September 7,2006

When we toured the National Weather Station, our guide, Fred, told us about Scott State Park. He showed us some of his pictures from the Park. It looked and sounded great so we decided to go back towards the east and try it. It is a great place to camp. We have water and electric only and will need to use the dump station. It is after Labor Day so we only have two neighbors. They are four sites away and about twenty sites away. We have lots of room. We have a nice view of the lake and beach out our dining room window.

We went to the El Cuartelejo Pueblo Ruins in the Park. It is the only known Indian Pueblo in Kansas. Taos Indians originally built it in 1664. The picture below shows the pueblo site with its foundation reconstructed.


We went for a walk at dusk to see if we could find any animals. We did see a few deer. After dark, we enjoyed a full moon. We sat outside for a while until the mosquitoes located us. One thing for sure, Scott State Park has lots of mosquitoes and they are all very hungry.