Spring Rollcall

[maromeo]

BuddyBear,

Yes, I have been around for quite sometime. I guess I would be called an oldtimer. We did have a group form in 2002 and had a couple of group camping trips but times changed, people upgraded their campers, moved or sold their campers. We had some great times. We have done alot of cross country traveling over the past few years so we have been busy throughout the summer. This year we will stick closer to home.

Mary Romeo

[6fordaroad]

Gary, I sure will!  I don't know if you've read into the description or not, but it's supposed to only be 1/2 from the rim inside the state park, we are SO excited I doubt any of us will be getting much sleep tonight.  All but clothes have been packed away, I gotta do some laundry today, but other than that we are ready to go!  Hope everyone has a great weekend, I promise, I will get pictures up after this weekend of our site, the canyon and everything else.  OH poo, I have to get propane still.. haha.  Toodles!!

[THOR 5]

Let's go camping !!!!!!!!!

[rebe918]

My wife and I have 5 kids and are new to pop up camping. Have been tent camping for awhile.  We are here looking for new areas to explore, and friends to meet up with. My brother in law also has a pop up and is fairly new within the last year to all this.

My wife and I work opposite 24 hours a day. We only get 10 days a month together. We would be interested in finding out more about the AZ clubs and/or campers.

[AZsix]

My wife and I have 5 kids and are new to pop up camping. Have been tent camping for awhile.  We are here looking for new areas to explore, and friends to meet up with. My brother in law also has a pop up and is fairly new within the last year to all this.

My wife and I work opposite 24 hours a day. We only get 10 days a month together. We would be interested in finding out more about the AZ clubs and/or campers.

Welcome to the wonderful world of pups! AZ is a very diverse state with a lot of places to see and explore. Plus we can camp all year long. I'm sure my four kids would love to spend time with your five.

[rebe918]

"Welcome to the wonderful world of pups! AZ is a very diverse state with a lot of places to see and explore. Plus we can camp all year long. I'm sure my four kids would love to spend time with your five"

Thanks AZsix.  New to threads also so not sure about the quote stuff yet.  I see you are in Gilbert. Where abouts do you camp, or should I say your preferred spot?

We live in Tempe, and we like tent camping at Woods Canyon lake. Nice atmosphere, and at 7700 elevation cool weather. We have not had our camper out yet. We have a lot of ideas, but no one to give good/bad experiences of places.

Our kids are 15, 14, 12, 4, 7 months. How old are yours?

[AZsix]

"Welcome to the wonderful world of pups! AZ is a very diverse state with a lot of places to see and explore. Plus we can camp all year long. I'm sure my four kids would love to spend time with your five"

Thanks AZsix.  New to threads also so not sure about the quote stuff yet.  I see you are in Gilbert. Where abouts do you camp, or should I say your preferred spot?

We live in Tempe, and we like tent camping at Woods Canyon lake. Nice atmosphere, and at 7700 elevation cool weather. We have not had our camper out yet. We have a lot of ideas, but no one to give good/bad experiences of places.

Our kids are 15, 14, 12, 4, 7 months. How old are yours?

To use quotes just click on the "quotes" button on the bottom right. You can delete any part of the quote that you don't want to use.

This is our first full year with our pup so I don't have all that much experience with it yet and haven't been to that many places. That being said we do like going to Lost Dutchman SP in AJ. No hookups but big spots and quiet. It does fill up this time of year though. McDowell Mtn Regional Park is another place we like. Elec/water hookups. Again they fill fast and as with most parks they are first come first serve. Look on the AZ State Parks site. The state parks here in AZ are great from what I have experienced. Lots have bathrooms with showers that are very clean. I highly recommend Kartchner Caverns SP. Great place to camp and the caverns are fantastic. Roper Lake SP looks nice too and someplace we are planning on going. Another forum member has had great things to say about it and is a repeat visitor. They take reservations there. Also there are BLM run cg's and you can camp on National Forest land. Going up to the high country is the only option for me in the summer around here. There are so many places that I want to go in this state and camp. I just hope I can get to them all.

My kids are 10, two 8's and 6.

We are leaving this afternoon to the desert by Florence Junction to join some of our neighbors that are out there for the weekend riding quads. We circle the campers up, do some riding, have a big fire at night and we have been known to drink a beer or two.  :!

Take the pup out somewhere close for a trial run. Contact me anytime via private message and if my schedule allows we'll join you. The kids (and me too) are willing to camp anytime.

[rebe918]

That being said we do like going to Lost Dutchman SP in AJ. No hookups but big spots and quiet. It does fill up this time of year though.  
I highly recommend Kartchner Caverns SP. Great place to camp and the caverns are fantastic. Roper Lake SP looks nice too and someplace we are planning on going. Another forum member has had great things to say about it and is a repeat visitor. They take reservations there. Also there are BLM run cg's and you can camp on National Forest land. Going up to the high country is the only option for me in the summer around here. There are so many places that I want to go in this state and camp. I just hope I can get to them all.

My kids are 10, two 8's and 6.

AZsix thanks for all the helpful information. I will look at the web site.  If sites do or don't have hook ups is not that big of a deal, from a tent camper I guess, but open and quiet is my biggest concern.  Beer or two? I am really in. We hope to find a lot of new places with the pup, and lodging or rain will not be that much of a killer as it is in tents.

