Months ago, Alan and I had agreed to book reservations on this extended expedition for those dates and places we thought we might potentially run into trouble – like Banff and Jasper National Parks in Canada and Independence Day and Labor Day weekends. I covered the Fourth of July holiday weekend with reservations at Denali State Park and Denali National Park. Y’all know how that turned out for us. For Labor Day weekend, I had booked reservations at Hood Park – an Army Corps of Engineers (COE) campground in Burbank, Washington. That was the first COE campground we had ever stayed that I crossed off our “Return To” list.
