First pop up trip

Look! I can compose blog posts in the woods! Of course I can't *post* blog posts from the woods so by the time you see this, our first camping trip with the pop up will be completed but this is a nice way to spend a few minutes in the morning as the sun starts to creep up over the trees.

We are in Lotus, California at a campground by the south fork of the American river, not far from where the Gold Rush started. The campground is a haven for river rafters. Yesterday morning there were dozens of groups coming through the camp, donning life jackets and listening to safety tutorials before heading out onto the temporarily risen waters of the American river (Tim & the kids saw the river rise as they were out throwing rocks and in the afternoon when we went back out to go swimming, the rocks at low portions of the river were visible)

This has been a nice first run with the pop up. Two nights, not far enough from civilization to worry about forgetting things, learning a lot about how we'd like to manage the organization of the minimal storage area in the camper. For not having practiced backing up *at all*, we did a pretty good job getting the camper positioned, even with a pretty awkwardly positioned site. 

It is nearly 8am and we have a loooooong drive back to Portland today so I should get started with my day. Before I go, here's a shot of our camper fulfilling its destiny...

Final note: It is a little past midnight on Sunday night/Monday morning. We just drove 14 hours home from Lotus, CA and put a bit over 1,300 miles on the new car/pop-up combo this weekend. The trip was a success. More later. Sleep now.