Blog 9 -Labor Day at PK

Blog 9 -Labor Day at PK

End of Summer Camp

 The summer season is wrapping up. Of course, we had to close it out with a group camp with some fellow Bushwhackers. 
Made some plans to meet up with the Texas Bushwhacker crew at Possum Kingdom State Park for a weekend camp. The weather was balmy and cloudy as I made the drive, and no more than 20 min after we arrived, the clouds opened up and dumped a surprise shower on us as I was setting up camp. Can't say I was too upset about it tho, as that cool shower was a welcome relief to that summer heat.  

Once camp was established, we dragged our coolers over to our friend Mike’s site and set up under the covered picnic table to hang out and hydrate. After a few drinks, I walked across the road to the bathrooms for a quick potty break. As I walked in, I was blasted with loud Spanish music blaring out of what looked like a guitar amp, set up in the corner. No one else was around, and I have no idea who did this or why. I went back to the table and was laughing, telling the guys about the audio assault in the men's room. They had seen it earlier, so its been playing for a while. Mike was later looking up reviews of the park, and surprisingly, someone left a comment about Spanish music playing in the men's bathroom! Maybe this is part of the park amenities?

The next morning, a few of our friends, who had been at the campsite a couple of days prior, were packing up to leave. We bid them safe journeys home, and then hit the lake to cool off. Some had brought kayaks and were paddling around, while we sat on some rocks in the shallows and splashed around my dog, Chewster. He isn't much of a water lover, but he did have his first swim, although not by choice.  

My daughter even made friends with a couple of little girls who were camping with their families across from us, so they were having fun running around camp, doing kid things.


Dinner time rolled around, and everyone retreated to their camps to cook up some dinner. 

I had just put some chicken on the stove when out of nowhere, a gust of wind kicked up, and the clouds started to sprinkle again. I was trying to keep my galley over the stove when I heard a commotion next to us, in our friend Paul's site. The wind had grabbed his pop-up awning and tossed it on its side, bending the frame and rendering it useless. They had the situation under control by the time I made my way over there, but it made for a good laugh.


 A few minutes later, I was back at my galley, wrapping up dinner, when  I noticed the little girl's dad from across Paul's camp, running over. I didn't think much about it until Paul's wife came over and told me that Paul was choking on a piece of meat, and the little girl's dad ran over and gave him the Heimlich maneuver! Saved Paul's life! Super scary situation, but we all had a laugh after the fact. Thankfully, Paul was ok, and lived to laugh another day!