Last trip and we're putting it away.

The temperature this morning was about 23˚ and we made the most of it by sleeping in until about 8:30 am. It looks like Heyburn is about ready to close up and to tell you the truth. Canyonewren is going to be put to bed for the winter this Sunday. The sun was out in all its glory on Friday when we left Post Falls. We drove down to the campground and found that we were one of three campers in the entire park. So we we took our favorite spot and settled in to a dinner of tortilla soup and chips. We set up the computer and watched a Harrison Ford movie called “Firewall” and following that got ready for bed. This would be our first real cold night in the Northern Lite so we experimented with the propane heater. I set the thermostat so that it would keep the camper warm and the basement from freezing. Then we climbed into bed and closed the curtain, keeping the heat out and the cool in where we were sleeping. It was surprising how well this worked. I figured the heater came on about every 20 minutes and that was good enough to keep the water lines from freezing.

With our rolling out of bed late, Linda had to get out and run to calm her wild urges to be free with the deer. She spotted ten deer as she followed the woods on her six mile run. I got up and made coffee and then went over and took a hot shower. It was great and by the time I shaved, dried off and dressed, Linda had returned and was taking her shower. I made her tea and started breakfast. We ate and then got our close on for a walk. As you can see by the pictures it was absolutely gorgeous out there and we stayed out as ling as we could. As the sun moved to the west it started getting colder and so we returned and settled into the camper where it was nice and cozy.

We fixed dinner, our usual Chicken Alfredo, and settled in to watch a Bruce Willis movie. We’ll call this our action adventure weekend, as apposed to the British movie theme of our last trip.

We got up and ate. Then we packed up and drove home. We were back home by about 11:00 am and got everything picked up and packed out before we went shopping. When we got home I winterized the camper and put everything away. We were sad that the camping season was over. We'll try to do better next year. (wink)