Punderson SP - 1st trip of the year

The view of Punderson Lake

We finally made it out of the yard and into a campground!  Granted we ended up camping in cooler weather, but it was worth it.  Highs were in the lower 50s, but overnight dropped into the lower 30s.  Back when we said having a travel trailer would extend the camping season it was the truth.

The other nice thing about early, cooler season camping is the crowd.  Punderson State Park was not nearly as crowded as regular season weekends, and many of the campers are other folks who really want to be camping.

Not quite sure what this was...

I was also pretty stoked that my sister got to
by as we hauled the trailer up and got set up.  She was in town from Utah, and I really miss hanging out with her over the campfires all summer long.  We got to go to some of our usual stops when camping at Punderson like Mangia Mangia and a little winery called Sharon James.

Looks like my next weekend off will be a full week off, so we're planning on taking the trailer a little further than usual.  Should be fun!

Squishy Yard

Camping was apparently just not in the cards for us this weekend.  Although the weather was pretty nice over the weekend, the prior several days included over an inch of rain.  Not good for a squishy yard.

I tried for over an hour to get the trailer to budge, but of course over 5 months it has sunk down a bit into its spot.  So not only do I need the traction from the truck to move its weight, but also to get it out of its little rut.

By the time I was done I had created quite a mess.  There was mud all over the truck and two crazy lines of mud up the front of the trailer.  I had to get the hose out to clean everything up which of course saturated the ground even more.

Now at the end of the weekend it's much drier, and I think we'll be ok for our next planned outing.

Video: Dewinterizing