It was another beautiful day in Hernando, MS and again today we didn’t see the sunrise, slept late. We know we showed you a sunset yesterday but today’s sunset was even more spectacular. We were getting a short walk before Carol and Dave were coming over to watch a movie tonight, and had to stop to get pictures of the sunset.
We spent today catching up on some accounting and cleaning, but still took time to sit beside the lake and watch the birds, fish, squirrels and deer. Dave and Carol joined us this afternoon and we decided to have a movie night at our place. It was a fun night of movie and popcorn. Tomorrow we will begin getting ready to head to Memphis.
Yesterday we watched a heron try to attack an egret, but today they just watched each other closely.
This tree in our campsite has been making a face at us ever since we arrived.
It was another beautiful day in Hernando, MS. We again slept a little late and then did our morning walk, returning to FRED just in time to watch the live stream of our early church service at Lester Memorial. Unfortunately, there was evidently a problem with the stream and it never came in, so we just watched one that we missed a few weeks back. It does appear that the 11:00 service is now up for viewing so we will watch it one day this week.
After watching the service we did some more walking around the park and some paperwork. We sat outside and watched the birds and people and lake. It was a quiet, peaceful, restful day. This afternoon we shared a big meal of the day with Dave and Carol. Carol made us a Pennsylvania-Dutch meal. It was green beans, ham, and potatoes. Mmmm good. We provided the salad and we had a bowl of fruit for dessert. The food was good but the conversation with friends better. We moved from the picnic table back to the lakeside where we saw a bald eagle fly by again. It was a good day with another pretty sunset.
We had a quiet night at Hernando Point and enjoyed getting up at a leisurely pace this morning. Our morning walk was about two miles and then we got together with Dave and Carol for breakfast. Dave and Carol had a great artisan bread, cinnamon and pecan, and Max made us all some wonderful french toast. After breakfast and a time of relaxing, we explored the campground a little more. The first loop of the campground is currently closed for upgrades and repairs. When reopened in a few weeks, those sites will have full hookups including sewer. It appears they will be closing and improving the sites in sections. There will be some nice sites in the first loop. However, this COE park doesn’t appear to have the loving care of the COE parks in our area. All the grass needs cutting. A lot more campers came in today but the park still isn’t full.
This afternoon we sat beside the river and watched the fish and birds and fishermen. We even saw a pair of bald eagles fly by. There was a nice breeze. Very relaxing. Later Anne watched some football.
We rarely use the outside TV but today Anne decided to watch some football since there was a nice breeze.
Max just enjoyed the view of the lake
Great Egret
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Anne made a Key Lime pie and we had some of that with Dave and Carol after dinner tonight. It was a slow quiet day. Just what we needed.
We did not set the clock to get us up this morning. The first day in three weeks. Of course, as usual with moving days, we really didn’t sleep very late. We were up about 6:30 and walking about 7:45 instead of 6:00. No sunrise viewing this morning. However, we somehow found our sunrise picture from yesterday. It was a glorious sunrise so we had to share it with you today.
We took our time getting ready to leave Camp Lake Stephens. We cooked breakfast, washed the last load of clothes, and cleaned the house. We always like to have all the housekeeping done before departure if possible so that when we arrive at our destination it takes just a short time to be setup and enjoying our new location. Today we also did one last walk around Camp Lake Stephens to take a few last pictures. We really like the new windows at the dining hall. The next NOMADS group may be giving the front of the building a new coat of paint after annual meeting. Some of the staff are suppose to get it pressure washed next week.
Once last stop by the retreat cabin
Windows finished in Dining Hall (except for cleaning)
Shannon and Mariel pulling out
Shannon and Mariel were first to leave and had the longest drive but only to Starkville, MS. Next to leave were John and Kitti, who had the shortest drive today, Sardis, MS. Then we departed for Hernando Point COE campground located a few miles from Hernando, MS. Dave and Carol were just a few minutes behind us and are also here at Hernando Point. Hernando is about 62 miles from Oxford and on about 25 miles from Memphis, TN, our next destination. Don’t have all the information together about the park and lake tonight but will share more later. The lake is lovely and the campground wooded and quiet. After getting set up, Dave and Carol joined us for a trip into town for pizza and groceries. We then returned to camp, put away the groceries, and took a walk around the campground. Always enjoy seeing everyone’s RV’s when we walk. There is a beautiful Terry Classic a few sites from us. We are settled in and will use the next few days to rest, finish our preparations for our presentation for annual meeting and just have a little fun. Hope you all have a fun weekend.
It was another beautiful day in Hernando, MS and again today we didn’t see the sunrise, slept late. We know we showed you a sunset yesterday but today’s sunset was even more spectacular. We were getting a short walk before Carol and Dave were coming over to watch a movie tonight, and had to stop to get pictures of the sunset.
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