Kent and Gary Russell graduated together looooong ago. Gary and his wife Carol are hosting this summer at Eldon Hazlet State Recreation Area just east of St. Louis.  The campground worked out as a great stop on our loop south east from Minnesota. Carlyle Lake is beautiful and the guys got a chance to hang out and catch up.  We didn’t get the boat in the water this pass through but did hike a bit and checked out the local birdlife