Millersylvania State Park, again!

Autumn has arrived here in the northwest. The trees are taking on a more golden shade of green, the poison oak and vine maple are turning red, salal berries ripening, and only us retired and full-timers are out and about in the campgrounds.

Last night we stopped for the third time at Millersylvannia State Park. It's not that it's the most fascinating place we've ever stayed, though it is nice. The draw is that it's about a 4 hour drive from Eugene, about the max we like to do in one day. We wrote about this park the first time we stayed here (see September 9 entry). This time, due to the close of their registration season, most of the loops in the campground are closed. The one loop that's open has over 40 sites, some wooded, many open, so there's something for everyone. Most of these are the sites with utilities. There's also a host in residence, which there wasn't before, and they're back to using a self-registration system which to us is an improvement to the convoluted registration system they were using during the summer.
We actually had sun the day we arrived. Out of three visits it's the first time we've seen the park without rain! Molly and I took a walk in the portion of the campground that's closed to camping and it was beautiful. The air had that lovely balmy fall feel, and the ferns and other understory shrubs were all fresh from recent rains. The trees in that part of the park are so tall you can hardly see the tops, and the campground has been established for years so it has that comfortable "old cabin in the woods" atmosphere. Two of our neighbors in the campground were here during our last visit, in mid-September, so we caught up with where they'd been visiting since then, how their rig repairs are going and all the other typical RV concerns. (Seems those coaches are always in need of some kind of repair!) Tonight we'll be at Vasa Park, near Bellevue, WA.