The BSU and I snuck off to on Shady Dell campground on the Mirror Lake highway. Shady Dell's a pretty modest little campground but we've been staying there once or twice a summer for few years now and this weekend was another chance to escape to the higher elevations and fresh air.
We nearly didn't make it out of the driveway on Friday morning though! We pulled out and within a block I had to stop to see what was causing the weird noises coming from the trailer. Something sounded just wrong. I walked around it once- didn't see anything dragging and so I carried on another block. But I could tell something was wrong so I circled the block and headed home. Backing the camper into the drive- the bumper dragged- something that never happened before! So I jacked it up and it didn't take a minute to discover that I had a broken leaf spring. The spring had completely broken and the axle was trying to twist itself out from under the floor. It was the spring directly behind the tire that failed on our trip to Oregon last month. Coincidence? Not likely.
But I found a replacement spring and had the camper back down on it's now properly supported wheels in under 2 hours and we were on our way.
We camped. I fished Trial Lake several times and even took the BSU fishing for a few minutes! She didn't stay very long as she hadn't dressed for the temperatures but she fished. Trial's packed full of hatchery fish and I caught a few but they were skinny and puny so they all went back to be caught another day. The lake is easy to reach with wide beaches so it's really popular with dads with kids that need some room to explore while they are fishing.
In the evenings we rested and read and had a very casual time. We made it home this afternoon and the laundry's already done! Now it's back to work tomorrow...
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