September, 2021
We had been spending so much time away from camp … hiking in the wild country around the campground, seeing the town, discovering the Smokejumper location, walking through forest fire aftermath, finding lovely lodges and horses, trying to avoid bear scat(!), and simply out exploring … that we decided to hang out around our trailers this one afternoon. So I walked around and took a few snapshots of interesting things in the campground. This is an excellent campground and I will likely be back.
In the video below, you’ll see where I’m camped and then see a few interesting neighbor trailers. My rig is first in the video below, on the very far left, then to the right is a lovely Airstream trailer, then further to the right is, yes, another Escape trailer that had just arrived. They stayed pretty much to themselves but we chatted a tiny bit and they were awfully nice folks. Just past them (further away, sort of behind them in the video) was a Scamp (another molded fiberglass trailer, like Escape trailers are) … and then further to the right were my friends and their white SUV and their Escape trailer. I’ve been camping for six summers now and almost never do I see even one other Escape trailer … today there were three Escapes, and a Scamp, and an Airstream. And we were all gathered together in this one corner of the campground. Pretty cool. 🙂
[Sorry for the jerky video. I need to practice, don’t I?]
And then I simply walked around the campground. One interesting thing they do here is that they decorate their electrical distribution boxes.
A bear! Scat bear, go, get away you bear!
A monster Moose.
A handsome Heron.
Some frisky Squirrels.
I took the photo below just to show how empty this campground was, even in great weather in September, it was mostly empty. But also I noted how far apart most of the campsites were. That was really nice.
And then, as I stood there looking at the scenery, I noticed the brown “lumps” in the lawn right in front of me. I looked more closely and discovered a deer and two fawns who were having a little late afternoon rest right in the middle of the campground. Obviously they didn’t much care about humans here since this was THEIR home. 🙂
I walked around the entire campground and saw other interesting things, but mostly just regular campground things. As I was walking back around to my campsite, I passed the campsite of my friends who were here with me, in their trailer (photo below). Notice in the very VERY right lower corner of the photo below that there are some trees with black/white trunks … Aspens?
Immediately behind my friends’ trailer, right in front of those Aspen trees was yet another deer having a little late afternoon munch. She paid no attention to me. I liked that.
And then ten feet further on, I discovered this (below). My truck/trailer is on the right … a new rig had just this afternoon pulled in, yet another Airstream. We sure seemed to have the “corner” on molded travel trailers. A molded fiberglass Casita trailer had been my neighbor the first night or two. So far no Olivers yet, no Bowlus yet, but there’s still another day.
Just behind my trailer was another perfect campsite (below) with another perfect view (maybe even better view) of the lake than I had. #41 … I have that noted for future reference. 🙂
And finally, I managed to complete the tour and get back to my big white truck and to Towhee the Trailer. They are always such a welcome sight when I’ve been out for a long and distant exploration or even just a little walk-about.
I just looked back and you’ve been producing this blog for five years! And I’ve been saying that we are coming to visit with our motorhome for the past five years! It seems like a year or so to me. Let’s get this rig on the road! Ok, maybe I have to check with my wife too. 🙂 Got “Winthrop” on the list!!!!
Tim, you were one of the first 20 people or so to “subscribe” to my blog. You’ve been with me a long time. Stick around, ok? I like that. And yes, get that rig on the road and come visit! 🙂
This is a really nice campground! Space between and grass and trees and water and deer!
Oh it was lovely. I’ll be back there for sure.
Hubby and I always enjoy a good walk-about around each campground where we’re staying. We usually walk around every evening and chat with people and get to know them a bit. What a gorgeous campground this one is! Love site #41. 🙂
It’s a really nice habit, that evening walk-about, isn’t it? Maybe one of these days I’ll be back here and find you two in campsite #41. 🙂
I remember one funny event at a rather large campground that we had never been to before.
We settled our 17′ Escape into it’s berth for the duration of our stay and we took an amble/stroll before cooking our supper and to see the laundromat, as was labeled on the map they handed us on our check-in.
Thinking myself a smarty-pants I poo-pooed (or bear scatted) needing the map to get back to our campsite, and of course I turned down the wrong lane. Heading directly for what I assumed was our 17′ Escape. Well, it wasn’t ours, but our trailer’s twin brother, complete with the same tow vehicle. Thank goodness no one was home!
Who’d-a-thunk-it?
Maybe I should just have gone to #41 to meet Wanda!
Oh, and Tim and Dawn too.
Hello to everyone 🙂
Ha! Indeed, poo-pooed (or bear scatted) … that made me chuckle out loud. Yep, what are the chances of finding two practically identical Escape brand trailers in the same campground … pretty much nil. But when we least expect it, there we are … and once in a great while a whole lot of us are! Yep, who’d a thunk? 🙂
What fun those electrical panels are. I live in a community with similar panel boxes, I’m going to propose some simple decals like that. Thanks for the inspiration. 🙂
I think it’s a great idea to decorate the boxes. The decorating doesn’t have to be expensive, sometimes something simple like the black decals used in this campground. Or use a local painter to paint something on the boxes. I hope your proposal gets a positive response, Judy.
I don’t believe here in England we have campsites as attractive as yours in the states. I believe what you call a campground, we call a campsite. And what you call a campsite, we call a pitch. Interesting. Your blog is very enjoyable!
Excellent comment, Henry. I follow the vlog of a fellow who lives in his caravan in England, which brings up another difference in word usage. We call them travel trailers or motorhomes … in England (and all of Europe I think) they are called caravans. I often see “movers” in this fellow’s vlog … an electric motor at each tire, with a gear that presses on each tire of the caravan, in order to move the entire caravan very easily after un-hitching from the tow vehicle. There is one company that I know of that sells “movers” here in the USA and Canada, but I’ve never seen a travel trailer here with one installed. I think they are fantastic. Readers here can go to YouTube, and search for “How to Operate the Truma SR Caravan Mover” … choose the first video to learn how these systems work.
So cool that the deer were comfortable in the area with the humans!
I liked that too. 🙂
We would often walk around camp in the evenings too. This campground is lovely. Fun to have the deer there.
The deer were so comfortable here, so gentle. And the people were too. 🙂
Tidy! This campground is tidy. I like that. There isn’t a bunch of what-not here and there … it’s tidy. And the electrical panel art is fun. 🙂
Tidy indeed. It was so clean, and so well maintained. (even the bear scat was gone by the next morning, cleaned up by someone.) I don’t mind paying a bit extra when the campground is this nice, but it was a standard price. Very nice!