{"id":1343,"date":"2013-10-22T11:37:52","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T11:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/?p=1343"},"modified":"2025-04-21T17:41:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T17:41:54","slug":"devils-lake-campout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/?p=1343","title":{"rendered":"Devil’s Lake Campout"},"content":{"rendered":"

Devil’s Lake, WI – October. \u00a0Tim and Eileen in their new RV camper, the Trail Cruiser. \u00a0Rich and Lori in their new camper, the Sun Ray.<\/p>\n

Devil’s Lake was interesting this time of year. \u00a0The trees were at the start of full fall color, the weather was cool – cold at night. Our campers were both purchased this summer and were little used, so we’re still trying to figure them out.<\/p>\n

This park has four major campground areas, three of them were closed for the season. When we arrived on a Thursday, our area was sparsely populated. \u00a0It was quite a surprise to see how it totally filled up by Friday night. \u00a0Several boy scout troops helped in that regard. \u00a0Lots and lots of tents. \u00a0Lots and lots of very large RV trailers. \u00a0A few vintage campers, one from the 30’s. \u00a0A very old Airstream. \u00a0 It’s fascinating to see what people show up in.<\/p>\n

We hung out in our camper both nights, cooked up great meals, laughed it up and played cards. \u00a0The Trail Cruiser hi-fi system made its debut to great fanfare.<\/p>\n

On Thursday we hiked the western trail that took us high over the lake. \u00a0 The sun was out, the weather great.<\/p>\n

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The second day was much colder and cloudy. We drove to Parfrey’s Glen and hiked back in about as far as we could comfortably go. \u00a0It’s spectacular in there. \u00a0The hike starts out on the flat, along a small stream. \u00a0The trail wanders along on both sides of the stream, which required multiple crossings. \u00a0Apparently there used to be more bridges and wooden structures to make things easier, but a major flood washed them away and they weren’t replaced. \u00a0Now it’s every hiker for himself. \u00a0 The trail enters a slot canyon and it’s hand over hand for a bit before it ends abruptly.<\/p>\n

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Devil’s Lake, WI – October. \u00a0Tim and Eileen in their new RV camper, the Trail Cruiser. \u00a0Rich and Lori in their new camper, the Sun Ray. Devil’s Lake was interesting this time of year. \u00a0The trees were at the start of full fall color, the weather was cool – cold at night. Our campers were … Continue reading “Devil’s Lake Campout”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-camping","category-photo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1343"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2019,"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343\/revisions\/2019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}