Rough River State Park, Falls of Rough KY
My Blue Buds, Spiderwort, Lyndon KS, May 9, 2010
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
Crayfish Chimney
Late one afternoon I sat upon my camera case beside the path where it wound through the darkest part of the woods, down near the pond, and watched a crayfish building his "chimney," the land entrance to his underwater tunnel. He had just started to work above the ground when I first arrived. He came up through the moist black earth, carrying a ball of it between his two enormous fighting claws. Using the claws as hands, he spread the soil around the hole to form the base of the chimney. He then backed down the hole and after several minutes came up with another armful.