we actually had about 6 campers last night, the most since we have been here. We are enjoying our stay here at manchester state park. The day use area is very popular with lots of walking paths and views of seattle accross the bay. I have been using a blower to remove leaves from roads and campsites, tons of leaves here and still more to come down.
we are also close to my brother Gene and have enjoyed visiting with him and his family. Looking forward to thanksgiving with them.
this is a short update but wanted to let you all know we are still alive and kicking.

I am adding a picture of our campsite here at Manchester State park. Seen 2 deer in the park today. Fun to watch the wildlife.

Getting close to the end of the month and time to move to a new park. We have now volunteered at 3 Washington State Parks and by far Dosewallips is our favorite. I think one of the reason is the park staff here, they work together as a team and promote the park in a positive manner. We will certainly miss everyone here as we move on to a new adventure. We will be at Manchester State Park Nov & Dec. We will be close to my brother Gene and his family, and will be able to visit some. I will let you all know how Manchester is after we get over there. Until then here is some pictures of staff and fall colors at Dosewallips.



 

more for your enjoyment, again not mine. first pic is Mt Rainier, next is Hood Canal

Again these are not my pictures, but to nice to not share.

I wish I could take credit for some pictures I am going to put on here, but I can't. a local person here in Brinnon is the person behind the camera. I don't even know his name, but I thank him for sharing. I will post one or two pictures as I can. Hope you enjoy these as much as I have.

Miss Dosewallips, a cantankerous old cow Elk with a reputation for not liking campers made an appearance in the park today, she meandered her way through the park and left without an incident. the herd was across the highway in the day use park.

thought I would share this picture, for some reason I like it, hope you all enjoy it. This was taken at Fort Flagler State Park.

A new month and a new adventure, we are back at Dosewallips State Park. We left Fort Flagler at crack of noon today, pulled into Dosewallips just before 1:00 pm. Long trip of 38 miles. It felt almost like coming home when we pulled into the park. We will be here for the month. then onto a new park, Manchester State Park. It is close to Port Orchard and Bremerton, so we will be close to my brother there.
We did enjoy our stay at Fort Flagler, I used up a 5 gal bucket of primer using a 3" brush on some cedar siding. So don't care if I see a paint brush for awhile. Vicki worked in the museum and she enjoyed doing that. We really enjoyed the deer in the park, they were always entertaining to watch. They really liked it when the apples started falling from the trees. We also enjoyed watching all the ship traffic on Admiralty Straight. Just about any type of boat or ship you can imagine sailed up and down the Straight. A real treat was to see a couple of submarines leaving and returning.
I will leave you with a couple of pictures.

Until later God bless you all and take care.

I know I said a few days, well as usual it is a few more than a few. we are still at
Fort Flagler State Park, it is a very nice park with lots of history. The deer roam the park from dawn till dawn, Ha! you thought I was going to say dusk didn't you. they are very entertaining to watch and we enjoy them a lot. We are not in the campground here and we are still missing the campers. There are lots of volunteers here in the park, There are 3 campground hosts plus 6 or 7 other volunteer couples here. There is also a local group called friends of Fort Flagler that are very involved in the preservation of the Park.
we do like it here but Vicki is working in the museum and has to do several stairs and it is really bothering her legs and knees, so doubt if we will return here unless we are in the campground.
Rick came over one day and visited, we had a great time and enjoyed catching up on whats been going on in our lives. Then a week later Gene and Cindy came up and spent the day with us, again we really enjoyed the visit. We also made plans to have thanksgiving together. so we are looking forward to that event even though it is still a ways off.
We are returning to Dosewallips State park next month and we are looking forward to returning there.
I will leave you with a couple more pics from the park here.

we left Nolte State Park around 11:30 this morning, arrived at Fort Flagler about 2:00. Have the trailer set up and we are enjoying the view. Had some deer in the field next to trailer. I will do another update in a few days to let you all know what we think of this park. It is a huge park, with 2 campgrounds a  museum and many of the old buildings from the Fort Era.

Nolte State Park on a busy day, I have never seen or picked up as much litter and garbage as I have at this park. I have decided that the people that use this park are a bunch of slobs. I spend 3 to 4 hours a day just picking up trash. And these same slobs wonder why parks are being closed.

Needless to say we will not return here, there is no park ranger on site to enforce rules and these people know that and take advantage of it. There are 2 park aides and one volunteer couple here to keep park open 12 to 13 hours every day. The ranger in charge of this park works at another park and is 30 minutes away from here.

Just so you all don't think that I have completely forgotten about this blog here  is a short update. as you know we spent 6 weeks at Dosewallips State Park, we thoroughly  enjoyed our stay there, the rangers and park aides were great to work with. We liked it so well we are returning there for the month of October. August finds us at Nolte State Park it is a day use park and not a campground. It is a real nice day use park with a setting on Deep Lake. We like it here but we do miss the interaction with the campers.

Before we came here we made a day trip to Port Orchard and Manchester State Park. outside of the park Vicki yelled out "there is a CAMEL" so after checking out the park I went back to see the Camel, sure enough it was a real Camel.

Now that I have seen a camel I will get out of here for now. Next month we will be at Fort Flagler State Park.

Its only been a month since I have been on here so don't be to hard on me. A lot has happened in the last month. We flew to Alaska for 2 weeks. visited family and friends and had a great time there. Momsy had a heart procedure done while we were there, she is doing good.

We returned to Washington on a Sunday and packed up the trailer and moved to Dosewallips State Park. It is in Hwy 101 just south of the community of Brinnon. It is a very nice park and all the Rangers and staff here are just super people. Our site is super nice with acres of lawn.

We went to Sequim last wednesday and visited with Charlie. He is doing good, has a new puppy named Cassy. We will be here through July and then move to another state park.

Until later god bless you all and take care.

Campsite at Dosewallips State Park

Hood Canal from Park

Heated Platform Tent in Park for rent

As most of you know we went to a Tim McGraw concert in Seattle last friday night. We had a great time and enjoyed all the bands that played there. Opening band was Love and Theft. Then we were entertained by Lady Antebellum. Great performers . The last to perform was Tim McGraw and his band. We had great seats and was able to see the performers up close. Here is a couple pictures.

Love and Theft

Lady Antebellum

And of course Tim Mcgraw