First of Many New Adventures – “Boaterhoming” on Kismet

We Now Call Ourselves “Boaterhomies.”

Battle Ground State Park, in Washington State, was the spot for our first “Boater Home” experience. Since we had just driven six miles off the freeway to check out this park, we were happy they had availability for us to spend the night. We choose the first site available, right by the entrance, since it was a very thick wood, and being new at this type of camping and trailering a big boat behind the truck, did not want to contend with low-lying branches or too sharp of a winding curve in the road further into the campground.

We were surrounded by families huddled around campfires cooking dinner and cleaning up. We heard all the campground sounds and smells, lots of talking and laughing, and kids running around the park. We seemed to have created a little entertainment for the campers as many took a tour by our boat, with kids in tow, curious about seeing a boat in a campground.

One thing that surprised us was the smokey air surrounding Kismet. We are so used to salty, seaside aromas in and outside our boat that this was a first for us and we had to chuckle at what we found ourselves doing with this boat. We have to say though, it’s unanimous, we like this type of boating/camping, once we stock up more on the camping essentials we’ll be in full camper mode. Tonight we missed having firewood, steaks, and marshmallows, of course, but they’re on the list for our next campout.