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Monday, November 7, 2011

Labor Day Weekend, Sept 1-5, 2011

As usual we went to Flamingo Lake RV Resort for the holiday weekend..Brent had to work some overtime that weekend so being close to home was good. That OT helps plan more camping trips ;o).

We had a great time as usual..the park was packed..we did our normal floating on the lake and hanging out. There was several bands on the beach. Me new friends too.

The Suarez’s along with Wendy and Maiya!

The Fiaaco’s and the Pye’s

Girls just want to have fun

Hanging at the beach

We can see now

My 2 favorite guys!

We camped with the Pye’s, the Baker’s, the Fiaaco’s, the Quinn’s w/Tam, and the McDaniel’s.

All was good..we headed home on Monday…then it happened..the loud pow and we saw plastic flying. We had the dreaded blowout. We were only about 4-5 miles from the campground so about 10 miles from home. We was crossing over a water way..so had to get off the bridge..thankfully there was an exit. Brent got us pulled over…we jumped out..no fire..whew that is what we are always scared of.

So so thankful for my husband and his ability to fix anything. We left the campground at about 11:55…had the blow out and was back on the road at 12:30.

We arrived home and unloaded what we needed too…Brent went to work..below is what the straightened sheet metal looked like..(temp fix)

He got 2 new tires the next day. The reason for the temp fix…this happened on Monday..we were leaving on Wednesday to go to IL to visit our family. And we did make the trip.

Julie

Monday, October 31, 2011

Salt Springs State Park, August 26-28, 2011

http://www.reserveamerica.com/campgroundDetails.do?subTabIndex=0&&contractCode=nrso&parkCode=ssra

What a nice State Park, it has full hook-ups. Cell service is non existing..but we do survive a few days without it.

We had sites 1,2 & 3…great sites..nothing parked in front of us. My friend Wendy had just got a new camper on the far right above..this was her maiden trip.

Salt Springs

The water is amazing..so clear and cold.

Buzzards waiting on someone to drop food…scary creatures.

We had a wonderful time at Salt
Springs, will definitely go back.

We camped here with the Pye’s and the Quintycki’s

Julie

Camp Blanding, August 11-14, 2011

We love staying at Camp Blanding, such a nice campground. We had some friends come to visit on Saturday..we had a great time. I guess we had such a good time I forgot to take any pictures.

We were in Site 10 which was across the road from the lake. The water is so clear and nice. There are boats and jet skis on this lake so trying to float on rafts was a lot of work. Brent secured a rope in the water and we were able to hold onto it. That way we did not fight the current to stay away from the shore.

Look forward to going back to Camp Blanding soon.

If you go back in my blog there pictures from trips to Camp Blanding.

Julie

Rodman Dam, August 5-7, 2011

We made plans with the Pye’s to go back to Rodman Dam, we had stayed there New Years Eve. Our goal was to camp at Rodman dam, but we were heading to Silver Glen Springs on Saturday for the day. It was a bout 20 miles from the campground.

Brent and I had not been to any of the Springs..wow what fun.

This place was beautiful…just random pictures…none of us in the water pictures.

The boats line up at the far end….we walked around and looked at all of them.

Sand boils

Our campsite at Rodman…we were on the opposite side of the hill this time away from the barge canal.

The Pye’s site.

Had a great time…so glad we were introduced to the springs..stay tuned we went to another spring 3 weeks later.

We camped with the Pye’s.

Julie

Blythe Island Campground, Brunswick, GA July29-31, 2011

Someone over 4th of July suggested Blythe Island Campground in Brunswick, GA..so we decided to give it a whirl.

http://www.glynncounty.org/index.aspx?NID=176

It was July..so it was very hot and humid. This would be a nice winter camping trip. Lots of ticks too…ick!

The campsites are very long…pretty private.

This is just about as in the woods we can get with our rig.

The lake…not something I would get in..but some people were swimming. The water level was very low too.

Lots of domesticated rabbits running around..we saw black ones too.

More doggie pics..they love camping. I did get a new bike with a basket, Lilly rides in the basket..this trip was our first try, she did great as long as she can see Kona. Kona walks/runs along side Brent or she pulls him.

Lilly playing hide and seek

There was something in the tree and Kona would sit for a long time just looking up…Brent was trying to see.

We had a nice time..would go back during cooler weather.

Julie

July 4th trip, July 1- July 10, 2011

Of course we went to Flamingo Lake, we do most major Holidays there..always lots of fun with family and friends. This was Mackenzie’s last long trip with us..she started kindergarten the first week of August.

She loves to pose for pictures…

Along with the rest of our camping crew we had some friends come out for dinner on Friday night…we did our famous grilled pizzas on pita bread. Always a hit.