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Last minute two friends invited me to their campsite at the Lake Dennison Recreation Area in Winchendon. I had a lovely fresh water swim, some games, and a cookout over a small wood fire. It was a really lovely day.

It's a drive up campsite with bathrooms and a shower within walking distance. The sites are close enough together that you can see the people around you clearly, but not so close that you feel crowded in. They are only $17 a night and other than the pine sap anywhere, and they were a bit tight about guests (I had to be registered to the camp site to come see them,) it was a really lovely place.

The "grill" over the fire wasn't completely ideal for cooking, so it might be a good idea to bring metal cooking vessels, like my friends had. Wood was $7 a bundle and had to be purchased on site.

They also have a public beach, but I didn't check it out.

I'd love to go again sometime, if people were so inclined.

Just some notes about the weekend.

Found an awesome image for my button with Chun Li and Okami on it.

At archery they had one left handed bow but we were all righties in the group, so I tried the left handed bow and gave myself a huge bruise where the string hi my elbow. ( OW! )

It was fairly cool, so I didn't think I'd get a chance to swim. It was a little warmer on Sunday, so took my suit to the beach, but it seemed too cold. So I went kayaking and my pocket (which one would think was enough in the kayak not to do this) spat my camera out into the lake. So I decided if I could try to get it, put on my suit, swam out (the water is less cold when you have a mission) but the water was too cloudy (from pollen and other things) so I couldn't see the bottom well enough to hunt for it. I worry now that the camera battery will leak something bad, so I feel more bad about that than losing the camera itself.

There were pollen clouds so think you could see.

I saw a woodpecker going to town on a rotten log that was on the ground. It let me get pretty close. I took photos, but they were on that camera that's now at the bottom of the lake.

I had a good time, despite all that.

I feel like I've already forgotten, but this weekend was great. I love fresh water swimming and got to do plenty of it. The lake was perfect and so clear you could see the bottom if the sun was just right. I got to try my paddle board, and I could stand on it, paddle gently, but feel when getting back down. The diving board was set too springy, so I couldn't really dive on it. I fired some compound bows and it seems almost like cheating with all those sights (if you remembered to use them.) I got a nasty bruise form the string hitting my arm.

It was great talking with people. And making circles for the buttons.

There had to be more that happened that was great, but my memories are already fading. I need to document better.

( a few pictures )

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