{"id":2330,"date":"2017-08-31T15:32:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T20:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dalelafferty.com\/?p=2330"},"modified":"2017-08-31T17:13:08","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T22:13:08","slug":"national-forest-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dalelafferty.com\/?p=2330","title":{"rendered":"National Forest Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Still<\/a>

Still warm at 7500′<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Harper<\/a>

Harper holding Olivia<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Lily<\/a>

Lily holding Olivia<\/p><\/div>\n

I traveled south from Idaho and and spent the night in a town park near Burley. The park had hookups for $25, which was nice because it was hot and I could run my A\/C. <\/p>\n

The next day I drove to a campsite in the Cache National Forest. Unfortunately, my favorite spot was taken so I parked in a site across the road. If my site was open, I would have stayed a few days. <\/p>\n

The next day I drove further south to Strawberry Reservoir and found a nice place to camp for a few days. I stayed at the reservoir for a week and then drove to Salina and found a campsite high on a mountain road in the Fishlake National Forest. Fishlake was just another overnight stay. <\/p>\n

As I set up camp I noticed a smell of propane. Further investigation found that my propane regulator was leaking. I shut off the tank, removed the bad regulator, and transferred most of my food into my 12 volt fridge. I have had three propane regulators go bad since I bought Minnie. I think I will carry a spare from now on. That’s one way to make sure it never fails again.<\/p>\n

The next morning I drove to Moab, Utah. I found a new regulator in a little farm and home store. It was twice as much as the last one I bought but little else could I do. I headed south of town to find a campsite in the Monti-LaSalle National Forest where I could install the new regulator.<\/p>\n

About half way up the mountain I ran into construction. I had to wait 15 minutes for the pilot car and then drive 10 mph for 6 miles of construction. The road to my favorite campsite was blocked off, so I went down another road until I found a place to camp. I will be here at least through the weekend.<\/p>\n

You can tell by my travels that I like national forest campsite. This time through I have not had good luck finding a place to stay. A few times I have passed up a previous camp because I had no Verizon where I had AT&T before. One place had washed out roads that left me leary of driving down. But most of the good campsites have been occupied by a trailer left to reserve it like a summer home. It’s not fair to take a good campsite and not be there except on the weekend. I want to make a sign to tape to the door of these rigs:<\/p>\n

WARNING!!! THERE HAVE BEEN BREAKINS OF TRAILERS LEFT UNATTENDED IN THE FOREST IN THIS AREA. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR TRAILER FOR VANDALS TO DESTROY YOUR PROPERTY!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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