On Friday, because the weather has been too good to not enjoy, we took a drive out to Carlyle Reservoir to check it out. The state park itself was pretty boring. We tried to go all around the lake and check out the wildlife reserve at the top, but as we took some access roads from Centralia, it became more and more country. When we finally reached the Kaskaskia River, we ran into a road block of flooding. The river was big and brown and going fast. There was a cool old bridge that had a sign to not cross. The garbage man who had given us directions from his stinky truck said he had been through the flooded part of the road, but it look like it was over 4 feet! It was crazy. There was an old guy camped near the river with his dog "twokay", an old hunting German Shorthair. It was brown and white. He said he had a girlfriend in Mascoutah. Chloe liked his dog. We talked to him for a while and then Chloe decided she would try to get to the river through the brush. I think she got a little trapped or something for a minute. we were really worried. she wasn’t barking or yelping. Then she just came out. maybe she just was grabbing a drink or something. We couldn’t get in there because there was poison oak all around. There was also a lot of dragonflies and caterpillars. some where hairy! trinity made friends with this one.