Author: harrylange

Fort Flagler – Saturday May 3, 2014

Nice sunny morning, temp at 60 degrees, setting outside listening to Wait Wait.
We have been working on our retirement count down. Jean’s last day will be June 30th and mine will be July 3rd – that is 61 calendar days with 42 work days. I’m not sure how to type and express how much we are looking forward to this event but we are.

Current plan is to spend July and August at Crystal Mountain hiking and enjoying the mountains. I will be 64 this year and not sure how many years Hank and I will be able to climb up a mountain side. Last week in August we will move south to spend Labor Day in Reno with my brother than on to Zion National Park for two weeks starting September 10th. Than on to Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. The goal is to be home for Thanksgiving and Christmas than south in February/March to be in Phoenix for spring training. We will spend the spring in the Southwest and home for the “Summer”.

That is our current plan. Stay tuned for July 3rd count down and follow the adventure. I still plan on posting a picture of each campsite.

Have a great day, in 3 hours and 10 minutes it will be 60 days.

Fort Flagler – Friday May 2, 2014

Back to Flagler for the weekend I left work at 11:15 and we got here at 3:00.  We’re in site 89 again,
Even with the early arrival most of the sites were taken.  The state has been working hard at coming up with more ways of getting money out of us.  When we were here on March 30th there was a sign saying that camping rates were going up on April 1st however the new rates would NOT be posted until April 1. Here is the new camping pricing matrix;

Each site is identified with letters to tell you how much the site will cost. There are weekday rates and weekend rates, along with three seasonal rates: winter – shoulder – summer. Also each park has a different definition for the three seasons.  Thanks Jay.

The park has added a chart showing how much each site will cost

Remember this is only for the Shoulder season.  I think the rates go up $2.00 for summer.

I’m writing this on my phone and I think my first two pictures have disappeared.

Edit: looks like I can post one picture at a time.

Palmer – Kanasket State Park – Sunday March 16, 2014

We went out to Palmer-Kanasket this weekend to enjoy the rain.

40 years ago today Jean and I got married.

Here’s our site number 35, last one with electricity at 6:00 p.m. Friday evening.

Hank and I took a couple of walks on Saturday.  It was kind of a nice day.  The rain started at 7:00 p.m. and is still raining.  The above ground fire pit had 1.5 to 2.0 inches of rain in it this morning.

Millersylvania State Park – Saturday March 1, 2014

I had to post this as draft the first time.  I got a wordpress update on my phone and I could only get it to post one picture.  Now I’m struggling to get the walk around picture to come over, Oh well.

It is Sunday morning and it’s raining. One of those Washington it’s going rain all day rains. Hank and I got out for a while on Saturday

This is your general wander around walk.

Cannot get the phone print screen to come across, fourth time was the charm.

Campsite pic, we are in 233.

 

Penrose State Park – Sunday February 16, 2014

This is a late post however the weather at Penrose was nasty all weekend.  It RAINed all day on Saturday with wind and heavy rain Saturday night.  Hank and I did not get out at all on Saturday.  We left at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, I wanted to get across the Narrow’s bridge before the wind got to bad.

I took this campsite picture as we were leaving Sunday morning.
On Saturday Hank has been with us for six years and I think we’ve turned him into a dog.
Not a very good picture however he’s a happy dog.  We’re glad he’s part of our family.