September 1-5, 2025
Ah, another wonderful camping trip. This is my third camping trip of 2025. I didn’t get out camping as early in 2025 as I have in previous years because of some necessary dental work, quite a bit in fact! But that got tidied up nicely. And then I finally went camping.
But that meant 2025 was not a year of many camping trips, sigh. Here’s to next year, 2026!
BUT, I did have some wonderful camping trips in 2025 … as you have already seen from my first two camping trips. This next camping trip, to Wynoochee, is my third camping trip of 2025. Two more are coming after this one. One of these days I might catch up on posting my camping trips but don’t hold your breath. 🙂
For this camping trip, I headed up into the lower reaches of the Olympic Mountains. The RED paved road ends even before reaching the campground … only forest service gravel roads after that. It’s so quiet up there.
I’ve been here before (2017 Coho Campground at Wynoochee). For this 2025 trip, when I looked for available campsites online, the only available campsite for this trip was the same one I had the last time I was here. So I knew the spot well and I grabbed it!
It felt so good to back into campsite #39 again. It felt just like home.
The red roller was used to lift one side of the trailer just one inch so it was level from side to side.
Then I placed yellow stoppers around the tires on the other side of the trailer to make sure the trailer wouldn’t roll in either direction accidentally. Then I unhitched the truck from the trailer and used the jack on the front of the trailer to level the trailer front to back.
And then I was home! The trailer door is opened and Little Towhee gets to see the world.
As soon as she got a good look at the surrounding forest, she knew right where she was. She even said, “Ann this is my favorite place!” And she hopped and flew right over to the same picnic table we had before, jumped up on the table (just like last time), and sat there listening to and talking with ALL the birds in the surrounding trees.
In fact, she didn’t want to come back into the trailer for a long time. So I just left the doors open (the solid door and the screen door) so she could come and go as she pleased.
This campsite doesn’t have electricity, and it has lots of trees around it, so I set up my remote solar panel that helps out when the roof solar panel is in the shade.
And then throughout the day I move the remotely wired solar panel so it gets as much sun as possible. This system has worked perfectly for eight years, 2018-2025, and should continue for many years more, requiring absolutely no maintenance.
After getting the trailer, and the truck, and Little Towhee settled, I finally sat for a bit as well and simply enjoyed the surroundings.
Eventually, late in the afternoon, I took a walk through the campground (photo below). If you look back at the first day of that 2017 Wynoochee camping trip, you’ll see that I took a walk late that first afternoon too. What I didn’t realize until I got home from this 2025 trip and looked at my photos was that I took this late afternoon walk on the same path in 2025 that I had in 2017, and there are dozens and dozens of paths! AND, I stopped and took a photo at almost the exact same spot! What are the chances?
How pretty it is here! I finished my short walk and then I returned to the trailer for my evening supper.
I thought I had seen pretty much everything there was to see here, when I was here in 2017, but I found new things. Stay tuned. 🙂 Thanks for coming along!
More camping, yay! We love your camping trips and the adventures of Little Towhee. 🙂
Thanks Tim, you’re the best. 🙂
We love your quiet, fun, and gorgeous camping adventures. And we love the other subjects you share with us in between camping adventures. Each is such a nice respite from our own lives and stress, and always brings a smile. That Little Towhee … she knew where she was! How cool. 🙂
Thanks Wanda, from me and from Little Towhee. 🙂 More fun, less stress.
I didn’t realize how far up from Montesano that campground was, how far into the Olympic Mountains it was/is. That really is in a world by itself. And it really is beautiful.
It’s about an hour’s drive up there, Bill, maybe a bit more. But it sure is a beautiful drive into those forests and mountains.
How cool you got the same spot, and you walked the same path without even thinking about it. Was meant to be!! 🙂
Yep, that was so unexpected but so nice to take that same path/walk. Life does give us smiles. 🙂
Sometimes I end up at the same site, either because that’s what’s available or by design. I always see something different. But sometimes I go to the same site in hopes of seeing the same things! 🙂
Me too, Dawn. I don’t necessarily want to see different things when what I saw before was so wonderful.
What does Wynoochee mean? where does the word come from? Is it native? Beautiful place.
Excellent questions, Susan. I usually explain the name of the campground in the first blog post, but I didn’t this time. I will correct that and share info about the word “wynoochee” in my next post. Thanks for the questions, I really like that. 🙂
Little Towhee is so cute, and smart. 🙂
She is! 🙂
More fun stuff. And a new place to call home. I like that you call your trailer a home. Feels good.
My stick-built home is about 1,300 square feet. My trailer, Towhee the Trailer, is about 130 square feet, and yet both of them feel like home. Feels good to me too, Mark. 🙂 Thanks.
No wonder you like to go camping, how beautiful. I’ve been tent camping and never liked it, but I think I might really like a trailer like yours or a small motorhome or large van maybe with a bicycle on the back.
Pat, I did a lot of tent camping in my younger days too, and I tired of that really quickly! Had fun, yep, but sleeping on the ground was not very comfortable. I like having the trailer with all amenities AND having the tow vehicle to use wherever I am. But maybe just a bicycle or an E-bike would be great transportation to see the area where you are camped.
Perfect. 🙂
🙂
Wonderful to hear about another camping trip! It looks so peaceful there, and of course in the PNW you wouldn’t have to worry about snow at this time of year! Looking forward to the next installment.
Nope, no snow at ALL this year, or the past three years. Actually I miss it. But your blog photos fill in the need for snow for me. 🙂 Thanks FG.
What a photo-op this campground is! Amazing how much of a treasure campgrounds are…..kudos for returning and giving us a thorough tour, can’t wait to see what you will discover 😀
Tunano, in your years of camping, both of you, also with an Escape trailer I might add, you’ve sure had amazing adventures and stories to tell. I’m glad you are traveling here with me. One of these days the border crossing between Canada and the USA will be kind and not pose a threat to any of us. In the meantime, I’ll share my discoveries here for sure. 🙂 Bless you both.