Unforgettable Mountain View’s!
Our family of 4 spent a weekend at the Dreamy Walnut site, and had a great time! We enjoyed amazing sunsets from Lijah’s ridge just above this site and also from a clearing nearby Thai Chi hill which we will not soon forget, it was breathtaking!! The sunset/mountains were not as visible from Dreamy Walnut, as the leaves were on the trees when we went, but we felt secluded at our site, and the tent pad was level and large enough for our family tent to fit on. We had no trouble with the road up in an AWD pickup. Things to note: 1. Instructions say to be bear aware, store your food in your car or suspend it from a tree where a bear can’t reach it. For reference, the distance from Dreamy Walnut to the big barn with the water spigots where you’re supposed to park is 0.4 miles. So if this is your plan (to store food in your car) just be prepared to schlep your food 0.4 miles down to the car after dinner, and huff back up the hill, haha. 2. Access to the site is via a 20 ft steep slope. With rain or morning dew this is slick! It became a joke, we all fell at least once. There’s a slightly less inclined hill on the back side to access, but this requires more walking with your supplies.
We’ll be back for sure, but may consider one of the drive-up sites next time! We all really enjoyed the summit hike, and apples growing on the property which Fara encouraged our kids to pick, and even made mountain pies with the apples one night- so good!