Camping by Lake Sinclair

Mist over the lake

How do you describe this feeling when you step out of your tent in the morning and see the mist rising above a lake, just in front of your camp site? Awe? Very pleasantly calming, happy feeling? Do you have a word for that? Maybe halcyon?

We went camping last week by Lake Sinclair and enjoyed that special feeling.  It's nice camping in general.  It's nicer when the weather cooperates, neither hot nor cold, and no rain.  A perfect mid-September weather.

I now understand why people like to live by water.  It has a calming effect. 
Lake Sinclair Campgrounds are part of the Oconee-Chattahooche National Forests.  In this case, a forest with a lake.

The 5-gallon red container you see in some of our camping pictures is for water.  Not gasoline! We brought water because these campgrounds are different.  They don't have all the State Parks amenities and they're not primitive camping either.  No electricity and water hook ups at our site, but the bathrooms with hot showers were close by.  A big advantage for us is that these campgrounds were not crowded either.  We were practically the only ones camping those days. 

Yes, we went birding a lot during the day and heard owls one night.  We've seen several migrant birds.  Actually we've enjoyed the birding there very much.  We've seen two Bald Eagles, and of course, lots of other bird species...close to 60 different bird species. 

Have you ever been camping and saw the night sky with no cloud? Lots of stars, right? I always like that.  A clear sky just full of stars. 

It was Debbie's birthday a couple of days earlier and we celebrated it with a special dinner.  Salmons stuffed with crab meat and a bottle of white wine out of this world.  It's called "Paradis" which means "heaven" and it tasted like that too.  A nice person sent it to me from Paris.  Do they drink good wine in heaven? I hope so.