Up extra early so because we have a long drive today, trying to get south before too much cold weeather moves down. Fought a heavy headwind the whole way, using up almot 30% more fuel than usual! Grabbed an egg sandwich at a truck stop next to the freeway, as there were no other restaurants for a long time on our backwoods route. Stopped at Tractor Supply and Walmart before arriving at camp. Despite the office telling me the camp was empty, there were at least a dozen sites taken by other campers, so we had quite a challenge finding a spot long enough. Frankly, this is one of the dumber layouts we've seen, with most of the sites at a 90 degree angle to the road, rather than a useful slant, which means very sharp turns, lots of opportunities to knock over posts on both sides of the road, and they idiotically put large rocks along the edge of the road, reducing room to maneuver. Most of the sites are pretty short, and it took us a couple of tries to find one that was actually long enough, and that left room for the horse trailer. They have half a dozen "triple" sites, which is three parking spaces right side by side, which, if used according to design, would leave no room to put out an awning, in fact, almost no room to open your trailer door, much less provide actual "yard" space. We finally managed to get in, put the horses in their corral and got everyone else settled in just before dark. These corrals are the kind that simply "pin" together, so they rattle like crazy, especially when you hang a feed bag on them and the pull at it on every bite, so it was kind of noisy out there all evening. We were both bushed from the long day of fighting the wind, but Hubby still managed to get the satellite dish up and running before we settled in for the evening.
Up extra early so because we have a long drive today, trying to get south before too much cold weeather moves down. Fought a heavy headwind the whole way, using up almot 30% more fuel than usual! Grabbed an egg sandwich at a truck stop next to the freeway, as there were no other restaurants for a long time on our backwoods route. Stopped at Tractor Supply and Walmart before arriving at camp. Despite the office telling me the camp was empty, there were at least a dozen sites taken by other campers, so we had quite a challenge finding a spot long enough. Frankly, this is one of the dumber layouts we've seen, with most of the sites at a 90 degree angle to the road, rather than a useful slant, which means very sharp turns, lots of opportunities to knock over posts on both sides of the road, and they idiotically put large rocks along the edge of the road, reducing room to maneuver. Most of the sites are pretty short, and it took us a couple of tries to find one that was actually long enough, and that left room for the horse trailer. They have half a dozen "triple" sites, which is three parking spaces right side by side, which, if used according to design, would leave no room to put out an awning, in fact, almost no room to open your trailer door, much less provide actual "yard" space. We finally managed to get in, put the horses in their corral and got everyone else settled in just before dark. These corrals are the kind that simply "pin" together, so they rattle like crazy, especially when you hang a feed bag on them and the pull at it on every bite, so it was kind of noisy out there all evening. We were both bushed from the long day of fighting the wind, but Hubby still managed to get the satellite dish up and running before we settled in for the evening.
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