Memorial Day Weekend
We had planned to take two of the grandsons camping over the weekend, but only one wanted to go when the time came. This was our usual short Spring trip to try the camper and equipment out before the summer camping season. Going up Woodford Mountain gives the tow vehicle a proper workout!
Saturday we hooked up the camper and went up to Woodford State Park, in the mountains east of Bennington, Vermont. It was a nice day and pleasantly cooler there than at home. After we got set up, we had to run all the way back down the mountain to Bennington to get ice as the local store had closed and the campground hadn't gotten their new ice machine yet. I did get time to take the grandson down to the beach where he had fun for an hour or two before suppertime.
On our return we had supper and later started a campfire and sat around it. The grandson helped cook marshmallows and make s'mores. (Most of the "help" was in eating them!)
Overnight the rain moved in and it got much colder. In the morning I cooked breakfast outside in the cold drizzle while everyone else stayed inside! I did slip down to the lakeshore to take the following photograph:
After eating, doing dishes, and getting ready, we left early for Clifton Park for a celebration of the birthdays of our grand-daughter and her husband, stopping at home for a time to leave off Lucy the dog and get cleaned up a bit, plus switch cars to save gas. The birthday celebration had been planned for outside, but had to be moved inside due to the rain. Everyone still had a good time.
Returning home late in the afternoon, we switched vehicles back again, picked up Lucy, and made it back to the campsite before suppertime, though we had eaten so much earlier we didn't bother with it. We had given the grandson the option of going home or back to the campsite with us - he chose camping in spite of the cold and damp! It was so cold I had to start the heater (48 deg. F). Everything outside was soaked so we got warmed up, shut the heater down, and went to bed early.
Overnight the rain slacked off to an occasional shower. I cooked breakfast outside again in the damp - pancakes, bacon, and eggs. I did the dishes and we packed up and left about 10:30 AM. We dropped off the grandson and went home and started unpacking and drying things out. It was much warmer at this elevation and later on the sun came out. It has been hot and dry since we returned!
As you can probably tell, we love camping and the occasional period of bad weather is just a part of it you have to put up with.
Saturday we hooked up the camper and went up to Woodford State Park, in the mountains east of Bennington, Vermont. It was a nice day and pleasantly cooler there than at home. After we got set up, we had to run all the way back down the mountain to Bennington to get ice as the local store had closed and the campground hadn't gotten their new ice machine yet. I did get time to take the grandson down to the beach where he had fun for an hour or two before suppertime.
Overnight the rain moved in and it got much colder. In the morning I cooked breakfast outside in the cold drizzle while everyone else stayed inside! I did slip down to the lakeshore to take the following photograph:
Returning home late in the afternoon, we switched vehicles back again, picked up Lucy, and made it back to the campsite before suppertime, though we had eaten so much earlier we didn't bother with it. We had given the grandson the option of going home or back to the campsite with us - he chose camping in spite of the cold and damp! It was so cold I had to start the heater (48 deg. F). Everything outside was soaked so we got warmed up, shut the heater down, and went to bed early.
Overnight the rain slacked off to an occasional shower. I cooked breakfast outside again in the damp - pancakes, bacon, and eggs. I did the dishes and we packed up and left about 10:30 AM. We dropped off the grandson and went home and started unpacking and drying things out. It was much warmer at this elevation and later on the sun came out. It has been hot and dry since we returned!
As you can probably tell, we love camping and the occasional period of bad weather is just a part of it you have to put up with.
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