A Place to Ourselves

It's our last peaceful morning for awhile.

So, we're relishing it.

We're wrapping up our six-day stay at the COE park on the south side of Clinton Lake. We split our time between two campgrounds in the place. The first, Cedar Ridge, offered water and electric and a pull-through site. But, we couldn't get a clean shot at a satellite. We decided to remedy that situation by checking out the electric-only park across the street. There we found a perfectly shaded, satellite-friendly extra spacious site and decided to call it home for the remainder of our stay.

This park closes for the season on Saturday. With the last possible camping weekend behind us, the place has emptied out. It's just us and the park custodian amongst a bunch of empty sites. We've absolutely loved having the place to ourselves.

As much as we enjoy camping amongst the kids and their families all summer, we love the solitude that comes to campgrounds after Labor Day. The peace, quiet and space are a treat. And, this week, we've been blessed some of the best weather days you'll ever experience in Kansas.

We don't want to go.

But, go we must. Today we're going to Kansas City for our annual maintenance at Freightliner. Then, we'll head to our home park in the 'burbs for a two-month visit with family and friends. We're looking forward to it, of course. But, we'll be busy for sure.

So, pardon us as we enjoy one more cup of coffee in this lovely campground before we get this moose rolling.

We'll get there soon enough.