I have heard great things about Kartchner Caverns and really want to go. I will have to look into that and see where it really is and what is available.  Since new to this world I am a little confused on "BLM run cg's".  Sorry, my kids had to tell me what LMAO on text messaging meant.

I hope you had fun this weekend. The wife and I are going to take our two youngest and runaway this week. Still deciding on California in the XB and motel, or maybe Usery pass with trailer. Her brother is supposed to get his trailer this week. We bought his, he got the bigger Niagra.  We will be taking off WEDnesday thru FRIDAY. We can let you know what we decide, maybe we will check out AJ now also. We had some kids on spring break last week and some this week. Now we need a break.

I know she does want to plan a trip to the redwoods over the summer if you may be interested. Try for a week on the road.  We will definetly have to give you a personal message and feel free to contact us as well.

[AZsix]

AZsix thanks for all the helpful information. I will look at the web site.  If sites do or don't have hook ups is not that big of a deal, from a tent camper I guess, but open and quiet is my biggest concern.  Beer or two? I am really in. We hope to find a lot of new places with the pup, and lodging or rain will not be that much of a killer as it is in tents.

I have heard great things about Kartchner Caverns and really want to go. I will have to look into that and see where it really is and what is available.  Since new to this world I am a little confused on "BLM run cg's".  Sorry, my kids had to tell me what LMAO on text messaging meant.


I know she does want to plan a trip to the redwoods over the summer if you may be interested. Try for a week on the road.  We will definetly have to give you a personal message and feel free to contact us as well.

"BLM" is Bureau of Land Management and "cg" is campground.

If you are planning a trip to the Redwoods you will probably want to make reservations early as I'm sure it gets crowded up that way in the summer. Someone who lives near there could give you better info on that. Our "big" trip with the pup this summer is the Grand Canyon beginning on May 31st. With the price of gas we can't afford many long trips. We will do a lot of weekend trips up in the mountains.

If you open and quiet is important to you (as it is to most of us) you will want to stay away from commercial cg's. For the most part they have small spots, they are close together and more expensive.

[prncssgeek]

Now this post almost makes me wish I still lived in AZ. Sounds like you guys are going to have fun.

[AZsix]

Now this post almost makes me wish I still lived in AZ. Sounds like you guys are going to have fun.

I think it will be fun if we can pull it off.

[rebe918]

I think it will be fun if we can pull it off.

I agree it would be fun to meet in the middle some day.

AZsix we have been looking pretty heavily at Dead Horse Reanch and Roper lake.  We Really like Lost dutchman, but there is a moonlight walk on the 19th and it may get crowded.

We will for sure be out of here by Wednesday, but may play hooky and leave tomorrow. We will let you know where and when we are going to take off, if you would like to join us.  You are in Gilbert, are your kids on spring break?

Looking forward to meeting you.  We will have our 4 year old (going on 15) and our 7 month old with us. We will have a beer waiting...

Give us a pm if interested, if you go to look for us we drive a 2006 Nissan Titan that is bright red, graphics on the side, and has a 6" lift, if that does not set us apart we have a big brush guard onthe front.

[AZsix]

We will for sure be out of here by Wednesday, but may play hooky and leave tomorrow. We will let you know where and when we are going to take off, if you would like to join us.  You are in Gilbert, are your kids on spring break?

Looking forward to meeting you.  We will have our 4 year old (going on 15) and our 7 month old with us. We will have a beer waiting...

Give us a pm if interested, if you go to look for us we drive a 2006 Nissan Titan that is bright red, graphics on the side, and has a 6" lift, if that does not set us apart we have a big brush guard onthe front.

My kids are off this week but I still have to work. This weekend I have too much to do around the house. The season is still young so I'm sure we'll be able to meet up some time soon.

Have fun and let us know how it goes.

[rebe918]

My kids are off this week but I still have to work. This weekend I have too much to do around the house. The season is still young so I'm sure we'll be able to meet up some time soon.

Have fun and let us know how it goes.

We are heading up to Ropers lake Tuesday morning. We hope to catch you some time this season.  We will be up there till Friday then head home to go back to work on the weekend.

[rebe918]

My kids are off this week but I still have to work. This weekend I have too much to do around the house. The season is still young so I'm sure we'll be able to meet up some time soon.

Have fun and let us know how it goes.

Ropers lake was nice.  We got up there on Tuesday and got the last hook up spot for the day. The days were a little cooler than the valley, and the nights were pretty cold.  Not much greenery this time of year. Had a nice hike up a small Mesa. The natural hot springs is a hole in the ground about the size of a large hot tub and stayed about 95-96 degrees. That was the best part according to our 4 year old. It was nice to get away

The spots, too me, were pretty close together. Nice people for the most part although we had one family that tried to shove a motorhome, a tahoe with a trailer full of quads and 4 vehicles into 1 spot.

We will be trying other areas before returning. Has anyone been to Dead Horse Ranch in Cottonwood?

Catch up with you on one of these trips.

We did learn a bit for our first pop up experience. It did beat sleeping on the ground in a tent.