The campground was full for the holiday weekend. The weather was warm but the beach was very windy. A few children braved the brisk breeze and played in the water. The wind did keep the mosquitoes at bay. Campers were pretty well behaved. Sonny had to make one late evening visit to a very drunk guy listening to gangster rap to the annoyance of his neighbors. When Sonny circled around to check back, the guy had turned the music back up. That warranted a call to the Ranger who paid a visit and the noise stopped. That site was empty very early the next morning. We were underway with cleaning 91 sites by 10 AM and by noon, on Monday, the campground was quiet with only a couple of campers staying over. In spite of the wind, the camp store sold many ice cream cones and a few kites.
We cleaned over 60 sites plus Group Camp by dinner time. We were falling asleep by 8:30 pm so we went to bed and slept 10 hours. On Tuesday, Sonny finished the remaining sites while I picked up 4 buckets of litter on the beach and in the parking lots. The wind can quickly blow wrappers and napkins into the bushes. In the afternoon, we went to Plain to do the laundry and have coffee on the patio in the sun. In the evening, we went with another couple to Mountain Springs Lodge for a dinner concert by Olivia de la Cruz.
On Wednesday, Sonny golfed at Leavenworth Golf Course while I strolled around Annie's Attic in Cashmere. Since it was our day off and there weren't any campers, we had our own campfire. Thursday morning, the lake was flat calm which is a rare treat. I got in my kayak and paddled for 3 hours along the Western shore. Later in the afternoon, we had a chance to go with friends to the copper mining ghost town of Trinity which is 25 miles up the Chiwawa River. Another couple we know are caretakers of the power plant, dam and the "town". What an adventure!
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Sadly, campers often leave with their campfires actually still burning or
the wood still has embers. Our job is to remove the remaining burnt
pieces. As we drove along in the GEM, I could smell something and we
turned around to see the wood bucket on fire. |
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| Campers have departed except for the "R-pad" on the left. |
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| Remains of children's creations at the beach |
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| Fort building between the beach logs |
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One girl had to spend the weekend on crutches but I guess
she didn't want to take them home. |
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The water has come up some from the beginning of May. The wind
made the waves crash along the shore. |
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| This little kite had a short life. |
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| Beach logs |
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| The local laundry in the town of Plain |
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Sonny had to spend many hours at the laundromat while he was growing
up so he isn't fond of this weekly trip. A 16oz Americano and the
crossword puzzles is nearby so that helps to pass the time
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| Mountain Springs Lodge |
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Several years ago, we took an evening snowmobile tour
from this cabin at Mountain Springs |
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| Sunset clouds behind our friends, the Tates, in Plain. |
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| Wild roses along the road |
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