July 7-12, 2024
This is a brand new camping destination for me. And now, like so many others, this one is yet another favorite! How can one state, the State of Washington, have so many beautiful campgrounds that also have such gorgeous areas surrounding them. Well, I don’t know. I guess I’m just so very blessed to live here. Come on along! 🙂
Let’s go camping!
Here’s Towhee the Trailer (below) in her campsite at Schafer State Park. You wonder where everyone else is, eh? Well, the campsites here are spaced very generously. It’s really nice here.
But, let’s back up. First off, where am I going? Ok, here’s the map …
Home is just east of Olympia. Jump on highway 8, head out past McCleary and past Elma.
Keep going past Elma. Take the exit to the very small town of Satsop. Turn left onto Old 410 Highway and head through Satsop west-bound, then take a right onto East Satsop Road, and follow that road all the way, winding along with the river, all the way up to Schafer State Park. It’s a gorgeous drive so take your time and enjoy it.
My campsite was easy to find, easy to back into, it was flat. It had electricity and water. And it had trees all around it. In the photo below, you’ll see another campsite off on the left. That was the closest campsite to mine … and no one was in it all week!
This campground is in an area that had obviously been de-forested (probably clear-cut) in the past few years. But it is re-growing nicely. In addition to this area of campsites, there is an older section of Schafer State Park, in amongst huge evergreen trees, but the campsites in that older campground are smaller, closer together, and the roadways are a little rough and narrow. I’m glad I chose the new campground for my first trip here. I really liked it here!
To take the photo below, I walked away from the back of my trailer, past “my” table, and found a very wide opening through the underbrush. I suppose that opening is kept clear so maintenance personnel have access to that in-ground service panel. But where I stood to take the photo (below), was on another blacktop roadway … not a full road, just a single lane blacktop roadway inside the campground. You can see just a tiny corner of that blacktop road in the photo below, right at the bottom of the photo.
So then I turned around 180-degrees and took the photo below. It shows one of a number of service buildings owned and used by state park employees. During the day, a few state park vehicles drove in or out, though I never heard any noise except for the very occasional vehicle. After 5pm, there was no noise at all, all night long.
There were a few other campers that I could see if I stood on the roadway out in front of my truck, but I couldn’t see any other campers from back inside my campsite where my trailer was. There were people near enough if I needed help with anything, but for the most part, it was just me and the trees and the flowers and the birds.
Happy camper! 🙂
As always, I’ll go see stuff and learn stuff and meet the nicest people over the next several days here. Stay tuned. Thanks for coming along with me! 🙂