Wednesday, September 29, 2010

RV - the solution to cold camping

No more freezing tent camps for us. We bought a used 2006 Flagstaff 23FBS travel trailer. So now we bring all the comforts of home with us. Furnace, shower, queen bed, hot water, frig, lights, toilet; all the comforts of home.
We bought the must have equalizer trailer hitch and trailer brake controller and off we went to Warm Lake for our shake down and 1st camp. North on Hwy 55 then take Warm Lake road east at Cascade. Pavement all the way to a beautiful natural lake. We camped at Warm Lake Lodge CG which was nothing special but fine for our first expedition.

The second day there we found  really cool hot springs on the banks of the South Fork of the Salmon River. Multiple pools had been rocked around to hold 2-3' of water. Two pools had PVC pipes with valves to adjust hot and cold, really neat. We spent 3 hours there. Next day we found more hot springs to the west but much more primitive and too hot.
That night some neighbor campers gave us some fresh trout and we cooked a great dinner. Really pleased with our first RV trip, all our systems worked well and we were very comfortable. We had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.