Wanderlust
Wanderlust
Hubby and I experience a sense of wanderlust several times a year, ” ˈwändərˌləst/noun-a strong desire to travel”. Yesterday I shared my favorite thing, a beautiful horse prancing in a pasture. We spotted her on our … hold on to your hats people, camping trip! I am not one who enjoys “roughing it” . But hubby loves it, so we found a wonderful compromise. Instead of a tent for camping, we borrowed our daughter and son in law’s travel trailer ( I still refer to it as a camper) and we hit the road! Taking with us many of the conveniences of home. The destination for our get away was Henrys Lake State Park in Idaho. It is about 15 minutes from Yellowstone Nation Park.
Please hum or sing Willie Nelson’s song, on the road again here ( wink). We enjoyed a lovely drive through the tree covered mountains. When we reached our destination. We were pleasantly surprised to see such a beautiful place to park our camper. Hubby had booked a spot for us well in advance and it was perfect. We left 100 degree temperatures behind and enjoyed highs of 75 with intermittent rain storms.
Our camp site had such a beautiful view of the lake, it was just a stones throw away.
This mailbox gave me the giggles.
Early morning was my favorite time of day watching the pelicans as they gathered and came to rest in the out stretched part of the lake.
I made toast in the oven and it turned out beautifully thanks to the kitchen in the camper.
Set the oven to 275 and place bread on baking sheet .
Bake for about 10 minutes then turn over and bake for another 10 minutes ( or until golden)
We had plenty of visitors to our campsite with these ground squirrels ( prairie dogs) popping up constantly like moles in the “whack a mole” arcade game.
Izzy kept a close eye on them as they popped in and out .
Izzy was watching this one very closely.
One made himself cozy in our fire pit ( we did not light a fire).
Izzy was a very happy camper laying in the sun and then napping with his favorite toy.
We had mushroom burgers for dinner one night ( no photo, we were hungry) and I made Spaghetti the next night.
I know it is not your typical camping dinner. But, I made it all ahead of time and then just microwaved it .
Starting the day with the giggles is a great day.
Hubby went fishing . He was balancing on rocks as he cast his line.
Izzy and I enjoyed the time just relaxing.
Don’t you just love this sign!
We went for plenty of drives and spent 2 hours driving around the lake.
We used snow mobile ruts as roads to make it through. It was fun in our four wheel drive truck.
There were beautiful wild flowers everywhere.
I have a real fear of bears and being so close to Yellowstone meant we were seeing a lot of beware of bears signs. Thank goodness we did not run into any.
I took a few magazines to read and we kept so busy I hardly had a chance to read.
It was hard to leave such a tranquil place. We started looking for used travel trailers as soon as we got home, we hope to do this many more times in the future.
Do you get wanderlust? How will you satisfy your craving to travel?
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Aww … I’m in love with Izzy! <3!!!!
OXOX
Dawn Lucy
http://fashionshouldbefun.blogspot.com
What a lovely setting. WE love to go camping and so do our dogs. Your camper looks a lot like ours, especially the stove. It takes some getting use to but the people we meet are just wonderful.
Glad you had a relaxing, great time,
Bev
What a wonderful time! It looks so peaceful and relaxing!
Have a great day!
karianne
What a gorgeous place! Looks like you had a wonderful time! I love the photo of the squirrel.
xoxo
Erika
Definitely God’s country!! Such beautiful pictures…tranquil and perfect!!! I rather like your idea of camping…when I was growing up, camping was backpacking! I had spent many a week backpacking in the Sierras and Ruby Mountains. At my age, I think your camping would be much better! When I get the urge to travel these days, I hop in my car and visit family and friends, from Washington to Florida! It is fabulous to drive across the country and rarely have to stay in a hotel! My new travel destination will be Oahu as my daughter is moving there next week – I’m thinking those visits will have to be 4-6 weeks long, right?
Looks like fun. We have a “camper” too and love our adventures in, what I call, “Glamping.”
blessings,
Shan Walker
The How-to Guru
HI Katherine, wow, your pictures bring back great memories of my family’s summer vacations in our trailer! I have not thought about the “trailer” in a long time. Thanks for sharing. Hugs- Christine
Such a lovely post :))
xoxo Antonella
It was so peaceful and tranquil. xo
Ahh what a wonderful trip for you guys, I love mountains and we used to spend almost every weekend traveling to different parks or making our own way. You have shared some wonderful photos, I love Izzy, he us cute, as I was reading I thought you were referring to the squirrel as his favorite toy, lol And so many pretty mountain flowers!!
If you decided on a travel trailer you will love it. Thanks for sharing your great trip!
Have a great weekend!
Karren
Hugs
Thank you sweet Karren, we are definitely looking for a travel trailer of our own. Izzy is our sweet fur baby and a great camping buddy too. He may have liked that little prairie dog as a toy too, LOL. Enjoy your weekend my friend..xoxo
Beautiful pictures! We are about to embark on a road trip of our own. Glad you were able to relax and enjoy yours!
~Laurie
Thank you sweet Laurie, oh how wonderful! I look forward to learning about your getaway. It is such a joy to relax and be unplugged. xo
Sounds like a wonderful trip. And such lovely captures too.
Thank you my friend, we had such a peaceful time, it really was a blessing to be “unplugged” for a few days. xoxo
Katherine, You had such a lovely trip with your hubby and fur son, Izzy. Thank you for sharing. Your photo travel diary brightened my day. Hugs, Cynthia xxoo
Oh sweet Cynthia I love seeing comments from you. Thank you we all had such a wonderful time. It was so peaceful . No television, no cpomputer. Just us together enjoying each other and putting the “busy-ness” of life on hold xo
This looks wonderful, very peaceful. Am glad you had a great time 🙂 Happy weekend xx
Thank you my friend it was a wonderful mini-break. We are hopeful we will find an affordable travel trailer of our own soon, xoxo
Theses pics. Look nice
I love that you both could do this together to get away a bit. Looks like you had so much fun and definitely made me smile seeing all your wonderful photos. Hugs Katie and have a wonderful weekend now, too!! <3 xoxo
Janine we had a wonderful time. I know I shared a lot of photos ( there are a lot more, LOL) I just wanted to share this wonderful adventure with you all. Have a great weekend my sweet friend xo
Looks like you guys had a wonderful time. I have a little vintage camper and have not had it out yet this year. I think I need to book a spot!
Tania
Tania, I love that you have a vintage camper! I look forward to reading about your first trip this season, xo