The Lazy Days of Summer...

There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear.
There's some girls having fun over there.
Stop, hey, what's that sound? Laughter heard all around.

We didn't really do much on our trip. There were no grand adventures, but we had fun.

 We sent the kids on

a treasure hunt.

 

We spent a few hours 

at the pool one day.

 

But our favorite thing was the "old fashioned swimming hole"
in the creek behind the RV.

And we spent most of our time there.

 

We ended our days sitting around the campfire
chatting and making S'mores. 

It was a good week. We're heading home tomorrow, but we'll be back again soon. Until next time...

-Diane

Into the Woods...

We're back in Saugerties, NY at the RIP Van Winkle Campgrounds, but this time we have company. Bill's three granddaughters. K is the oldest at 16. J is the middle child, she's 14. A is the baby at 10, although, she's really not a baby anymore. This is their first time RVing with us, or ever, which is exciting.

We first came to this campground just a few weeks back after rescuing the RV from Camping World in Kingston, NY. She was there for some minor service issues. We dropped her off on March 30th and only got her back two weeks ago. The run around, incompetence and general aggravation dealing with this place was unparallelled. I'll spare you the gory details, but to give you an idea, when we picked her up we found a birds nest in the kingpin, cobwebs in the wheel-wells, and only one repair completed, the thing they broke! I can't speak for all of this chain's service centers, but  based on our experience you should never bring your RV to this one. As Bill says, "I wouldn't let them put air in my tires."

Bird's Nest

Bird's Nest

Anyhow, once we had the RV safely back in our possession we decided to spend a few nights camping nearby. We opened the "Big Book of RV Campgrounds," a must have for all RVers, found this place, called, and half an hour later we were parked in a lovely, peaceful spot in the woods. The place is great, the people are nice and the services offered are fantastic. They will store your RV year round, and you get to a 20% discount on the campsite fees when you do so. In season they will pull your rig from storage and park it on the spot you reserve. If you want to hit the road they will have it ready and waiting for you. All this for a monthly fee that is comparable to a parking spot in one of those self storage facilities. Also, they will winterize it and they do repairs (for an extra charge). We didn't even know such a thing existed. It was a no brainer.

Big Book of RV Campgrounds

So, here we are again, in the bucolic woods of the Catskill mountains. The kids have settled in nicely. They love the RV and the campground. It should be a fun week. 

  -Diane