I can understand why folks decide to become full-timers and never worry about having a home to have to return to. And I can certainly see the appeal of going on down the road to see what is around that next corner.
Many of our Alpine friends are already on their way to winter in Arizona or California. Others are preparing to follow soon. Perhaps in time we will be able to do the same.
But not quite yet...
Meanwhile, we have enjoyed the last of our few days left, here in Lake Chelan. We've been here several times before and always enjoy returning. The Lakeshore RV Park and Marina is a pretty and spacious public park, with a beach, large picnic grounds, tennis courts, mini-golf and of course the RV park with amenities. It's within walking distance of the quaint downtown, a pretty river trail and a river gorge trail to the dam. There are other hiking trails in the area too but we would need a car to get to them. A tow car is in the works so we will have one eventually.
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| beach at Dan Morse Park, which is part of the RV complex, looking south to the hills that were burned in the summer fires |
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| along the Chelan River trail, where you can see the burned hills and the houses that were awfully close to the flames |
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| view north and towards the town from one of the bridges |
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| the Chelan Dam, part of a hydro electric system |
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| view into the gorge where we went hiking |
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| the summer fires came right down into the gorge from the hills above |
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| it must have been very scary for these folks who live on the fringe of the trail - they were the lucky ones |
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| look closely and you will see some of the wildlife along the trail |
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| Yuck! these creatures are however part of the landscape and there is a warning about poisonous snakes along the trail even though this one seemed harmless enough and didn't bother with us |
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| along the trail with more burned sections |
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| view down the gorge towards the dam |
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| the tenacity of nature... new growth after the fires |
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| greenery rising out of the ashes |
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| what a surprise to be walking the trail alone when who should come right behind us but my neighbor and walking buddy Heather from Bellevue! |
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| the fence along the trail down into the gorge was burned in places |
Back at home in Alpine, I had time to do some quilting, working hard at sewing up the scrappy strips of flannel from my never-ending stashes which seem to generate more scraps for more scrappy quilts.
Michael did some "quilting" of his own too. I am the photographer and he the videographer. With our new desk set-up, he has been able to do some digitizing (which I refer to as his "quilting") and has uploaded the movie from the Ellensburg Rodeo to You-Tube: https://youtu.be/ivrSdQ5myow
We each work at our hobbies side by side in perfect harmony;)
And so we have arrived at the last day of our trip. Tomorrow we head home to Bellevue, the last 175 miles of our 1,360-mile adventure.
Alpine will be back in storage for a couple of months before we head out again.
As for our next adventure... at the moment we have made reservations for the SoCal rally in Lake Havasu in early February. To get there, we may well have to make a stop at our favorite beach in California first. Or if it works out with schedules and other obligations, we may be able to make it to the Desert Rat and Indio rallies in January. The choices are many. I will keep you posted.
And before I sign out for a while, next week will be our Alpine's first birthday. We bought our Alpine on October 16th and she has taken us on almost 10,000 miles of adventures since then. It's been a fun year of Alpine adventures and we look forward to more of them.
Love our Alpine!
Michael did some "quilting" of his own too. I am the photographer and he the videographer. With our new desk set-up, he has been able to do some digitizing (which I refer to as his "quilting") and has uploaded the movie from the Ellensburg Rodeo to You-Tube: https://youtu.be/ivrSdQ5myow
We each work at our hobbies side by side in perfect harmony;)
And so we have arrived at the last day of our trip. Tomorrow we head home to Bellevue, the last 175 miles of our 1,360-mile adventure.
Alpine will be back in storage for a couple of months before we head out again.
As for our next adventure... at the moment we have made reservations for the SoCal rally in Lake Havasu in early February. To get there, we may well have to make a stop at our favorite beach in California first. Or if it works out with schedules and other obligations, we may be able to make it to the Desert Rat and Indio rallies in January. The choices are many. I will keep you posted.
And before I sign out for a while, next week will be our Alpine's first birthday. We bought our Alpine on October 16th and she has taken us on almost 10,000 miles of adventures since then. It's been a fun year of Alpine adventures and we look forward to more of them.
Love our Alpine!