Shakedown Trip in the New Trailer

 We finally got our new trailer up and running and we took it 20 minutes from town to the Forest Service Rec site at Dugan Lake.

It was busy; there's a road crew repaving the Horsefly Road and many of them are camping at the site.  There's also a bunch of retirees camped in the meadow area, but the wooded portion was not too busy.  

Mark and Patti came out too even though they had appointments in town the next day.  Since it was so close they just drove in and came back out in the evening.

On Day 1 our friend Wilfred came out with his dog Coco.  We put our collapsible Klepper kayak together.  We haven't used it in 2 years so we had forgotten how to put it together; fortunately, I had a copy of the instructions on my tablet.  

The frame is a thing of beauty, Henry and Coco agree

Wilfred and Mark had fun helping to put it together.  Then we folded it into the skin, inflated the sponsors and put her in the water.

Wilfred and Mark paddled Mark's canoe.

Later we walked down to the dock.  Folks there were catching lots of fish.  One of the road crew guys gave us two nice rainbow trout, he had more than he could eat.  Wilfred took one home and Mark and I ate the other for supper.

Sun sets on Dugan Lake

On the second day, Glen and Rick came out for the day, and Rick paddled while Glen fished.  The fishing was good so I snagged another fish out of the deal.

Mark and Patti came back for supper.  We made dinner at their site and hung out till darkness again.

Trailer worked well.  We enjoyed all the extra space compared to our old trailer.  Great little campout.

Five happy campers!