Wednesday evening at the lake

After dinner tonight, Don and I drove out to Table Rock Lake to walk the lakeside trail and enjoy the lake breeze.  There were a lot of other people that had the same idea. There were plenty of ski-doos on the lake and this one "parked." This bench is occupied, we'll just have to find another one. Across the way is the marina.The trail is really nice and the view so pretty with the lake beyond the curve. Well, looky there!  A dead tree.  Ok, this is the Ozarks.  A really pretty dead tree is hard to find.  I think this one washed up from somewhere else on the lake. I was so busy looking at the dead tree that I didn't even notice the huge house boat just beyond it. Sometimes, life is just rough.Just past the houseboat, the trail was closed because... there's been so much rainfall here and the lake has been so high that it wash out the dirt under the trail in several places close to the boat ramp. So we just sat on a bench and listened to the water as it sang praises to the Lord against the shore. There goes another house boat in to the marina.  Looks like this one "parked" here is set up for the night. We saw plenty of ski boats and there's a sailboat way out there.It's just so peaceful sitting here. I was nice and waiting until this couple turned around and headed the other direction before I took their picture. Just wanted to give you an idea about how the folks around here enjoy the lake trail. Over by the boat ramp are two piers where a lot of kids were playing and waiting for their turn on the innertube.  Sorry this picture is taken into the sun and you can't see the big black dog at the end of the first pier.  He had just cooled himself off in the lake. There are still plenty of wildflowers to admire. Another group playing in the water and having a picnic.The water is perfect. We enjoyed our walk and even though it was a nice evening... not very hot, the humidity is very high and it doesn't take much exertion to result in good ole sweat.