Maiden Voyage In Our New Trailer

Well, we had our first trip in the new trailer, and I am happy to report that all went smoothly.  We were off like a herd of turtles at about 5:00 PM on Friday night.  Arriving at our destination less than an hour later. 

The only little hiccup of the weekend was with the first site that they assigned us.  We pulled up.  I got out to wave him in smoothly.  But, there was no way we were going to fit. We had to go back to the main office and have a new site assigned.  A larger, more expensive site of course, but it worked out perfectly.   My brother David and sister in love, Glenda, were already there waiting for  us.  They had not seen our trailer yet, and it was fun that they came down to share in our excitement.  They even brought us Sprinkles Cupcakes!!!   They had already eaten dinner, so didn't stay too long.  We grilled up some hot dogs for an easy dinner, and then went inside for the night.

Our middle daughter Erika and grandson Noah came along for the first night.  We got all settled in, trying out the shower, and making up beds, and everything seemed to work just perfectly. 
The next morning Greg made our coffee for us at the outdoor kitchen, using our favorite camp pot.  The kind that perks.  Oh how good it tasted. 
Bright and early, we had a visitor.  My nephew Chad.  He stayed for most of the day, and even though we did have some light rain off and on, we all had such a good time.  There was a rousing game of Uno under the awning.

 We had Mimosa's, and toasted to many good times ahead.

Erika and Noah and I went down to the community center to participate in one of their scheduled crafts.  We made chalk salt candles. 

It looks like sand.  I had never heard of such a thing as this before.  But it was so clever, and so much fun!  They had buckets of salt on the table, and each person had a paper plate, and there were many containers of sidewalk chalk to choose from.  We had our choice of two different shapes of glasses to use.  They were actually plastic.  You scoop a little salt onto your plate, and then take a color of chalk you want to make, and then begin to rub it over the grains of salt, until all salt is colored to desired shade.

Pour your colored salt into cup, and then make another color.  It was simple, and fun.  I thought it was very clever too.  When our cups were full to the top, we took it to the young people who were doing the class, and they sealed the salt with a thick layer of hot glue, placing a tea lite candle down in the center.  The glue keeps the salt from spilling out, and the tea lite can be replaced when it has burned down.

We lit them that night for dinner outside on the picnic table. 

 Aren't they so pretty!!!  What a great craft to do with your little ones.  And big ones too! 

Later on that day, Erika and Noah went down onto the beach where they were doing tie dye Tee shirts.  They each did one for themselves, and one for Geeps.  They turned out darling!  I wish I had made one too.  I did not get many photos this weekend.  I wish I had been better about that. 
Later that evening, we had a big dinner of fresh ahi steaks that my brother David caught on a recent fishing trip way out in the ocean.  Greg grilled them on our new Smokey Joe, and I steamed some fresh veggies, and made a Caesar's Salad.  I had also made a big pot of chili earlier in the day, so we had that too.  I think I caught Gregger's with a tester of ahi in his mouth.

That night, our son Drew and his girlfriend Christine came out for dinner.  We dined al fresco, under the canopy of clouds in the sky.  It was delightful! 

Eri and Noah went back home after dinner.  Drew and Christine hung around at camp with us.  We toasted some marshmallows and had S'more's.

After Drew and Christine left, we went inside and had nice hot showers, and then watched The Martian inside the trailer.  Well, we may have both fallen asleep about midway through, but we started to watch it.  It was good!  The bed in the trailer is so comfy.  I am not a good sleeper, anywhere.  Not at home, and certainly not away from home.  But I slept very well both nights in our new camp bed. 
It rained HARD in the night.  It woke us up at about 3:00 in the morning.  The next day was a bit muddy at camp!  We cooked breakfast outside in the outdoor kitchen.  Pancakes, bacon, sausage and farm fresh eggs.  I had squeezed fresh OJ and brought it from home.

I took over when it was time for the pancakes.  Or pannycakes, as our family calls them. 

Not a flattering photo, but oh my gosh, I see photos of myself, and boy do I need to lose weight!  And that hair.  Ugh...I think I hate it.  It was so attractive on my Dad.  But I feel like I am 100 years old with white hair!  I also have a skin condition called vitiligo.  My Dad had it too.  Both of us getting it at about 50.  The pigment is leaving my skin everywhere.  It has begun to spread across my face, starting at my forehead, and dripping downward, revealing a white and pink blotchy face.  I know that there are many things far worse that I could have.  And for that I am grateful.  But I feel like it leaves me looking lifeless.  And with the white hair too, I feel OLD!!!!
I brought my knitting, but only took it out of the bag one time, knitting only a couple of rows.  We were just so busy!

We had an absolute ball.  Fitting a whole lot into a weekend.  We also rode a 4 man bike (Surry?) for an hour.  My legs and fanny were screaming!!! 
And Geeps made us all some home made popcorn on Saturday afternoon as well.   So, for our first trip out, it was an A plus!!!! 
We got home, unloaded it, washed it, and put it away until next time.  We are shooting for a weekend away a month.  And then in the summer, probably a lot more weekends at Big Bear, as well as our week long vacation there.  We snuck a few minutes in every once in a while to watch The Masters while we were cleaning. 
A great weekend was  had by all!!!  We can't wait to go again!
Happy Trails........................................
PS Marsha Brown, you asked what we tow the trailer with.  I have a 2004 GMC Yukon Denali.  I love this car. I wish we did have more towing capacity, but we were not willing to also purchase a new car to do so.  When this car expires, I intend to get another one!