Trip to the Spring Fling, Day 6

 Sunday, May 17, 2026 - Chocorua Camping Village KOA, Chocorua, NH, Day 5 - 0 Miles for the day, 406.2 Miles for the trip

Another warm day hitting 79°F at 1:00. 

We did breakfast at the pavilion again this morning. Yesterday, a KOA adult serving of pancakes was 2; just about right. Today, the adult serving is three. Too much for me.

After breakfast it was back to the trailer. I watched a number of trailers leave, but there are still plenty of us that are here until tomorrow. I sat outside reading; current book is We Do Not Part by Han Kang. Guido dug out the folding ladder to reach the top of the Scamp to fix a leak. 

During the afternoon Guido & I headed to the office to make reservations for next year but no one was home. We will stop by on the way out tomorrow or call them.

Dinner was smash burgers at Dave & Jackie's.

Trip to the Spring Fling, Day 5

Saturday, May 16, 2026 - Chocorua Camping Village KOA, Chocorua, NH, Day 4 - 0 Miles for the day, 406.2 Miles for the trip

While it was cool overnight, for the first time in a couple of days, no rain. Bright sunshine in the morning, and it reached 68°F by noon.

After pancakes provided by the KOA, I made a round of the campground taking some trailer photos:

As usual, more photos at today's LakeshoreImages page.

Just in case you are wondering where all that rain went, here is a photo of the near edge of the pond. Probably not the best picnic table or chairs to use.

At 2:00 Jeff & Dottie hosted games at the pavilion. 

I spend much of the afternoon slow cooking a rack of baby back ribs on the grill. 3 hours at 300°F. They were nice & fall off the bone tender along with asparagus for dinner.

After dinner we went to the office for ice cream, sat around the campfire, and the Guidos joined a bunch on a tractor ride around the campground.

Until Next Time - 

Trip to the Spring Fling, Day 4

Friday, May 15, 2026 - Chocorua Camping Village KOA, Chocorua, NH, Day 3 - 0 Miles for the day, 406.2 Miles for the trip

Another night of rain, heavy at times. The lake between my trailer & the deck got deeper & larger. It slowed down towards morning, and by 10:00 the lake was gone. Still having light rain.

Anne sent me a video & some stills from Jeff & Dottie's renewal of wedding vows that took place while I was baking pies:  Here are a couple of photos & a link to a video.  More at today's LakeshoreImages Page. There are more of each group of photos. I also started a page that is specific to the Spring Fling:  The Spring Fling 2026 page.  Same photos as on my journal pages, but without the trip details.

This morning I headed up to the pavilion around 10:00 for the cooking demo by Kim & Dennis. He made good use of a Blackstone Grill and told some great stories while making a cowboy breakfast.

The rain stopped around 11:00, turning into a mist, but started up again a little after 1:00. I stopped by the Painting With Sandy workshop as they were getting started. I'll go back a couple of times to see their progress.

At 2:00 they started to set up The Great Dump Race. With the off & on again rain (mostly on) there wasn't a huge crowd, but I did get a photo of the winners.

The pot luck stated at 5:00 at the pavilion. While it warmed up a bit to 55°F, there was still a rush for the booths near one of the propane heater trees.

After dinner there was a raffle & a 50 50 award. 

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Trip to the Spring Fling, Day 3

Thursday, May 14, 2026 - Chocorua Camping Village KOA, Chocorua, NH, Day 2 - 0 Miles for the day, 406.2 Miles for the trip

Light to medium rain all day long. I have a small lake between my trailer door & the wooden platform, not that I'm interested in spending time on the deck. 

I did stop over to register, pick up my pin & the schedule for the next 4 days.

Sine the pot luck is tomorrow night & the pies need a day to jell, I started making them around noon. Finished the third pie at 4:00. At least the oven kept the trailer warm. It is warming up outside - up to 51°F around 6:00.

There is a cheese & crackers get together at 6:00 & I'll be heading to the pavilion around then. Definitely want my rain jacket - it is pouring. 

More images at today's LakeshoreImages page.

Dinner was r=the cheese & crackers.

Until Next Time - 

Trip to the Spring Fling, Day 2

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 - Chocorua Camping Village KOA, Chocorua, NH - 201.8 Miles for the day, 406.2 Miles for the trip

Very light rain (you could hear it dripping off the trees, but nod directly on the roof) all morning. Of course it let up after we packed up the trailers, at least for awhile. On the drive to Chocorua there was light rain most of the trip. At some of the higher points we were in the clouds making driving interesting. We had one interesting detour. Tried following the signs and ended up at a closed bridge (not the one that the detour was suppose to get around). If Anne wasn't there I'm not sure I could have turned around without wreaking the lawn of a house near the blockage. Added a good half hour to the trip.

The rain was nice enough to stop as we arrived, and held off until after I got the trailer set up. Around 4:30 a light rain started up. I'm in site 50 (the Guidos in 48 next door), a full hookup site on gravel & dire with a deck, patio table, gas grill & a couple of anti gravity lounge chairs. Normal price would be $95.00 per night; we are paying the rally price of $75.00. Still not cheap, but it is a KOA...

A good AT&T data signal - 89.19Mbps down and 20.24Mbps up. I didn't bother firing up Verizon. Far too many trees for Starlink.

The Guidos even got their Clam set up before dinner, although I don't see then sitting in it - it was 43°F at 5:00PM. The prediction is for rain for the next two days. 

Since Anne didn't have anything unfrozen and all my food was grill outside (I don't enjoy grilling in the rain) dinner was pizza at Mumma Christy's Pizza & Subs about 3 miles from the campground. Great pizza made to order. Mostly a take out place, but they have a couple of tables so we ate in.

Until Next Time -