Showing posts with label Montauk State park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Montauk State park. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Casita Trip day 3 - Thursday October 28, 2010

We woke up toasty warm. Leaving the heater on all night did the trick. Yes, it has an automatic thermostat.

I made breakfast burritos with bacon, eggs, and onions. Wish I would have had some green peppers, but they still tasted great. It made us think about Bob and Rita. (RVer cousins) They frequently have breakfast tacos, about which the blacksmith always tells her, he doesn't get the whole taco thing.

We pulled out of camp in Eminence at 10:45. Fifty five miles later we arrived at
Montauk State Park. For $21 we were spending the night.



The grounds were beautiful. It has about 150 camp sites mingled through the big oak and maple trees.


The historic mill, which is more than 100 years old stands at the entrance to the park. This historic site was a vital part of the Montauk Community into the 1920s. Built in 1896, the “Old Mill” had elaborate milling machinery. Much of it is still located there.


Below the mill were the trout pools. As we walked by I told the blacksmith the fish were all swimming in one direction. That's when he explained to me they were following him. The fish know they are fed by someone walking by. They just didn't recognized that he wasn't the feeder!



After parking the RV we took a tour of the area. Here is Montauk Spring.





I wish I could have measured the depth. It seemed you could see 20 feet deep, fish, grass, rocks and all. It was crystal clear!!



The area is known for trout fishing. Everywhere we stopped someone was fly fishing. Live bait is not allowed.










WOW, another Casita is in the park.


Remember the song from the Jefferson's? "Moving on up". Maybe this is where we could go? This RV was built by Freightliner! As in Freightliner semi trucks! It had 5 crank outs. Of course I'm sure they were motorized not crank outs.



As darkness set in, we retreated to the camper. We enjoyed our bottle of Missouri Norton wine from Grey Bear Winery. After that, the blacksmith grilled pork chops outside, as I made buttered noodles and collard greens inside.


We had no DVD's for the evening. We enjoyed watching the coming and going of RV's in the park. Bedtime came before 9 with the radio softly playing.


Sadly tomorrow is our last day to play.