Labor Day Weekend Destinations

Tbos · 09-01-2017, 06:39 AM

Here's our site at Cheatham Annex near Williamsburg VA. Where is everyone else headed?

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**chuckster57** · 09-01-2017, 06:59 AM

I'm headed to my recliner!! Safest spot in the state, and it's supposed to be 110+ degrees. We DONT camp on holiday weekends.

**JRTJH** · 09-01-2017, 07:15 AM

We had our first frost last night, the edges of the leaves on the "maders" are a little "tinged" so it won't be long before we'll be pulling them up, hanging them upside down in the pole barn so the rest will ripen. Sad part is we lost 2 settings of "maders" this past spring to frost and these that were planted after all the frost and did survive have only just started bearing "maders" a couple weeks ago, so to those who have been eating "ripe 'maders" all summer, we've got 3 or 4 salads and it looks like the frost will get the rest.....

At least with the frost, the "skeeters" won't be as bad and we can sit around the fire pit without swatting...

So, we'll be staying home, I'll be getting the ATV's ready to store and might even get the snowmobiles out, tuned up, fresh "alcohol free gas" and of course, it's time to make sure all the tree stands are hung, leaned against trees, secure and in the right places. That means "harvesting all the SD cards from game cams that have been snapping pictures all summer. Lots of work to do and no time for camping this weekend, besides all the campgrounds around here are full. We'll wait till next week, head to our favorite bass lake, spend a few days relaxing and contemplating all the yard work as the leaves begin to turn colors and start to fall......

**chuckster57** · 09-01-2017, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by JRTJH

We'll wait till next week, head to our favorite bass lake, spend a few days relaxing and contemplating all the yard work as the leaves begin to turn colors and start to fall......

Will you doing any Photograph signing?

canesfan · 09-01-2017, 07:54 AM

My backyard. Rain Friday and Saturday, nice in time for everyone to go home Monday. Might head out to a favorite SP next week after the crowds leave.

Tom, you're about 15-20 minutes from me just on the other side of I-64.

ctbruce · 09-01-2017, 08:18 AM

No camping this weekend. Headed to the Lake of the Ozarks to fish and relax. I guess it's like camping without the wheels. Will take the boat out, but it gets crazy around here on holidays.

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DAN d · 09-01-2017, 08:22 AM

staying home next wk end normandy farms (ma)

DAN d · 09-01-2017, 08:23 AM

have a good safe wk end every one

B-O-B'03 · 09-01-2017, 08:34 AM

We are staying put, my Sister and crew are driving up from all the flooding in Spring/Houston, assuming the roads out are clear and they can find gas.

Have a safe and fun weekend everyone.

-Brian

Gegrad · 09-01-2017, 08:56 AM

About to head out to Pocahontas State Park up near Richmond, VA. Will be getting there and setting up in he rain.

xrated · 09-01-2017, 10:05 AM

We had made plans to tow the T.H. down to Murphy, N.C. (about 70 miles away)and stay at River's Edge campground as a base for three days of motorcycle riding in N.C., North GA, and maybe even into S.C.......then, Harvey decided to pay our area a visit after it left the Texas area. So, we cancelled and will be staying here, but going riding locally on Sunday and Monday and just coming home each evening.

canesfan · 09-01-2017, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Gegrad

About to head out to Pocahontas State Park up near Richmond, VA. Will be getting there and setting up in he rain.

Say hey to everyone up there for me. One of my favorite places to just hang out. Planning a few day outing up there next week if I can swing it. Watch out for the spots in the back that turn into streams when it rains. I know them all.

CrazyCain · 09-01-2017, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by JRTJH

We had our first frost last night, the edges of the leaves on the "maders" are a little "tinged" so it won't be long before we'll be pulling them up, hanging them upside down in the pole barn so the rest will ripen. Sad part is we lost 2 settings of "maders" this past spring to frost and these that were planted after all the frost and did survive have only just started bearing "maders" a couple weeks ago, so to those who have been eating "ripe 'maders" all summer, we've got 3 or 4 salads and it looks like the frost will get the rest.....

At least with the frost, the "skeeters" won't be as bad and we can sit around the fire pit without swatting...

So, we'll be staying home, I'll be getting the ATV's ready to store and might even get the snowmobiles out, tuned up, fresh "alcohol free gas" and of course, it's time to make sure all the tree stands are hung, leaned against trees, secure and in the right places. That means "harvesting all the SD cards from game cams that have been snapping pictures all summer. Lots of work to do and no time for camping this weekend, besides all the campgrounds around here are full. We'll wait till next week, head to our favorite bass lake, spend a few days relaxing and contemplating all the yard work as the leaves begin to turn colors and start to fall......

Might be a few open spots at the Wal Mart Campground John!

CrazyCain · 09-01-2017, 11:10 AM

We are not camping, but driving a few hours North tomorrow to go tubing on the Rifle River in Sterling Michigan. Buddy has 20 acres on the river so a day trip is on the agenda. Wont have to mess with the traffic as much.

Tbos · 09-01-2017, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by canesfan

My backyard. Rain Friday and Saturday, nice in time for everyone to go home Monday. Might head out to a favorite SP next week after the crowds leave.

Tom, you're about 15-20 minutes from me just on the other side of I-64.

You can always come out and visit. Hope to have a campfire tomorrow night. For now we are just enjoying the time away from home. The CG was only about a 3rd full this morning. Who knows what it will be like tonight.

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Desert185 · 09-01-2017, 11:24 AM

Staying home to avoid the holiday melee of folks seeking relaxful enjoyment.

Will ready the toy hauler and quad for 10 days at the Reno Air Races beginning Saturday next week. I heart airplane noise.

F1 at Monza this weekend.

Dave W · 09-01-2017, 12:50 PM

We will be at the Acadia National Park area and staying at a CG in Elsworth, Maine, Timberland Acres, until Monday when we move further up the coast. The area is already very crowded with campers and vacationers with more moving in as I post this. FWIW, we have been in CGs all over the US and have never seen as many big buck, mega size motor homes as we have here.

CaptnJohn · 09-01-2017, 08:54 PM

I'll be at Ocean Isle Beach with my boat at the marina just 4 minutes away. My Montana will be in storage as I'll be home!

jimmymac60 · 09-02-2017, 03:45 AM

We are staying home. Let the masses have their fun. 2 weeks from now, we head to the lake.

xrated · 09-02-2017, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by ctbruce

No camping this weekend. Headed to the Lake of the Ozarks to fish and relax. I guess it's like camping without the wheels. Will take the boat out, but it gets crazy around here on holidays.

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Chip.....I've been to Lake of the Ozarks many times over the years. When I was a kid, back in the early 60's, and for probably 10 years or more, our family went there every summer around July 4th. Of course it wasn't nearly as "grown up" then as it is now and tourism stuff is everywhere. I can't remember exactly where we went to except that it was called Red Arrow Resort and we were down a gravel road to the "resort" and it was probably 10 miles or so to the big town of "Rocky Mount". Back then, the population signs (two of them about 600' apart) read.....Rocky Mount.....population 6".

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