Our trip actually began with an "Oh, CRAP!" moment. As we were driving down the highway, Andy noticed an alert on whatever fancy little thing he has hooked up in the tow vehicle (maybe I'll do a post about that later when I know more?) that the trailer lights had gone out. That means, no brake lights, no turn signals...nothing.
We quickly pulled over on the shoulder, and my brave and daring husband crawled under the vehicle to find the problem. It took barely any time at all to discover the ground wire was shorting out. What DID take a while was trying to fix it without the proper tools with us. He did manage to get it fixed, and we quickly learned what sorts of things we really needed to carry with us on every trip, even if they aren't yellow. :)
Back on the road, and to the campsite we go!
A lovely setup, yes? We were at the top of a hill, (fairly level campsite) and had no neighbors on one side. Take a look at those chairs! These were an amazing find at Menards...oversized XL anti-gravity chairs! Even though they weren't yellow (sigh) they were a must have for our setup. Anyway, we put out the chairs, started a mandatory campfire, and just sat and enjoyed ourselves.
There's me in my awesome new chair with the cute B@r T@b in the background. This trip, we brought along our collapsible camping table to act as additional counter space for the kitchen. It was handy to have it there!
Obligatory campfire photo. Toes added for perspective...and a wonderful perspective it was...
On an interesting note, guess what I was listening to at this exact moment? Nah, don't try, you'll never get it right because it was the most un-camp like noise that could have been there. The people in the campsite behind ours (in another loop, separated by trees) were playing violins. Violins! Luckily, they didn't play for long. :)
Since we had so much time between the day we ordered the camper and the day we got it, I had spent a LOT of time on Pinterest, finding recipes and camping hacks I may want to use. If you're interested in the kind of stuff I found, you can follow my Pinterest board: Campin'! It's got lots of ideas. But anyway, my point was that we decided we wanted to do some really good meals. We have this cool kitchen...
Why not use it to create meals that are a little fancy? For instance, how about:
Freaking. Fabulous. Fresh. TACOS! They were so good, and such a step up from things like hot dogs and chips. (Nothing wrong with those, believe me! But geez...the kitchen!!) We ate well, and clean up was easy! I planned the meals before we left and I precut all the veggies and herbs, and stored them in small plastic containers in the fridge. The tortilla shells were fried, right on that cute little stove to make 'em puffy and crispy. Mmmm....
Friday night was nice, and we slept quite peacefully. Saturday we ventured into Clear Lake to enjoy some brew at Lake Time Brewery! We are still in a B@r T@b after all!
Saturday night it rained. A lot. We were both awoken by seriously loud alerts on our phones letting us know we were in a flash flood warning. Super. I didn't sleep much, but thankfully, no big floods, just lots and lots of rain! Heh! We joked. Two trips, two rains. Funny! Maybe not so funny if the trend continued, so I guess I'll have to fill you in when I post about our next camping experience!
Happy Camping!
Peggy
Love the chairs. You should spray paint the metal parts yellow!!! It looks like a ton of fun. Except for that dang rain.
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