The Maiden Voyage

Perry Lake, Longview Campground, Site #10

The camper set up.

Enjoying some campfired hot dogs.

Blurry Aine and Freaky Eyed Kavi playing Bean Bag Toss.

Daddy and Aidan playing Washers.

Gorgeous sunset through the trees.

The lake - so peaceful tonight.

Obligatory campire - even though it was 100 degrees outside.

Getting ready for bed in the cool air-conditioning. So much better than a tent!

RANDOM THOUGHTS:

The kids all agreed that the campfire was the best part of the short overnight trip.

The little old lady that attended the campsite just adored the kids. She loaded them up with coloring books, crayons, frisbees, and stickers. She was a sweetheart.

Shan and I were sitting up in bed and the bed started to fold up on itself. The kids thought this was hilarious.

The air conditioner just about froze us all out for the night. We know that we'll have to turn the air conditioning down to the lowest setting before bed.

In a camper, every single piece of appliance has the brightest glowing lights. We'll have to find some way to block these lights at night. Aine complained that the refrigerator light kept her up. For Aidan, it was the light from the TV (why does a tv need a glowing light when it's not even on?). For Shan, it was the microwave. For me - it was the little blue water pump light (you can see it at the top right of the picture just above). 

Dumping the grey and black water tanks is surprisingly easier and less messy than one would imagine.

You use way more water than you can imagine. We took our own drinking water, but managed to just about empty our fresh water tank. We're hoping that we made a mistake filling it up and ran into an air pocket that caused it to seem like it was full. We'll be sure to double check next time. 

Electricity is wonderful. Air conditioning is wonderful. A toilet right there is wonderful. All of this in the middle of a wooded shoreline at the lake is super wonderful!

Everything went really, really well. The only hitch was that the storage building is too tight for our camper. It sounds like the owners are going to put in a 12 or 16 foot door for us. 

We had visitors to our campsite! Papa Ron and Grandma Jan appeared around 9:00 AM on Sunday riding their motorcycle. We showed off the camper and sat around chatting. Papa Ron got roped into some games with the kids.

The kids were so sad to pack up the camper for the week. Kavi was downright distraught. We assured them that we'd come back next weekend and be able to stay the entire weekend.