We are at Palisades State Park near Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Today three couples will be coming to join us for the weekend but last night there were just a few scattered campers. We had an afternoon shower and it's windy and cool, but that didn't interfere with a pleasant campfire. Supper was grilled chicken, potatoes, Waldorf coleslaw, Muscatine melon, and pineapple-zucchini muffins--a tribute to Iowa summer bounty.
After supper we took a little walk, visited with the hosts and their chocolate Lab, Gibbs, and watched a new arrival struggle with leveling in their site. This campground is an old one, strung out along a road so that sites are not on top of each other and the trees crowd in on both sides. The sites need work. Even set as high as we can on our levelers, any money you drop will end up on the west side of the trailer. The hosts told us the campground will be closed in September and October to add more 50 amp service and work on the sites--a project the park got approved last year before the Iowa legislature slashed the DNR budget.
As much as we enjoy camping with a crowd (Saulsbury, May 2017) or joining an event with lots of scheduled activity (Backbone, July, 2017) or visiting tourist attractions (Cottonwood, AZ, March 2017), it's always nice to just sit back, enjoy nature, and camp.
As much as we enjoy camping with a crowd (Saulsbury, May 2017) or joining an event with lots of scheduled activity (Backbone, July, 2017) or visiting tourist attractions (Cottonwood, AZ, March 2017), it's always nice to just sit back, enjoy nature, and camp.
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