RE: Fall Camping!

[DiW]

 whitestar505
Beckie,
 Glad to hear you still have your popup opened up. I considered closing it yesterday when I saw that a neighbor posted a for sale sign on their house. Thought maybe my popup (in the driveway) might be frowned upon but since they haven t mentioned it, I thought maybe it will ATTRACT campers to the neighborhood. So for now, the popup stays up. Chris wants me to close up soon though, since we have to head to Philadelphia Thursday coz Jason s eye surgery is back on. He just went though several days of testing in NY and the new surgeons were blown away at the size of the cyst next to his brainstem (trapped & enlarged 4th ventricle). Said it s the size of a large lemon. Amazing he s managing so well. Guess that accounts for why he gets kind of aloof sometimes; think he feels crummy and just wants to distance himself from people. BUT, after the Hickory Run trip, he actually said he kind of enjoyed camping. Guess the group s love of camping is rubbing off on him.
 Di

[birol]

 DiW
DiW,
 
 Good luck with DS s operation. WIsh him a  speedy recovery. Please let us know how it went.

[DiW]

 whitestar505
Thanks birol. He s getting to be a pro at this. It ll be his 17th surgery. It s the complications that worry us. His eye muscles don t work coz of a complication of a bigger problem in his brain. SInce none of the 6 eye muscles are working properly, it s very unlikely the doc will get the problem fixed (we ve basically been told by several neuro-opthamologists that it will never be the way it was) but we re hoping it makes the constant double vision a bit better (at least while looking straight ahead). We fear it will make it more annoying. Jason s been dealing with this for 2+ years and is sick of it... Just got back from a doctor s visit to check him out for surgery (blood pressure, weight, reg checkup stuff). Seems the doc forgot about Jason s latex allergy and at one point when I was not looking, he slipped on a latex glove. AHHHH. This is the stuff we worry about.
 Di

[ShirleyT]

 whitestar505
Our fall break camping trip is only a week away. We are leaving Wednesday (17th) when school is out and don t plan on coming back until Sunday (21st). I went to the grocery store and got stuff to make the standard favorite, chicken enchilada s, also going to make some Jambalaya.
 
 The forecast looks to be in the low 70 s for the day and high 40 s to low 50 s for the night. Perfect weather! [][]

[kathybrj]

 whitestar505
We did our last camping trip this past weekend. This weekend is winterizing.
 
 We have so many different hobbies we are involved in that we don t get much time to think about the end of one season, because it s the beginning of something else.
 
 Sometime over the winter, we ll start planning trips for next year, in between everything else that s going on! []

[garym053]

 kathybrj
Kathy, Keep in mind that Vermont State Parks now allow you to make reservations 10 months in advance so if you have a favorite park and site, you may not want to wait until the new year!!! Gary

[kathybrj]

 garym053

 

ORIGINAL:  garym053
 
 Kathy, Keep in mind that Vermont State Parks now allow you to make reservations 10 months in advance so if you have a favorite park and site, you may not want to wait until the new year!!! Gary
 

 Unfortunately, Blaise is union and has to wait his turn for the vacation book, which starts routing in February. We usually don t get it until mid-March.
 

[tlhdoc]

 whitestar505

 

ORIGINAL:  whitestar505
 
 HersheyGirl,
 
    So thinking about camping all through winter, and can not go, is not very healthy. It makes all of us depressed.
   
 

 I didn t know you were a mental health professional.
 

[tlhdoc]

 kathybrj
Di and HersheyGirl I just popped down 2 nights ago.  The Nevada is all cleaned up and winterized.  I was going to take it to the dealer to have my list of faults (with the new roof) worked on, but no time with our non-camping vacation coming up.  I will have to take it to the dealer when we get back.  
 
 Di I will be thinking of your DS tomorrow.  Give him our best (My 3 DS [] and I).
 
 

[tahoecampers]

 kathybrj
Fall has hit Tahoe also. The Aspens are turning and everything looks beautiful. We are headed down to San Felipe, Baja, Mexico for a few days, then up the coast. We are planning on camping in (believe it or not!) LA, Morro Bay and Santa Cruz. When we get back, Oct 31rst.. we will winterize the PU, put it in the garage, do some hiking and pray for Snow....[]