Goin' Camping this weekend

[wincrasher]

I decided to blow off doing my taxes this weekend and taking the Cricket down to Lake Hartwell to camp.

Here is my site:



This park is in the Corps of Engineers system and is called Springfield. Hopefully the water is warm enough to put my yak in the water.

[doug hodder]

Nice location....don't need warm water if you don't end up in it. Have a great time camping! Doug

[Racquetman]

Have a great time Wincrasher! We are going camping as well, picking up our new TD Sat. afternoon and camping on the way home, we will come home Mon. night.

[PKCSPT]

So envious, looks so peaceful. ENJOY!

[S. Heisley]

That's a beauty of a camp spot! Enjoy!

[Alfred]

Hey WinCrasher!

Have fun! Looks like a great site. I'm hoping to get the "Weekend for 5" out soon (Maybe next week?). I promised the Son would take him camping! I will probably stay local, so many great camping places here in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains!

AL

[wincrasher]

Had the best time. This is a seriously nice campground. Each space was quite big - mine was about 60 ft square, or so, plus about 30 feet down to my own piece of waterfront. Most spaces are a good 100 feet apart. I could see other RV's through the trees, but not what the other campers were doing. Had a great time paddling my yak around the lake and riding my bike around the camp. I only overturned my boat once, so I'm getting better!

Here was my view out the door of my trailer:


The waterfront:



This site was really cool in that you had all the shade from the canopy of trees, but none overhead so things could drop on you.


My camp all set up:



And on with my propane campfire:


Lots of people stopped by to look at my Cricket. They liked the quality of the build - especially all the laser cut aluminum and rivets. Too bad most people still are in the bigger is better mindset.

Another thing I liked about this park - most of the RV's were of the modest type - cheaper units, older units - definitely working people. Only a couple of the huge shiny units with no people outside. Most folks were outside enjoying the weather. Oh, and lots of tents. Biggest surprise? This group with two Mercedes SUV's - definitely high dollar cars - but they were in tents! Nice, big, expensive tents, mind you, but tents none-the-less.

I did see one teardrop - didn't get to talk with them. It was red, definitely a home-built. Had "red woof inn" stenciled on the side. Are they on the forum?

And back to my evil lair:


An easy tow - no problem going 65mph and climbing hills. Set the cruise and kicked back. Semis no problem, nor crosswinds. Getting around 22 mpg. Thought the yak and my bike would be an issue, but they aren't. Getting the bike up and down is a bear without a step stool, so I'm going to get a folding one to carry.

[PKCSPT]

Sounds like you had a wonderful time, serious envy here. You have green stuff on your trees, we are looking at another shot of snow.
Thank you for sharing

[Racquetman]

Hey Wincrasher, nice set up, and beautiful camp ground, glad you had a great time.

[mezmo]

The " Red Woof Inn" rang a bell, so I GoogleCustomSearched the forum - it's cliffinga's TD.