We wanted to make one more trip before winterizing the camper and Christmas. So we made a short trip to Surf City/Topsail, NC. We stayed at Lanier’s Campground in a campsite near the water with driving trips to the local beaches and docks. It is always good to walk on the docks and beaches near ocean and hear all the beach sounds. This trip reminded me of the many trips that I made with my teacher friend to her family's beach house to celebrate the end-of-school and relax. On my first visit with her the house was one row of houses and a road from the beach and now it is on the beach.
"UNPLANNED" BOONDOCKING
October 27-28, 2012—Boone, NC.
We went with three other couples to Frank’s and Barbara’s cabin for the weekend. When we began the trip we thought that we would have electric and water hookups. After arriving at the bottom of the mountain, we still found that the incline of the "hill" was more mountain than we anticipated. Thus, we dry camped at a neighbor’s house at the bottom of the mountain with little water, no electric, and no sewer or dump site. It was our first time dry-camping and we learned some “do’s-and-don’t’s” from this experience, such as, always have some fresh water in the holding tank and plenty of quilts as it became cold in the mountains!
FIRST FIBERGLASS RALLY
We were itching for a FG (Fiberglass) Rally when we
returned to NC with the “Miss Casita”. While we were searching for a Casita we came across many rallies
throughout the US and became interested in attending a rally near our
home. We found a FG rally at Happy
Holiday Campground in Cherokee, NC. There
were approximately 40 FG campers of different brands and sizes. We were eager to meet new friends among the
campers. We met a couple from Oak Ridge,
NC, who were looking for a camper and we found that we had much in common and
now have visited each other at our homes. We were probably the newest owners among the group and became known as
the “paper tag” couple! Some people buy
campers to use for camping and some people buy campers as they enjoy making
modifications. We really enjoyed the
Open House of campers and seeing the many unique modifications that have been
made to the FG campers.
AWAY WE GO!
Life is a journey…After retiring from teaching elementary
school (mostly second grade) in 2010 and Ron retiring from 48 years of ministry
in 2011 we had to buy a house. However
after several months in the house, our travel itch became too strong to resist. Ron always had a bucket list and for many
years on that list was a desire to own a Casita Travel Trailer. Since my idea of camping is Holiday Inn I
wanted a camper with a bathroom. So we
decided to purchase the 16-foot Spirit Deluxe Casita Travel Trailer. In October 2013 Ron and I drove to Casita
“birthing” center in Rice, Texas, to pick up our camper.
Ron calls his trips Pauper Travels which is
another reason to own a camper. Ron has
relatives from NC to MS to LA to TX so we did not have any lodging and meal
expenses on our trip to get the camper.
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