Blue View - Rethinking Blanche

Blue View - Rethinking  Blanche

We’ve been traveling and camping with Blanche for about three weeks now and are getting a pretty good feel for what we like about Blanche as well as some of the things we thought we’d like to improve. It’s good to do this. I have a tendency to over design things and I fear that if left on my own, Blanche would have many features I thought we needed, but didn’t, and only room enough inside for one very skinny person at a time.

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Blanche’s First Camp-Out… Apache Lake

Blanche’s First Camp-Out… Apache Lake

David had consulted Compendium and chosen Burnt Corral Campground on Apache Lake which sounded like an ideal spot to spend our first camping days. We passed numerous campsites along Roosevelt Lake and wondered if we should just grab one, but decided to continue on. The turnoff for Apache Lake Trail (AZ-88) led us past Roosevelt Dam where the pavement abruptly ended and turned to gravel. The six-mile, tooth-jarring ride to the campground was worth every bump and jounce. The campsites stretched from the lake’s edge up cactus-studded hills.

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