last trip of the season

Our last trip for 2013 will be over the Christmas holiday which will then turn in to the first camping for 2014 for the New Year. We'll be heading to Destin, FL for the holidays. Recently returned from a visit to Southern Indiana and then across Kentucky before returning home to NE GA. The Autumn leaves were spectacular!

The Shut-ins is a great area. Have you been to Elephant Rock State Park? It is about 30 minutes away.

We just had our last weekend camping at Abol Bridge campground just twenty miles west of Millinocket, Maine. The foliage was beautiful. Deer and moose were seen browsing the river bank alongside our camp site. A pair of bald eagles was fishing along the river. The view of Mt. Katahdin was spectacular out our front window. We hiked into the ice caves, relaxed in front of the camp fire, watched the clear skies and stars at night, certainly enjoyed the complete silence at night, and always had the mountain towering over us. It was an amazing way to end the camping season. Sad on one hand because the end was here, but enticing on the other hand because we were making future plans to return next year.

Lakeside

Margaritaville wrote:
Sounds like you had a great time listening to nature! Now you can start thinking about next year's camping season.

Yup, that's what winter is for! We take our last trip this weekend. Kinda hard for us--we usually get in at least one trip per month. But I'll be having lots of company for Thanksgiving (gotta get prepared for that, saving up my time off for that week) and I'm having some surgery in December which will set me back for at least a month. Hoping we can get back out there by the end of February.

Glad you had a good season finale. Sounds like a great trip.

Sounds like you had a great time listening to nature! Now you can start thinking about next year's camping season. Hope it's an easy and short winter.