What makes for a perfect campsite? This seems like an obvious question, but it really isn't. It seems obvious that there should be a magnificent view from your front door. That is how You Tube videos show 'breathtakingly beautiful' campsites. But remember that those videos are selling a fantasy to armchair travelers who think like scenery tourists or vacationers. Or they think like bougie suburbanites who want a campsite with 'high property value.'
I bumbled onto such a campsite today as my little sweetheart and I biked up towards the bigger mountains in central Nevada. And at first I considered relocating camp to this site. But on second thought, it was not a good idea.
This superficially perfect campsite was too close to the upper end of the dead-end dirt road. So it would force me to start out-and-back rides by going downhill. Yuk!
A particularly pretty campsite is too likely to attract 'customers', and that is the last thing you want. And it was a larger site that should be left to a larger group.
A spectacular view from your camper's front door just steals the thunder from your outdoor trip, whatever it happens to be.
What a sky we climbed through today!
I actually like the recent fire damage. It makes for mood, drama, and contrast:
Alas, no rain today for this part of Nevada.
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