Hitting up some Washington Forest
Finally, after a long weekend, we broke free of the Astoria area. We didn’t make it far though, only a half-hour or so across the border into Washington. Actually, we were further North last week when we stayed at the Moose Lodge in Ocean Park, but we were content to be free of the recent issues with Big Blue and back on the road.
Once again, Kerri had a few spots in the State Forest picked out for us to explore. It didn’t take long for us to find a spot that we could have called home for the work week. Then another, and another. Nice boondocking spots are sprinkled all about these state forests as long as you are willing to get off the asphalt and risk a few potholes and paint chips. After passing on a few, we eventually settled in one a spot that was very similar to our last spot in Oregon, at the end of a small spur road on the side of a hill. If it were not for the thick brush blocking it, we would have had a spectacular view as well. The fog rolled in each morning only to give way to the sun by noon to top off our battery.
The first two days of our stay we woke early and got out for short hike each morning before breakfast. There are two established free-campgrounds on small lakes nearby, so we walked to them to give them a peak. Pretty, of course, but otherwise already occupied with other campers. We both were happy to have a little spot all to ourselves a half-mile away from the crowd. The crowd being two or three other campers.
All in all, the week was quite relaxing and refreshing after the past week camped in and around towns. But, once the weekend arrived and we started moving to our next destination, Big Blue was complaining yet again! This time from the left-front suspension. I guess I will have to pop that wheel off and poke around in there some more.
