Well - we WERE going to go camping. Not now. The kids are still running over to Thermopolis, WY for a day trip!
I called it off. Reminds me of a childhood diddy.
Every party has a pooper,
that's why we invited you.
Party Pooper!
Party Pooper!
We used to go over there quite a bit, often for a Spring-Break trip. Get outta Dodge. Soak in the hot pools. We stayed at the "Fountain Of Youth RV Park". It has it's own large mineral pool, and quite a history!
Original owners were Airstream folks. They had a tiny one they traveled the world with. Along with that group the founder guy founded. I think it's smaller than a Bambi, but I don't know my Airstreams real well. In fact, that original Airstream of their's now sits a few blocks over in our neighborhood! The original owner's Grandson-in-law is the Father of a kid our son grew up with, playing army in our field. He's got a few old units over there and I don't think he has any plans. But I don't know him well. I wonder....?
No - the weather came up. Last week the kids came by and picked up the trailer so they could pack and load, etc. during their work week.
Pulled it down through the "new" field road we've been cutting out of the wilderness.
I told DSIL not to worry. If he got stuck, I'd pull him out with Lil' Willy.
He waved me off with his shop accident hand.
And up onto the road.
See we park it here, because this is how it has to be done at their place.
And then it snowed.
6" of the heavy wet stuff. Before the leaves dropped. Not unusual around here, but it sure raises havoc on local trees. That can be Spring or Fall.
That's an apple tree.
The snow is melted now. We were leaving Friday night (today), returning Sunday. But I didn't want to pull our large TT over in the forecast wind and/or new snowfall (first one, then the other). Been there, done that. That Elk Hunting Trip (a different one) near Jackson that year with our Suburban, chains on all four, just to get the 80's Mallard backed into about 12" - AFTER the snow packed two-track coming in, where if you slid off the pack, you were in deep powder. No sir!
Or the other hunt near Dubois where it took ALL DAY to get out of the mountains. That was AFTER pulling my one partner up the initial hill (truck and trailer - Ford), then my OTHER partner (truck and trailer - Ford), and only THEN getting my own out (Suburban and trailer - Chevy). And then waiting hours on the hill side while the Tow Truck came up to save the outfitter who dropped one side of a six-stall horse trailer off the side of the road. Any further off and the outfit would have gone down the fast way.
But you know, as we get older it's kind of like... well. Maybe I can just say we're looking forward to our camp unit called "Fairweather June". And the EASY use of Lil' Queeny. This all seemed to come about AFTER we got our garage heated. ;)
So we delivered some of DW's pre-prepared foods for the kids day trip and wished them well.
Besides, today is Friday the 13th. Ya'll be careful now, you hear!?
