Monday, October 3, 2011

Camp Blanding January 14-17, 2011

We took Mackenzie with us camping, she stayed 1 night…she had a great time…Her and Papa played and played, sidewalk chalk, road bikes and went to the park.

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We chose to stay at the newest campground at Camp Blanding, no water access, but huge sites..no trees.  Our friend Wendy and her friend Tony camped too, Maiya too.

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Site 49 the very end of the lot

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View towards the lake towards the lake

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These 3 girls are so good together…we let them get in the water!

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Kona loved it…

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Retrieving a ball.

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Below showing Maiya how to do it.  M is timid.

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Lilly checking the water out.

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Whew…cold water

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2 pretty girls

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We always enjoy Camp Blanding, near Starke Florida.

Opps I have did it again

Time sure flies, it has been 9 months since I have posted.  I read blogs daily..just never take the time to write my own or comment on other peoples blogs.

I am going to get my camera out and update my blog going back to January to the present.  We have slept in our RV 54 nights..not too bad for recreation rvers.

Enjoy my updates.

Julie

Thursday, January 20, 2011

NYE Camping at Rodman Dam

We camped here December 31, 2010 thru January 2, 2011

New Years Eve we headed south to Rodman Dam http://www.rodmanreservoir.com/camps_n_ramps/rodcamp_ramp/rodman_camp.htm

It was a nice drive..looking forward to a fun weekend.

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All set up, the hill behind us is the dirt removed from the barge canal.

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We had 4 sites in a row.

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View of the barge canal from our site

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We learned a new game while there…bocce ball, it was fun and can’t wait to play again.

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The dogs enjoyed the canal for a bit.

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Lilly trying to play with Kona

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Oops..Lilly went under…lol

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Drying off…silly lil girl.

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They love to run

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This campground does not have sewer…so here we are in line.

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We had a great weekend and will return to Rodman Dam.

Monday, December 20, 2010

Camp Blanding RV Campground

December 3-5 we went to Camp Blanding in Starke, FL on Kingsley Lake.

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Our site #9 at Camp Blanding, it was very windy.  Spacious sites, we will definitely be going here again in the summer.  Look how clear the water is.

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Beautiful sunset….

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View from our site..

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Can’t wait to go again.

Summer fun thru Thanksgiving

The last post was short and sweet.  We are back to camping thank goodness.  Brent is almost 100% healed.  I am going to back up to July 4th 2010 and post some pictures from then.

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We are at Flamingo Lakes RV resort…we always have fun there.

Brent had to go to work in Mississippi the week after July 4th..so we headed west instead of east.  He had to work in Pascagoula MS, we camped in Gautier, MS at Indian Point RV Resort.

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Thankfully it had a pool…that is where I hung out while he was at work.  It was very hot there.  The dogs only wanted to do their business and get back to the AC inside the rig.

 

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We ventured to Biloxi on the motorcycles one evening.  We went to the Hard Rock Casino…gamblers we are not.  I was bored very quickly.  At least we tried.

On are venture back to Jacksonville we spent the night at  Florida Springs RV Resort in Bonifay, FL.  It was a nice overnight stop.  The owners were very friendly, they are new owners and have a lot of great plans for this place.

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Sock monkey had to get in on the pictures.

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No lifeguard…who do you think I am.

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My friend gifted me with Sock Monkey…he loves to go camping.  He will be showing up in pictures from our excursions.

We did a quick weekend trip to Flamingo Lakes RV Resort the last weekend of July first of August.  My friend Wendy stopped by with her dog to see us, the dogs are enjoying the sun.

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Then the dreaded accident…see previous post.

 

Thanksgiving time…we stay 9 days at Flamingo RV Resort.  We go there a lot, it is close to home, Brent can still go to work from there.

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Sock Monkey had on Mackenzie’s turkey hat she made at school.  He has to hang from the loft in the RV..Kona thinks it is her toy and would quickly rip the stuffing out of him.

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Son in law Chip, grand pup Hunter and Mackenzie going for one of many rides on the golf cart.

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Brent and Mike carving the turkey breast they grilled.

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Wendy’s turkey she cooked at the campground in an electric roaster.

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Look at all the food…we had an awesome time, plenty of food.

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Our kids waiting patiently to eat.

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We fed about 19 people.

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If you look back to Thanksgiving from last year there is pictures of Kenz posing…she sure has grown in a year.

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While we were camping these 9 days we had 3 incidents in our rig, the first one was a water leak, coming from the wall in the toilet room…the only way to get to it was to tear into the wall.  So Brent did, fixed the leak, since then he has repaired the wall and you cannot even tell he tore the wall out.  Next Brent went to blow out a tart burner and the wax went all over the walls and down in the stove, I have no idea what why he blew so hard..men @@.  He did a fine job cleaning it up…what a mess.  Then Mackenzie had been doing so good about going in and out..she was coming in the RV and lost her balance on the steps…she had the screen door latch in her hand…you guessed it the latch stayed in her hand…thankfully she was not hurt.  Since we have 2 entrances he removed the latch from the back door and put it on the most used one.  We now have a new latch installed.  As they say things happen in 3’s.

Until next time!!!!!

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Time sure flies

Wow I cannot beleive it has been so long since I posted a blog. We have been camping a few times, had plans to go more..but had to change our plans. Here is a quick update.


We did camp over Memorial Day weekend, and July 4th weekend at our favorite local RV resort. We had fun both times. We did camp there the first weekend in August also.

Had plans to go to Camp Blanding near Starke FL for about 10 days, Labor Day weekend and Biketober Fest in Daytona. On 8/9/10 Brent had a accident on a motorcycle...so all of our plans had to be cancelled. We cancelled up to Thanksgiving...crossing fingers we can go then.

He is recovering...physical therapy starts next week, has been back to work for about 3 weeks and started driving himslef to work this past Monday.

It is wild how things can change in a second...things were turned upside down for a bit, we will get through this and be back to having fun.