaGrange First United Methodist. The folks there were very friendly, a very appropriate Father's Day message, and excellent music. On the way home we checked out Holiday COE campground about two miles up the road. It is much larger than this one, but we noticed that the sites were not laid out as nicely as where we are. We swam in the afternoon and tried out our snorkeling equipment. They worked great, but the lake is not clear enough to allow much visability.
Monday, June 16 - We got up fairly early and took our coffee over to where the washer and dryer are and did a load of wash. While we were waiting, we were treated to a parent brown thrasher feeding a young one on the ground very near us. They did not seem too concerned about our presence. We wade fished with fly rods for awhile and John caught a few small bream. We both got some good practice, anyway. We have begun getting things ready to leave in the morning to head for "Sloppy" Floyd State Park.
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