Where WhimSea Takes Us

Willow River Campground

We were all packed up and ready to head out for a nice RV weekend at the Willow River Campground. Close enough to home that holiday traffic won't affect us much, far enough that it would be an adventure.

And suddenly it strikes us, we won't have a power hook up! What to do? Of course we must pick up solar panels, that will get us through. We did try to switch to an electrical site, to no avail.

We got to the site and were all set up fairly quickly.

Saturday we set up the solar panels without issue and got the frig turned on. Afterwards, we decided to go on an excursion to the nature center. Little did we know, it would be quite a trip. The trail to the Nature Center (via bike) was quite hilly with some trips down hill being a little scary even!

The Willow River area without the damn was wild, to say the least. Large blocks of stone that appear to be dropped willy nilly in the riverbed. Overgrown with weeds yet abutting what was clearly a swimming beach.

The return trip to the RV was particularly hard, given it was completely up hill. There were multiple times the boy gave up and just walked his bike uphill. I can't say I blame him. We likely covered a good four miles on our bikes.

We had dinner made over the fire. Very relaxing after a taxing day. Dylan did pull out his new lawn game and we played a couple of times. Of course, he won.

Sunday we decided to hike to the falls themselves. The path down was exceedingly steep. We were disappointed by the amount of garbage along the trail, but the boy was quite the trooper and did a great job picking up garbage along the way to the river.

We did stop at the old gravesite along the way and saw their view of the river. The machinery strewn along the riverbed was quite the sight to see.

The falls themselves were quite remarkable. The way the water fought the stone to make its way to ground, so amazing. The only negative being the garbage of those that came to visit and that they left behind. Disgraceful really.

The trip back up the hill was much harder then the trip down. I barely made it, despite multiple stops along the way. But up the hill we made it and back to the RV we were.

The boy also discovered the playground and how much he enjoyed it. So many kids, so much fun. We woke early on Monday and packed up while the boy played. Back home early enough that he's ready for his first day of school.