Nobody told Bob Ross about Patoka Lake in Dubois County, Indiana, and honestly, that feels like a missed opportunity for everyone involved.
Because if he had ever stood on the shore of this place with a paintbrush in hand, he would have looked at the rolling forested hills, the impossibly clear water, and the wide open sky above it all, and he would have nodded slowly and said, “See? There are no mistakes. Only happy accidents.”
And then he would have painted it perfectly on the first try.
That’s the kind of place Patoka Lake is…