Let’s hike. A lovely sounding Riverside trail just below the dam turns out to be a muddy mosquito rich walk through brush that is mud stained over waist high from the September floodwaters. There aren’t even many birds to watch.
Ok, lets try the Terrace Mountain Trail up along the east side of the lake. Just turn onto Corbin Road right here. 500 feet later we encounter the “Road Closed Ahead” sign. It looks like we are not meant to hike today. We swing by Dairy Queen for cones (mine is butterscotch dipped) and head back to camp.
The sun is bright and hot but there is a bit of breeze so it ought to be cool enough to kayak. We gear up and head out along our little bay with the wind to our backs. It is cool and peaceful. The local cormorants and great blue watch intently then move just out of our path to let us pass. We easy paddle back to camp.

It is a clear night and we see three shooting stars as we soak in the peace and quiet. The screech owl we have been hearing made a low altitude flyby as we sat star gazing.