This is kind of a spur of the moment
kind of thing, so it might not be my best work ever.
Anyway, this Monday afternoon turned
out to be nicer than I had thought it would be, so I thought I'd go
see what was going on at one of the state parks near where I live.
This one was Lake Alvin. I wasn't especially well prepared for my
trip, and since it's late in the season there's not much for things
to do. So, I thought I'd at least have a look at the swimming beach.
Once I got there, I saw that I really
did have the whole place to myself, but then again, this was on the
last Monday in September, so it was a little late in the year for a
swim, even if I'd had my stuff for that.
It was only 70 degrees out yesterday,
so it was a little chilly, for one thing. Plus, I didn't trust the
patch of nice, green moss I saw, either:
I figured I'd go on towards the picnic
area and what I had thought was the changing area:
It's a nice swimming beach for
southeast South Dakota, but I'd hardly call it a Mercedes-Benz beach:
Then again, I haven't thought much
about buried treasure in the area since I was a little kid at Lief
Ericson Day Camp way back when. But maybe there is some at Lake
Alvin:
And of course, there has to be drainage
from the parking lot and grass above the beach:
I suppose you're wondering where the
water goes, right? Well, it makes me glad we don't have much trouble
with acid rain and that we usually keep our vehicles in decent repair
around here:
In spite of all the rain we had in
early June, it's actually been kind of dry this summer. When I
finally got to what I had thought was the changing area, I realized
that this is one of those beaches where we're supposed to have our
swimwear on under our clothes:
I know it looks like it might offer at
least some shelter from all sides, but the official Radio
Dead Air What The Fuck Is Wrong With You shower, on the right, is
a clue that it really doesn't, so we're supposed to have that stuff
on under our regular clothes. But at least it does make kind of a
picnic shelter:
I think I prefer these ones that were
actually put outside with wooden shades over them instead:
It gives a better view of the beach, if
you're into that kind of thing:
I'm just surprised that we don't hear
about creepy things happening at showers like this more often:
Now, if I'd planned this out better and
actually brought beverages with me, I would have gone on this nice
little hiking trail:
But that's going to have to be a story
for later. Next year, perhaps. Sooner than that, if I can get to
it. Until then, it's back to our regularly scheduled programming
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