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| Bailey's Point Recreation Area - owned by the Army Corps of Engineers |
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| Our setup, site A15, if you look REALLY close, you can see the lake through the trees |
Finally picking back up the blogging idea after a 2-year hiatus. Oops. Anyway, we
went to Bailey's Point campground on Barren River lake for July 4th weekend. We stayed in spot A15. When I booked it, I thought there was a good chance we'd have a rockin' view of the lake, but, alas, we weren't so lucky. However, the trees provided lots of good shade during a hot, sticky weekend.
Each loop within the campground seemed to have its own character. Many of the people in our loop were either camping together, or at least knew each other. They were all friendly, and absolutely loved the girls. One guy labeled loop A the "geriatric" loop, and told us that loop B was more of the "family" loop. I'm actually pretty happy that we chose loop A - loop B was crazy, kids everywhere, and lots of vehicle traffic since there was a small concession shop there and better lake access. This campground seems to be a place where boat owners go, everyone we met owned a boat, and many people tied their boats up right at the campground. That explains why the campground books so quickly - the small sites and steep hills would seemingly make it less popular, but the easy lake access is a selling point for boat owners.
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| The girls' first ride on the kayak |
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| Addi and I at the beach in C loop. |
On Saturday, we drove over to C loop to put the kayak in the water and spend some time at the small swim beach there. The water was very choppy, because of the large amount of boat traffic on the lake. The walk down to the "beach" was rocky and steep. I use quotes on the word beach, because it was a rocky area with lots of branches and debris, with a small area roped off for swimming. However, the girls didn't mind, and the water was shallow enough where I wasn't concerned. My gimpy leg situation prevented me from being able to go swimming with the girls.
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| Gimp's view of the lake |
We originally planned to return home on Sunday, but had the site booked through Tuesday, so we weren't in any hurry to get moving. Good thing, because on Sunday morning our next door neighbors, Gary and Jan (?? dang, forgot her name) came over and offered to take us out on their pontoon boat with their dog Layla. Of course, Olivia befriended them earlier in the weekend and was constantly over there to pet Layla. They loved her. Anyway, we took them up on their offer and spent about an hour and a half out on the lake. Both of the girls even got to drive the boat. Gary took us to a cove area where lots of people get out to swim, and there's a rock outcropping that people jump off of. Olivia considered doing the jump, but ultimately was a bit too scared to do it.
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| Captain Addison |
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| Olivia doing the Titanic pose |
After our boat excursion, Bob wanted to drive around a bit to get the girls to fall asleep. So, I had him take me out to Paradise Point - a goofy, eclectic store/weiner stand/junk store. http://www.paradisepointky.com The wieners were amazing, and I loved wandering around the store. If only they served beer there... I could see spending an afternoon there.
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| Paradise Point |
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| Don't Postpone Joy! |
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| Happy gimp |
After we returned from our adventures, we hung out in the trailer and napped, then spent the remainder of Sunday afternoon watching the girls ride their scooters (dammit, Olivia scraped her elbow - thought we were going to get away with a no booboo weekend). The weather report predicted strong storms Sunday night, so several people left the campground. We stayed, and got to fall asleep to the sound of rain on the camper. Pretty soothing, if you ask me. Apparently there were tornado warnings back at home, so good thing they didn't head towards Barren River Lake.
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| Sisterly love |
Pros
- Friendly people in the campground
- Nice shaded site
- Camp store onsite
- Nightly movies at the amphitheater
- Camp host handed out coloring books and lake safety information to the kids
Cons
- Steep hills leading down to lake
- Limited lake views in loop A
- Sites with lake views have very little shade
- Limited hiking
- Lousy cell service
- Lots of boat noise without the added bonus of actually SEEING the lake
- Lots of boat noise without the added bonus of actually SEEING the lake
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