For Clan McPherson we're going to state that any time of year is good for camping. The only thing that would really stop us is pulling a trailer through snow and/or ice. At that point it's a safety issue and not worth the risk. Having said that I'm going to take that one step further and state that Clan McPherson's camping season is from March 1 to February 28/29. Why then? Because we got the GRUB on March 6, 2010 thus really starting our foray into camping in earnest.
I'd like to share some statistics mainly because, as an accountant/IT geek I find them fascinating. Our first year of camping, March 1 2010 through February 28, 2011 looked like this:
Camping Trips: 10
Nights Camped: 26
Unique Destinations: 8
Miles Traveled: 2421
Our second year, including trips we have booked but haven't yet gone on, looks like this:
Camping Trips: 12
Nights Camped: 26
Unique Destinations: 10
Miles Traveled: 3570
We had to cancel a couple of trips including our week-long family vacation to Olympic National Park due to illness and other family issues. Yet we still managed to get a fair amount of camping done! Right now we have Nehalem Bay State Park lined up for Thanksgiving weekend and Cape Disappointment reserved for New Years.
However, looking ahead to year three (March 1, 2012 - February 28, 2013 we already have the following booked:
Camping Trips: 7
Nights Camped: 21
Unique Destinations: 7
Miles Traveled: 2271
Why this is exciting is that is only through July and we haven't booked anything for May yet.
So this is probably a boring entry with a bunch of numbers and no pictures but I wanted to get something out since we've still got three weeks until our next trip.
In the mean time, have a wonderful November!
Jim
