September 17-20, 2023, Lake McConaughy State Rec Area, NE


 We left Fort Robinson State Park Sunday morning and drove to Lake McConaughy State Recreational Area near Ogallala, NE.  We are staying in Little Thunder Campground which is a short walk to the lake.  We have a nice shady site but there are a lot of sandburs and stickers we have to keep Tacky away from.





Monday morning, we went for a nice long walk on the beach.  Lake McConaughy is known for its white sandy beaches.  People drive and camp on the beaches and there is a big Johnn Deere tractor in the campground parking lot with a phone number to call for a towing service if your vehicle get stuck on the beach.  Lake McConaughy is the largest lake in Nebraska at 35,000 surface acres and 105 miles of shoreline.

After lunch we went to the Visitor Center and picked up information on the area.  


Tuesday, we drove to Ogallala to do laundry and grocery shopping.  One our evening walk we were stopped by a carload of young adults whose car is stuck in the sand on the beach.  We told them about the phone number on the tractor.


We decided Lake McConaughy is too big and rough to kayak so we went to Lake Ogallala just on the other side of Kingsley Dam on Wednesday.  Lake Ogallala is a very nice small lake with about 5 miles of shoreline.






Tacky is patiently waiting for us to get ready and hit the water.





It was a beautiful morning for kayaking and Tacky was much more relaxed and at ease in the Kayak.  The water was almost as smooth as glass all morning.





We watched these pelicans from a distance.

 

We had a great day on the water.




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