It’s late September, the grass is green, days are high teens, nights are high single digits. Still we’re planning to close the campground October 14th.
The 2020 season was shortened by the Pandemic and travel was restricted. Still were calling our season 4 a success.
The campground is getting pretty quiet. The geese are returning. The nights are chilly but only one so far came close to freezing. The irrigation is shut down, the plumber is scheduled to shut down the wash house, so final preparations are nearly done.
Most of our guests this year were from Western Canada. Traffic to and from Alaska was drastically reduced. After the confusion of the first few weeks, Americans were given 5 days to get from the southern port of crossing to Alaska. Neither of us can recall any European visitors.
There was no 2020 Williams Lake Stampede. There were a couple of fund raising breakfasts and carbeques. There was a closed rodeo, High School rodeo and Little Britches all with maximum attendance of 50.
- 2024 Campground OpeningWe are Della and Mark Boothby. 2024 is our eighth season operating Williams Lake Stampede Campground. We”ll use this facebook page to tell you about goings on at the campground, the Stampede grounds and highlight things to do in the beautiful Cariboo, We’re open with Pre Season Rates This is our first video of the … Read more
- Idyllwild Della’s best dayDella tells me she had two best days. One was the trip to Idyllwild. Idyllwild is in the mountains south of Palm Desert. The highway has numerous switchbacks. Our guides, the Blackwells recommended we all go in separate vehicles so that no one sat in the back seat. Yes, it was that bad. The town … Read more
- Palm Desert Air Museum My best dayVisited a museum showcasing WW2 planes, including a B17 bomber, and pondered the crew’s experiences. Also saw planes from Desert Storm and aircraft under restoration.
- The trip home begins, first Anaheim.After years of anticipation, Della and I finally separate from our friends to experience Disneyland, two hours from Palm Desert, with me navigating the overwhelming LA freeways.
- The AttractionsShopping is a big attraction. It’s not for me but Della and her friends really enjoyed themselves. I found the night market, a concert and a tour of the Palm Desert Air Museum more to my liking.