Lake Minatare State Park. August 26, 2016

       After such a busy day seeing so many different places, we went to bed early last night.This morning we woke up and it was damp and drizzly outside. Linda said she had a surprise for us today and we should follow them when we leave the park. We followed their motor home through the park and we went past a lot of campers  just getting up for the day. We discovered there is a beautiful lake that runs along the campground and we continued to follow them. When they stopped, we saw our surprise, a lighthouse was near the lake out on a  point. Lake Minatare is large, but not so big that it needs a lighthouse. It has one anyway and it offers an impressive 360-degree view. The lighthouse has been a fixture of the area since 1939. It

was built by the Veterans Conservation Corps, a New Deal agency that provided jobs to unemployed veterans. It is located seven miles north of the town Minatare, the recreation area offers camping,  swimming, boating, fishing and picnicking. It has boat ramps, electrical,  and primitive camp sites and rest room and shower facilities. A state park permit is required. We parked our motor homes and we climbed the four stories to the top of the lighthouse. There were small bench like seats at every floor  to rest on if necessary. The view at the top was awesome and out each window as we climbed to the top. It was so nice and cool inside the light house, it was a great place to go and look the countryside, we really enjoyed it. We have three more interesting places to go to today, so off we went down the road of history.