Just up the road from us is Seven Lakes State Park, we’ve been looking at it for a while and finally booked it up last Tuesday as the weekend weather forecast changed from rain to sun.  And by “just up the road” I mean only 44 miles, so just over an hour after leaving home on Friday afternoon we were sitting in our camp spot all set up drinking hot tea, knitting (well, I was knitting!) and watching two beautiful and colourful balloons ascend into the cool of the early evening.

* Friday 5:45pm 9C/48F ~ Sand Lake Campground *

* Saturday 8am 0C/32F  ~ Mist Rising on Sand Lake*

*Saturday 11am 10C/50F ~ Preparing to launch on Big Seven Lake *

* Big Seven Lake *

* Big Seven Lake  has its own Loch Ness Monster! *

* 12 Noon 14C/57F ~ Goosebumps on legs on Big Seven Lake *

* Big Seven Lake *

* Big Seven Lake *

* Saturday 3pm 15C/59F ~ Hiking Trail to Dickinson Lake *

* Saturday 3pm 15C/59F ~ Campground and Sand Lake from trail *

* Sunday 8am -2C/28F ~ Mist Rising on Dickinson Lake *

 * Sunday 8am -2C/28F ~ Mist Rising on Dickinson Lake *

* Sunday 8am -2C/28F ~ Mist Rising on Dickinson Lake *

 * Sunday 8am -2C/28F ~ Mist Rising on Dickinson Lake *

* Sunday 11am 15C/59F ~ A fungi tree on a hike round Big Seven Lake *

 

* Sunday 12:30 pm 17C/62F ~ Big Seven Lake from the trail*

I’m hoping for more weekends like this before we lose the leaves completely, there may even be another camping trip if we can squeeze it in too.