May 14, 2013

The first 3 hours yesterday were spent driving, and most of those were spent on "Highway 76". This road, in no way, resembled any "Highway" I have ever been on. One lane each direction, no berm, no guard rails, and my top speed, at one point hit 46 mph. Don't get me wrong, it was beautiful to drive, but VERY winding and steep at a lot of places.

Entering Mark Twain National Forest

A few shots of  "Highway 76"

I arrived at Table Rock State Park about 2:30 Central Time and had to stop at the only place they apparently could find wide enough to place a scenic overlook. There were other spots on my way in that offered a nicer view, but no way to stop and get any pictures.

Looking up river from the overlook. If you click on the picture and enlarge it, you can see the breast of the dam.

Below the overlook. Note the fishermen in the boat to the right of the lower island.

Down river

My campsite

Camp stove is on the picnic table, and my breakfast is finished.

Two eggs, spam, 2 slices bread with blueberry preserves, and 2 cups of coffee.

Lake is in the background. The very nice older lady working in the Park Office, "Barb Rogers" (and she said that was her ex husbands last name) told me they have major Bass Tournaments on this lake, and there is also good trout fishing in the river, but the water has been high due to all the rain, and the report is that catching trout has not been as good as before all the rain. 

Time to clean up breakfast dishes, gather up my fishing equipment and see if the Bass here are as picky as my last stop.