Beal’s Point is on Folsom Lake just a few miles from where the apartment we had been renting is located. It was also close to my job. We booked Beal’s primarily for location to facilitate emptying the apartment and finishing up work. Having lived in the area for so many years, we had never camped overnight at the park. Compared to the area KOA, it was much more reasonably priced and closer to where we needed to be daily so we booked for 3 days.
It was a little confusing at first, since some web sites said the maximum length is 31 feet. I did find where they can accommodate larger rigs on one site and booked online. It can definitely accommodate large rigs! We camped at site 62 back in the campground and it was an awesome site. For late October the campground was fairly busy and I did see lots of reservations for 2 weeks at a time. Huge level sites, lots of space between them, and full hook ups. We paid $52 per night. Because we still have Mike’s pick up, we did pay $12/night for an extra vehicle. (My Jeep toad was included in the price.) Here is the one pic we took time to take at our site.
Since I was working still and Sherman was home visiting from Korea, Hannah came home from Chico to help us all empty the apartment and pack everything we wanted to take with us into the RV. A big thank you to both kids who helped Mike take one last load the dump and move our boxes into the RV. They packed many boxes into the rig and we moved it to Beal’s on the 30th of October. We spent much of that evening and the next day trying to put things away, cleaning the apartment for move out, tossing more things we decided we could live without, attending the wedding, and saying good bye to my work family and the kids as they headed back to their current homes. Because it was a transition location, I didn’t take time to really enjoy it until the last day-November 1st.
I was feeling exhausted and overwhelmed, and the dogs needed a good walk-a run even. I’m sure they were quite freaked out after the last few days. There are wonderful trails, both wide easy trails and little paths through the woods. We had a great walk and filled our tanks a little, reminding myself one of the reasons we were doing all of this and that we had forever to put things away. The lake was low so Louie and Kiya got off leash and got a great run in, chasing jack rabbits and squirrels before we headed off on our first true adventure. Poor Louie tweaked his right front foot so we will have to go slow for a few days but I do hope to get some good hiking in with these two soon.
So, tanks emptied, hatches all battened down, good-byes said, and we are off to Lawson’s Landing for our annual crabbing adventures.