The good and the not-so-good
Site 2, Red Ribbon View, has an amazing view over the Salish Sea to Vancouver Island. It’s the only site that has such a view, perhaps other than the beach site, which is hard to find on hipcamp’s site. Bring binoculars to watch the ships pass and to see the native birds. We woke each morning to a great cacophony of birds, in the best sense!
There is a fairly new cassette toilet very close to this site; there were no instructions, which didn’t matter much—we both found the instructions for that model, and we had our own kitty litter, 5-gallon bucket, so didn’t impact our weekend. But hosts need to post instructions about how to use this!
Aimee and partner and kids are great—kids are excellent at conversation, very much so than “normal” screen-addicted kids. We had brought a lot of water as we use it for showers, cleaning dishes, and drinking; “Mr. Aimee” (not sure of name) filled our 5-gal water jug happily—we had run out because we hadn’t anticipated just how remote and primitive this lovely campsite was.
We adored the 5 pups and the baby elk. Many other animals as well.
As much as there were many aspects of the campsite to love, I will say we didn’t find it to be a good value at all. This site is more per night than a sleeping cabin at Log Cabin Resort, with a Lake Crescent view, actual beds and a roof over your head, access to a shower and bathrooms, plus kayak/canoe rentals and electric bike rentals.
If you didn’t read the last paragraph, reread it.