Season Finale - Sunday

Rondeau

Goodness! Another good night's sleep, despite a nocturnal tussle with the hound; these cooler nights obviously agree with me. Sunday morning was cold but bright and it was a pleasure to get out and about first thing with the mutt. She is on sensory overload when at Rondeau so is very excitable, especially today when we went over to the bay side of the peninsular and took in the howling gale blowing across the water.

Maybe it's the lateness of the season, but there didn't seem to be a rush for the gates this morning as there often is on a Sunday. Not many people were moving about and certainly no one appeared to be in any rush to pack up. Our immediate neighbour reversed his truck up to his trailer but that was a far as he ventured, so all was quiet on the campground. 

We make a point of not rushing to leave on a Sunday, especially as the official check-out time isn't until 2pm. We breakfasted (sort of) and I left Mrs T to her leisure to take the hound for another run on the beach. It was breezy there as well, but as the sun climbed higher it wasn't cold, even though the lake looked grey and grim. For the first time in ages, I actually saw some other people on the dog beach and, as they had their beast leashed, I collared up our hound, at least while they passed by. Poor old Willow doesn't get to run off-leash much so these trips down to Rondeau are precious and I unleashed her again as soon as they'd passed.

Back at base we started to pack up at about 12.30 and were mid-flow when our neighbour came over to talk. As ever, he was surprised that we used a minivan to tow and he was lamenting that he used to have a much loved Jeep Liberty but had to swap it for a truck to tow his trailer. We explained about our setup and I think he'd have appreciated the help that we'd had when we bought the Airstream. Still, even though it guzzled the gas, he did have a shiny white Dodge RAM truck to play with.

Then we were off, at least after a trip to the dump station. It was really windy on the drive home and the webbing strap on the driver's side towing mirror vibrated to the extent that it jettisoned the little foam pad I put in there to stop it vibrating! Such is life. We'd had a quiet and restful weekend, which is what it's all about really. 

So, that's it for another season. Towed Haul goes off for storage next week and I have a few days in which to clean her up and put everything away. I shall do a season concluding entry in the blog and then we're into the long, cold winter. Roll on 2014!