Recap

We left LHC on 6-28 and returned on 9-5.  Our summer jaunt was by far the shortest, in both days and miles, of our last 3 summers of travel.  It goes without saying that it was also by far the cheapest.  "It goes without saying:" that's gotta be the dumbest phrase ever.  We say 'it goes without saying' but we darn well go ahead and say it anyway, don't we?

1.  Total miles we towed the EDGE: 3755

2.  Total miles we drove the pickup: 5257

3.  Number of nights on the road: 69

4.  Best campground: Capitol Reef N P.  Gorgeous!

5.  Worst campground: Bruneau Dunes S P, ID.  The place was so butt-ugly and bleak I didn't write a post about it or take any pix, thereby saving y'all from severe bouts of depression and anxiety.  By all means, give it a miss.  My recent post, Last Stop, described an even less desirable place but we pretty much knew that up front - and anyway, it was an RV park, not a campground.

6.  Casualties: 1 RV tire, 2 RV batteries, 1 cordless driver battery charger, 1 microwave, 1 electric toothbrush, 1 shower hose, 3 yellowjackets, 1 mink, an estimated 13,000 flies, mosquitoes, grasshoppers, ants and assorted buggy relatives.

7.  Nastiest stretch of mountain road that I'll never, ever travel again: Highway 1 between Fort Bragg, CA and Leggett, CA; 21 miles of ups and downs and hairpin turns and switchbacks and no shoulders, made all the more pleasant by several haul-ass, road hog logging trucks.