Arrived at Sterling Lake (Pond, if you ask me) about 1:30. Nice park, with meandering walkways around the lake, a swimming pool and water park, a basketball court, disc golf course, and picnic tables and pavilions. They even have free wifi! Something was clearly going on as I pulled in:

I set up the camper and wandered over (with the dogs, of course; they help to break the ice) to find out what was going on. The entire fifth grade class was having a field day, with picnicking and a scavenger hunt ON BICYCLES! Talked to a few of the kids and a couple of the moms (to let them know I wasn’t some pervert). Had to take pictures to share with Russ.

That was so much fun I didn’t even notice the railroad tracks right behind my camper, until this happened (imagine train whistles going off from ten feet away):

Fortunately, they only go by about three times a day.

Russ made it just in time for dinner and some ice cream shakes (not actually in that order). The wind was howling (again). I usually open the windows for fresh air at night, but it blew so hard I thought it was going to damage the hinges on my windows, so we had to shut them. Despite all that, and another train that came by in the night, we slept like logs.