First Trip of the Year. RISSERS BEACH

We headed out after school on Friday for our first trip of the year to Risser's Beach Provincial Park, just a few short miles from our place.

It was a grey day, with the promise of more cloud and rain for the weekend, but its the May long weekend, so how can you not hook onto the RV and head out.

We arrived about three o'clock and set up in our spot. It was a quiet lonely place. I am not quite sure if others did not realize the significance of the weekend!

On the way there we got ourselves some KFC in a bucket. Threw it in the cooler chest and got it out when we were all set up and "accessorized" it with some Kraft Dinner. Can anything be more perfectly low-class RV food??

Shortly after 8:00, the MacLeod's showed up from the city and got all set up across from us. The weekend was set to go!

Dinner the next night was a little more of what you would expect when dining with my wife when camping. It was a smoked pork shoulder that went along with a smoked pressed chicken, corn salad and fingerling potatoes.

Dinner on our last evening there was a wonderful stir-fry prepared by our camping companions! RVing with a wok! Who would have thought??

Of course, as the sun was about to set on our last night there, the sun came out in its glory!!!! Of course!

The sun came up the next cold morning as we prepared to set out for home. A quick pack up, we bid farewell to our companions, but not before we made plans for another trip together somewhere very soon.

Next weekend- YOGI BEAR!!

Night Number Two

After a quick overnight trip to the city without the trailer, we "camped out" one more night in the driveway, before days off ended.

Pretty chilly, furnace runs a lot! Might have to table camping for a bit longer!!

The family of four stayed in this night! :)

Bringing the new toy home!

Right after night shift, I drove home, got my better half, and headed to Truro to get the new trailer.

I slept across the back seat as she drove. Crappy sleep, but whatever works! Got to Truro by 10AM, got our orientation brief (thanks again, Nick), and headed home.

As always, I am greatly impressed with CRCRV. Trailer was all set to go. Dish was installed (see the dome in front of the A/C?), and you know what? Didn't charge me a cent to install it!! Thanks again, Marc!

Outside of the famous "House of Hay" in Shubenacadie, NS

The real trick of the day was finding a place to park it. Got it done though.

Small town oddity. Nothing goes unnoticed. I got an email from the local trailer dealer, whom we spoke to at the trailer show the day we ended up buying this one. He noticed our new trailer in the driveway and wrote me to basically ask why we didn't buy from him.

I kinda had to laugh when he expressed confusion, that he had not heard from us since the show. The email he sent me was a reply to the email I sent him after the trailer show, explaining that the trailer he showed us didn't meet our needs. Then some concern that we didn't consider them when we bought. Obviously we did. We looked at his stuff at the show. Can't please everyone.

Guess where we slept the first night it was in the driveway.??

The Waiting Game

Had great plans to take old trailer up the first of this week and bring the new one back at the end of the week. A good use of March Break. Not gonna happen. For a variety of reasons. Oh well, don't fret what you cannot control.

So, the plan is this. Empty the old one on Wednesday, take up on Thursday, get the new one next week. Easy! :) Nothing to it! :)

Out of the Mud, onto the pavement!

It was a great day outside yesterday, so along with taking down the Christmas lights, it was time to move the trailer from the winter storage spot, out to the driveway to get it ready to trade in.

Getting it out was a bit of a challenge as it was on a high, somewhat dry spot surrounded by a moat of mud and water. Thank God, that Dodge invented four wheel drive, as I needed to drag it out of the mud! No issues, just a little scar across the side yard.

Now it sits on the pavement, waiting for the next warm day to empty it out and clean it up to get rid of it!

Once it got moved out, I noticed that the plate was expired. Of course! $99 later, all fixed. First bill of the trailering season!

Keji as the First Destination for 2011?

I was looking online last night. Looks like Keji National Park is open to campers all year long. Reduced services of course.

The reservation system opens on 14th of April, but before that, its first come, first serve. How many people can be there in April???

 The weekend of 1st-4th of April is a weekend off for all of us. Do we dare try a camping trip that weekend?? :)

Winter!!

Not my idea of soon to camp! All I wanna do is get the old trailer out of the snow and get it up to Truro and trade it in on the new one. But alas, the snow just keeps coming down. Buried deep in the snow bank, no where near ready to be pulled out.

Maybe in a few weeks I might be able to get it out and on the road!