In Lewisburg, PA, Halfway Dam State Park – now called the R.B. Winter State Park – has always been the place to go to cool off in the summer. Halfway Lake is a spring-fed lake so the water is a constant 50 degrees F. (10 C) and is too cold for everyone except children of course. We went to Subway and bought a picnic lunch and headed for the lake as soon as Hunter was through with football practice at about 12:30. The lake is less than 20 miles west of Lewisburg so we had our picnic when we arrived.

As soon as we finished eating the kids headed for the water. Part way through the day we took the kids (they took us) for a walk to the dam at the other side of the lake where they played in the spillway and tried out the 4-person swing. At the end of the day the kids decided to build a bridge across one of the incoming spring fed streams.

When we returned to Lewisburg Harrison had football practice which we watched for a little while – practice is not a spectator sport.