Pocahontas State Park

A gift of a few warm days in February! My sil was supposed to visit for a few days but cancelled at the last minute, so I found myself with 70° days and a clear schedule!  I chose to go to Pocahontas State Park because I hadn't yet visited it. I have now camped in nine Virginia State parks! I have been to a couple more, but haven't camped at them. Not all Virginia State parks have campgrounds.  A couple are paddle in. I think there are 27 campgrounds. My goal is to hit them all! 

Pocahontas is the largest state park in Virginia and the camp ground is lovely. The sites are spaced out nicely and every sire has water and electric.  The campground is open year round,  one of only a few state wide with power that stays open. A couple of years ago,  I stayed at Shenandoah River State Park in February. They are open all year and have power.  Unlike Shenandoah River,  Pocahontas is fully wooded.  You would be comfortable any time of year. I wouldn't camp at Shenandoah River during the normal camping season.  It would be hot.  (I guess RVs wouldn't care, and I think that a lot of people raft and kayak from the park) 

Back to Pocahontas, I had a lovely 2 nights.  I took Bella and Shelby, the 2 laziest old dogs ever... I had to drag them out to walk!  We saw woodpeckers,  cardinals... heard mourning doves and a great horned owl. I painted,  wrote poetry,  walked a bit... just breathed the promise of spring!

Is it spring yet?

SPRING FEVER!!!
A warm day here and there in January and February sets me of into a frenzy of spring camping fever. Sometimes the warm day hits at a time that I can hitch up my trailer and just go, but not this year.

I had to buy a new tent canvas for my Livin Lite Quicksilver 5.0.  I don't know what happened but probably just old canvas that ripped. The new tent is under my bed and ready to be installed but in order to do that, I need 2 days of 70 degree weather. I also need to completely empty my camper!!!

So, I just look at it and dream of the little outings I'm going to take this year! Hoping to take a dog with me once in a while, too!

Merry Christmas, already?

I can't believe it's already December,  another year gone. Christmas songs are playing on the radio... "and so this is Christmas,  and what have you done? Another year over,  a new one's just begun..."   I have worked a lot of hours,  not much income, but "busy". I did NO camping except for 2 nights in my backpacking tent while traveling. I didn't see the grandchildren enough, although when I did it was great! I did SOME Zentangle,  but not enough... 

So, it is time to reevaluate and plan what to do better next year.