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20210425 – Shawnee State Park

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Date: 04/25/2021 – Distance: 2.2 mi – Elapsed Time: 1.25 hr – Ascent: 200 ft – Descent: 246 ft – Difficulty: Easy (Base Camp)

Doing another base camp at Shawnee State Park while travelling around nearby preserves which I am investigating on my fifth straight weekend in Southern Ohio. I stayed on site #60 this time.

Site #60 is electric. The site is up the stairs. Would be too small for a larger RV, but my SUV camper fits nicely.
Looking at the site from the top of the steps.
Another angle. Not a lot of tent space but you could make it work.
Looking back at my parking spot.
Toward the neighbor site.
My hammok tarp.
My fire ring and picnic table.
The site was loaded with common wildflowers. This is one of the buttercups.
Long Spurred Violet.
Foamflower.
A Chickweed.
Cutleaf Toothwort.
Wild Geranium.
Jacob’s Ladder.
Bluets.
Redbud.
Flowering Dogwood.
Spring Beauty.
Dandelion.
Purple Violet.
Plaque from 1922.
Roosevelt Lake.
I had a good fire Friday night.
In the morning I did a short hike to Turkey Creek Lake.
Turkey Creek Lake dam.
This heron was catching breakfast under the spillway. Didn’t see me above.
Turkey Creek Lake. The lodge is at the other end up on the hilltop.
An old Civillian Conservation Corp cabin.
1935.
Apple.
Apple. These two get fruit in the summer.
Don’t die…
A playground.
Some of the trails here. I took the Nature Center Trail.
Heading back to camp.
View from the lodge.
My camp is way down in the valley beyond the lake.
Cool wood carving.
Sitting on the patio waiting for my dinner.
The patio.

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