2023 Trip to the Spring Fling, Day 7

 We left the KOA around 10:00 and took many state, county, etc roads to Wilmington Notch Campground.

 A different route than I took last time, but we followed Anne's Garmin & mine & hers rarely agree on routing, even if I take mine off RV & set it on auto. In any case, we arrived around 4:30 & set up in sites 28 (the Guidos) and 30 (me). Dry camping on dirt, for $25.25 including a $7.25 reservation fee, but bathrooms with showers (although it is cold enough at 1400' that I doubt any of us will use the showers.

Me in Site 30

The Guidos in Site 28

Dinner was turkey chili provided by Anne.  We ate in my trailer because of the bugs.

Until next time.

2023 Trip to the Spring Fling, Day 6

 We hit the KOA breakfast around 9:00, and, like last year, the Guido's order somehow got delayed well past those that ordered after them. Not the most organized grill, but good pancakes, French toast, etc.

After breakfast we walked up to the office to make reservations for next year. If you do the reservations before you leave, you can get the same sites as this year. Since we like the ones we have, why not?

I photographed some of the folks leaving. Most left today, while there are a few that are planning to leave tomorrow (like us) or even later. 

Heading Out

Heading Out

We went to fill up the fuel tanks of the van & truck since the nearest gas station didn't have room for both the tow vehicles & the trailers. The rest of the afternoon was spent hanging out. It was warm (high 60's) and sunny most of the day, but did cool off once the sun went down.

Dinner was Anne's shrimp Scampi.

Until next time.

2023 Trip to the Spring Fling, Day 5

 While the schedule of KOA events posted in the bathrooms showed breakfast available 8:00 - 10:00, we showed up at 9:00 and no one was in the kitchen. A check at the store determined it was a misprint, but there would be breakfast tomorrow. So, back to the trailer for breakfast. 

Another warmer morning; 57°F at 10:00AM. My weather app states that it will rain today, but not in the next 4 hours. Since we are staying Sunday, and it is suppose to be warm & sunny, I'll leave the plastic rug out and hope it will dry by the time I pack it up Sunday night.

After breakfast it was a couple of hours showing and touring trailers. I got a few photos before the rain started.

Trailer Tours

The rain started as a mist around 3:00 or so and got heavier over the next couple of hours. No downpour, but enough that you didn't want to sit outside. I sat with Anne & Guido in their Clam (they had put a couple of the sides on to block the wind) and after a bit it was cold & damp enough to chase me back to my trailer.

They will be coming over to the trailer to cook & eat dinner, Cheese brats and beans. We were going to grill them, but looks like a stove top meal!

Until next time.

2023 Trip to the Spring Fling, Page 4

 Warmer than last night (down to 38°F) but 62°F in the trailer with my electric heater. This morning the Sewer Hose Toss was held: The winner was Dick at 50'. By the end, the hose was in shreds, but everyone had a great time!

Sewer Hose Toss

After that I did a walk around the campground and took a bunch of photos.  Rather than try to post them all here (very slow internet today) here is a link to today's webpage.

Still no word on the truck at noon...

Cell data is all over the place. Today AT&T was either slow or dead, while Verizon had no problem posting photos.  Later in the day both were slow.

I did get a campground staff member to hook up a HDMI cable to the TV in the pavilion where I'm doing the photo workshop - hope everything goes smoothly.

The truck was finished around 12:45. $542.00 for the parts & labor. They replaced a hose, sensors & the thermostat. I sure hope it is fixed, but won't know until I'm on the road with the trailer. 

I got back to the campground around 1:40 and went to the pavilion to set up for the workshop. Good attendance & they seemed to enjoy it. It was the first time I was able to have great video support for a campground workshop which helped.

I did another loop around the campground; I think I have covered all of us. I also got a start on the pot luck dinner preparations & will add more later.

 A good time for all at the pot luck & the prizes given out afterward.  A link to the 2023 Spring Fling has lots of photos of the pot luck and more.  

Until next time.

2023 Trip to the Spring Fling, Day 3

 Not a lot to post today since I spent most of it at the McDonald Ford dealership in Conway, NH. I arrived at 10:00 and Guido picked me up around 3:00. I can't complain about the wait since they took me in on a day's notice & they are currently booking 2 weeks out. They did a number of sensor tests, etc and finally decided that it needed a new thermostat. Evidently, my problems are covered by a recall, so it may not cost me anything other than worry & time to get it fixed. Of course I won't really know if it is fixed until I'm on my way back to NY since it doesn't overheat without the load of the trailer.

Since the pot luck dinner is tomorrow night, and I'm doing a photography workshop tomorrow afternoon (as well as hopefully picking up my truck), I made the blueberry pies this afternoon & evening. In between pies there was a cheese get together where I took a bunch of photos, but it is already 9:30 so rather than processing them tonight, I'll do them in the morning and add them to the page.

Dinner was the snacks at the cheese get together.

Until next time.