Camp Dick Campground
Activity: Camp & HikeLocation: Camp Dick Campground, Roosevelt National Forest
Description:
Camp Dick has 41 campsites that are full most of the summer season. We arrived on Saturday morning in the fall (past the reservation season) with only a couple sites to choose from. There was snow flurries most of the time we were there, this may have kept the crowds down. This seems to be a popular campground for ATV and Jeep adventurers. The sites were well equiped with firepit, picnic table, and tent pad.
After setting up camp we took a short hike up the off-road route. We shared the road with Jeeps and ATV's and everyone was polite. It was an easy hike and we turned around after we reached a point in the road where we could not pick our way across the puddle. We returned to the campsite in perfect time to heat up our dinner. We usually pack a meal that we cooked ahead of time and then froze. This also helps keep other things in the cooler cold.
Firewood was available at the host site for a small fee. We grabbed several bundles and started our fire while we ate supper. Dessert was roasted marshmallows and s'mores. The kids stayed up a little later than usual but slept great the entire night. Once the kids were put to bed in the tent we enjoyed the evening burning through the rest of the firewood and sitting around the fire. A few more s'mores and we were ready for bed, too.
Our 3 year old slept in an adult sized zero degree down sleeping bag. Our 1 year old slept in a pack-n-play bundled in his fleece sleep sack and an almost-too-small Patagonia down bunting. I also covered him with my down jacket once we went in the tent. Overall, everyone slept great. Nobody woke in the middle of the night and we all got to sleep until about 6am. Of course, we were also sleeping in our zero degree down bags.
Breakfast consisted of breakfast burritos that we warmed on the camp stove. We could have also done this on the fire but chose to pack up early and head home. It was an enjoyable adventure.
