Meet the camphost at Lake D’arbonne State Park.

This is Charlie, the camphost at Lake D'arbonne State Park.

Meet Charlie, he is our camphost at Lake D’arbonne State Park.  He lives in the campground with his little white dog named Lil Bit and will be staying with us until June.  He is responsible for keeping an eye on the campgrounds, he also cuts and splits wood (out of his own private time) for all the people that stay in the campground.  He allows 10 pieces of wood per campsite per day so as not to deplete the fruits of his labor too quickly.  Charlie is a veteran of the Vietnam war and retired from the army after 22 years of service, he is also the state commander for the Louisiana Department of American Veterans.  His hobbies include hunting and fishing (if you want to know where the fish are biting just ask him) and he is one of the hardest working retired men I’ve ever seen.  I asked him whats biting right now and his reply was “crappie in the shallows and their biting shiners”. 

Thanks Charlie!