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05-25-2012, 09:18 PM
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Location: Fullerton, CA
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Sounds like those of you in other states are able to make plans
and go camping on short notice.
Out here in California we have to make reservations for camping
anywhere from 8 to 12 months in advance......
How many of you know what your going to be doing that far in
advance??
We are staying at home this 3 day weekend and will go camping
a couple of weeks later.
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05-25-2012, 10:30 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Portland, OR
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Originally Posted by Ruffus
I guess I'm just getting old. We use to couldn't wait for a holiday to camping and mengle with large groups of people, but now a days we leave that to you younger bunch. We wait until the groups are gone back home or to work then we go camping when it's quit and calm. I guess us older folks call it relaxing, younger people call it hermitizing. Anyway I hope all of you have a wonderful and exciting memorial day weekend and you all get home safely. I'll be thinking of you all as I sip that cocktail while watching white tail deer from my back porch.
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We have been three season campers up until we got our new unit. Fall, Winter, and Spring! Schedules and work load got in the way for Summer! We now have the schedules and just tend to ignore the work load, we have two weeks planed later this month. We could have picked up an overnighter, for Saturday this weekend, but needed to get ready for a trip to Hawaii.
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05-26-2012, 02:21 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: erie pa
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We are camping in Berlin, Ohio with 2 other couples. We do this a couple times a year on long weekends. Great area being its Amish area. Love going to their special stores. Probably go home broke in the pocket again like always.
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Erie, PA
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05-26-2012, 09:20 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Fulltiming
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Camping Anyway
Well, my stratagy of waiting for the crowds to go home then go camping didn't pan out. The Central A/C in the house took a dump on the hottest day of the year so far (90+) and we have a tropical storm coming in tomorrow and it's a holiday weekend so A/C repair with my home insurance has gone fishing, so I guess we'll be camping in the driveway with the trailer A/C going.
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2018 Keystone Alpine 3500Rl
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Curt Q24 hitch for in bed puck system
Fulltimng.
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05-26-2012, 09:54 AM
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Site Team
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Location: Fraser Valley BC Canada
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Jim -
But there is an up-side to your wayward plans. Camping in your driveway means you get the choice of the prime sites, wildlife roaming in your back 40 and no one will notice all those drinks that you have been sipping on. Enjoy.
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05-26-2012, 12:13 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Tazewell, Virginia
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05-26-2012, 03:27 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Dayton
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Got the A/C going full blast in the driveway as well. We decided to wait out the crowds and take our holiday next weekend. I'm Looking forward to Hocking Hills in a few weeks!
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Dayton, OH
2012 Keystone Cougar 331MKS
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05-26-2012, 08:12 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: PA
Posts: 620
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Cherry Hill Campground. Washington DC
We are visiting DC this long weekend. Campground seems to be nice....we are not spending much time here. Really not my idea of camping (more a mountains/woods person) but we enjoy DC and would rather spend what time we do spend away ffom sightseeing in our own pllace. We have only had this TT since Thur but it already feels like our home away fom home. Sites here are somewhat congested but this is supposed to be the best CG in the area with hookups.
Have a great holiday y'all. Remember the veterens alive and well, alive and surviving injury, and those who gave their all. Remember their families also. They deserve our honor.
250,000 motorcycles here this weekend for Rolling Thunder.....all vets.
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2015 Keystone Montana 3791RD Legacy Edition, MorRyde 4000, Dual pane windows, Goodyear G rated tires.
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05-27-2012, 02:53 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Fulltiming
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Your right
Well Fetus, your right about the up side. DW said she'd make me some toll house cookies for being such a good boy. Then a lodge member called and they need help putting out flags on fellow veterans graves. As far as the drinks, I talk bigger than I am, one drink and I'm finished. That part of me grew up after I got out of twenty years of law enforcement and a love affair with scotch. Kids, we all have to grow up sometime, dog gone-it!
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05-27-2012, 04:44 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Bismarck, AR
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Philip Saran
Sounds like those of you in other states are able to make plans
and go camping on short notice.
Out here in California we have to make reservations for camping
anywhere from 8 to 12 months in advance......
How many of you know what your going to be doing that far in
advance??
We are staying at home this 3 day weekend and will go camping
a couple of weeks later.
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Yeah. The state parks around us are the same way. I hate the 'not so new' reservation crap. I can remember as a kid driving up on a Friday getting a spot and staying for 2 weeks during each summer. Now you are lucky to reserve a spot for more than 3 days in a row.
We try to camp every spring break at Lake Catherine State Park. We have to make reservations a year in advance to get a spot. We make reservations for the following year when we check in. Its a one nights stay non-refundable gamble that we will be able to go the next year.
The reservation junk keeps us away from camping on holiday weekends.
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05-27-2012, 04:55 AM
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#31
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Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: meridian, idaho
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Heading out today for 5 days in Cascade, Idaho and then 5 days in McCall.
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05-27-2012, 06:37 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: North Florida
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Had to cut the weekend short because of the Tropical Storm but still had fun for two days.
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05-29-2012, 08:23 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
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We got up Friday morning to 1/2" of snow on the ground. Saturday We braved high seas on the lake and a down pour all afternoon (thank god for the wall tent and Washoes) Sunday cleared up and caught a few trout. Monday we had a pretty uneventful trip back to reality.
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05-29-2012, 09:29 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Tucson AZ
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Oh wow! I want some of those trout. You just can't get good trout in Tucson AZ.
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