Thursday, March 28th.
The weather has not been cooperating.  Its been cold, snowy, and wet since pulling off the cover.  None of the mods have been completed tho I'm working on the preliminary so once the weather cooperates and I have the time, I'll be able to instal quickly. 

I'm really looking forward to spending time like this in a couple of weeks!

Thursday, March 14th, pulled the cover off the trailer.  I'm enjoying looking at it again sitting there waiting for its spring clean up and the few mods I'm going to do. Not big projects but welcome ones.
The MODS:
1. I've got a real exhaust fan to replace the rinky-dink one over the shower

2. I bought 10 LED light boards to replace light bulbs and have installed a few just to see the       difference. Plus - much brighter, minus - don't like the "warm light"...too cold and blue at 5500 kelvin... I like the 5000 range in the more warmpth, oh well off the the local stage and lighting supply for some lighting gells to cool it down. I have 11 more to purchase to complete the lighting but wanted to see them before going full refit. The LED lighting will use 6 times less power consumption, good for the enviornment and great for off the grid camping!

3. Finally: have all the materials ready to install adjustable rail shelving in the closets on either side of the bed.  This will be a big improvement over the plastic  shelving we have used for the past 2 seasons.
Just under 4 weeks away from pulling it to Florida for our first outing fo the year!

Piney CG November 2012

Our lake side camping site, Kentucky Lake

                                      

Enjoying the evening with the pooches

Ah, glorious sunset!

This location is superb for late autumn sunsets!

Thanksgiving Camping

Fall is in full swing, most of the leaves are off the branches now and we usually head out for long weekend trips during this time of year.  We love, love, love fall camping but were not able to break away this fall for one reason or another.  But, while most folks are winterizing right now but we have one more trip ahead of us....Thanksgiving!  Here is a picture from last year

 

 

James Island Co. Park, Charleston SC

We have read that all sites at James Island County Park were good sites.  We found out that while this is true with the vast majority not all sites are created equal.  We'd not been here before so didn't have a camp site preference when making reservations earlier in the year. We had a last minute change of plans and ended up getting there two days early.  Our first two nights at the park were spent at #116 and turns out was a very good one.  Deep, and private.  We then moved to our reserved site

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This is our reserved site.  #30 and I wouldn't recommend it.  Its on a corner and is very close to two other camp sites with no privacy.  It also is by a pond that seems to harbor hords of mosquitos.

As you can see there is the drive of site 27 in the left of the picture.  Their outdoor fire ring and table is about 20 from site 30's with minimal vegitation between the two.  We don't mind neighbors but don't want to be able to pass the katsup back and forth with them either!

Mystery of the Wobbling Table

I have noticed that our kitchen table has been very unstable.  It wobbled and made eating an adventure much like being out to sea.  At first I thought the vertical tubes were the problem but soon discovered the right reciever in the floor was the culprit.

These are supposed to be a one piece untit but the one on the right had somehow snapped.  I am not sure if it came from the factory like this or if we did it without realizing it. 

 Detail of the snapper and the snapee!

I was fortunate to have a spare reciever hanging around so I took the broken one up from the floor using a square/philips security bit and replaced it.  Mystery solved, no more wobble!

 

My Wyeth Look

After a day of cleaning and prepping for the upcoming trip to Charleston..my best Wyeth impression...