May-June, 2023
Ahh yes, the last morning of this camping trip.
2023 is my seventh year of camping. So far, in all of these seven years, I have never wanted to go home at the end of a camping trip. This trip was no exception.
But later today someone else would be arriving to start their camping adventure, and they would be staying in the campsite I was in, so I had to go.
I tidied up inside the trailer for traveling, and checked the trailer tires (air pressure and lug nut torque) and then the truck tires and truck engine fluids, etc.
Then I walked around the blacktop road to say goodbye to my friends. They were leaving today too. You can just barely see their rig in the photo below through the woods. One of the very attractive things about this campground, and the specific campsite that I was in, is the privacy and the lack of noise from other campers.
And then I walked back to my rig and hooked up the trailer to the truck. I checked the running lights and a number of other things. All was A-OK. And so it was time to leave. Sigh.
The video below was taken as I was driving out through the campground, with my camera looking at the road in front of me. The camera is inside the cab of the truck, snugged up securely on top of the dashboard. It sits on a black towel on top of the dashboard (the black towel reduces glare and reflection off the windshield), and the camera is settled snuggly into a foam pad there as well. And so I headed out through the campground.
At the stop sign, at the entrance/exit to the campground, I turned right and headed down the road to Leavenworth with trailer in tow. Look at that mountain ridge to the right. Icicle Creek is down below, on the right.
My camera’s battery failed at about this point (at the end of the video above), so I pulled over and inserted a new battery … and then on down the road I went.
Around the next bend after the end of the last video above, I found lots of homes and businesses on the outskirts of Leavenworth. So I shut the camera off. I want to remember the area’s pristine beauty and remoteness. I’ll be back. But for now I’m headed home for a few weeks. Stay tuned for my next 2023 camping trip!