In Which #445 Begins Her Second Life On The Road

Two months ago, I met Joan in Beaverton to buy the 560 Ultra #445, "Far Fars". Hitched up to my 2013 TDI Sportwagen, she became my primary residence.



#445 is called "Lyra" now, after the constellation and the character from Philip Pullman's wonderful "His Dark Materials" trilogy.

My traveling companion & I are keeping a Ship's Log of our travels as well as a photo album.

Excerpted photos from some of our stops so far:
- Port Townsend, WA: looking 200ft down into a clear Pacific Ocean at Lands End
- South Beach Campground, WA: playing some banjo out of the rain and wonderful sunsets
- Olympic NP, WA: lunch at Blue Glacier and enormous Sitka spruce trees
- Hood Canal Bridge, WA: waiting for a tugboat to pass
- Windward Institute / Herland Forest, WA: a lovely HipCamp with a fascinating history (but I only have pictures of our rig, go figure)
- Haystack Reservoir, OR: beautiful evenings at a waterside campsite
- Prineville, OR: Kayaking the reservoir
- Burns, OR: Our first dry camp on BLM desert
- Page Springs, OR: Don't leave your fridge out overnight (all the little visitor ate was half a bag of marshmallows, but we've learned our lesson)
- Steens Mountain, OR: a very smoky visit to the Kiger Gorge and views of Wild Horse Lake from the summit

I am thankful to be part of this community. The camper itself is a joy, the forum archive has been a great source of information, and Camp-Inn has been incredibly forthcoming with help and advice over the phone (thanks Cary!).

So, hello to you all!

 

Looks like a summer of amazing sights & happy memories!

One day we’ll get to the Steens...

 

Beautiful pictures, looks like you are both having a great time. I'm not far from that area and will have to explore some of those sites and will definitely be following your ships log

 

Hello from South Dakota! Hope you have as many amazing adventures in “Lyra” as we have had in our “Gypsy Soul”!

 

Hope you keep having great adventures with it. Looks you are off to a great start.

 

Love all those smiles in your new adventure mobile! We are new owners too! Family of 5 in Tennessee. Welcome!