Saturday, May 15, 2010 - Rough River State Park, Falls of Rough KY
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Land line, Lyndon KS, May 9, 2010
Night camp
Site 35 - Rough River State Park, Falls of Rough KY
- Rough River State Park is a small park located at the foot of the Rough River Reservoir dam. TMost sites offer 30 AMP electric and water. There is a dump station and nice facilities with a small laundry.
- There is no Verizon cell phone or EVDO service
- Find Rough River State Park on my Night Camps map
- Check the weather here
Nights I've camped here
Hobnobbing with Brigham Young
The day following my arrival in the flourishing City of the Saints, as they called it then and still call it, I very unexpectedly met and formed the acquaintance of Brigham Young. I was riding along at the head of my flock of sheep when a stoutly built, florid faced genteel-looking man, whose hair was just turning gray, walked down to the street from one of the most pretentious residences in the place and inquired whose sheep I had charge of.