[Malaki86]

Well, am at home, have the camper 90% loaded (just have to toss the coolers in it tomorrow after I top them up with ice). Pickup is loaded with firewood and food. It took me 2 days of getting things in order, and sweating my ass off in 90deg + 65% humidity just to be ready to go.

Now, just have the camping part to do: myself, my wife and 4 grandchildren, ages 3 to 10 (2 boys, 2 girls). All of this in a 14' pop-up. 4 nights...

OMG - What have I done?!?!?!? Why didn't anyone hit me with a hammer to get my head straight?????

Should be fun though. The campground we're going to has 2 lakes, 1 of which is a true swimming lake. I can walk the entire thing without it going higher than my chest, plus the entire thing is ringed with a sand beach. There's a water park as well, but that'll run me $70+ for the 6 of us, so that's a one day deal. There's also a playground, mini-golf, etc in it.

Too bad I'll need a week to recover from it though. I should've taken 2 weeks + 2 days instead of just 1 week + 2 days vacation time.

[ronjon619]

Originally Posted by Malaki86

Well, am at home, have the camper 90% loaded (just have to toss the coolers in it tomorrow after I top them up with ice). Pickup is loaded with firewood and food. It took me 2 days of getting things in order, and sweating my ass off in 90deg + 65% humidity just to be ready to go.

Now, just have the camping part to do: myself, my wife and 4 grandchildren, ages 3 to 10 (2 boys, 2 girls). All of this in a 14' pop-up. 4 nights...

OMG - What have I done?!?!?!? Why didn't anyone hit me with a hammer to get my head straight?????

Should be fun though. The campground we're going to has 2 lakes, 1 of which is a true swimming lake. I can walk the entire thing without it going higher than my chest, plus the entire thing is ringed with a sand beach. There's a water park as well, but that'll run me $70+ for the 6 of us, so that's a one day deal. There's also a playground, mini-golf, etc in it.

Too bad I'll need a week to recover from it though. I should've taken 2 weeks + 2 days instead of just 1 week + 2 days vacation time.

good for you.....how long is the drive because the last thing I ever what to do when I got off is more driving.

[Malaki86]

It's only 60 miles total, with 50 of that on the interstate. So, we won't be dealing with the "Are we there yet", "How much further", etc etc etc for long

[repete]

Hope you have fun, but you'll prolly be back before you read this, oh well.

[RostyC]

Can I come? I can act like I'm ages 3-10.

[Snowman7]

Originally Posted by Malaki86

I should've taken 2 weeks + 2 days instead of just 1 week + 2 days vacation time.

No what you shouldve done is take 2 CAMPERS, one for you and one for the kiddies! Good luck with that!

[Malaki86]

HOME AT LAST!!!

Had a great time, with the exception of setting up the camper and bringing it home:

When we arrived and was setting up the camper, 2 of the 4 cables that lift the top on it snapped. It took me climbing inside and lifting it with my back to get it propped open. Leaving, the other 2 cables snapped, which let it bind up. Luckily there was a big guy in the next lot that helped me get it closed. After we pulled out of the campground, about 10 miles down the road, I blew a tire on the camper. I stopped to put the spare on, but it was severely rusted and wouldn't hold air. I unhooked and went after some fix-a-flat. Put that in and made it about 1/2 miles and that tire came completely off the rim. After about 2 hours of driving around, I found a new one (the wrong size, but it got me home) at Wal-Mart.

While we were there, we were visited nightly by 2-4 skunks. One day we had a black bear (about 150lbs) come through the campground. Even the kids had a ball, mainly the 3yr old. She was flat-out in heaven with it.

I wouldn't do it again anytime soon, but it was SOOO worth it.