1st Annual Halloween Campout 10.29.16

What better way to spend Halloween than camping with friends?! Kathy and I coordinated our Tiny Trailerville at Clear Lake State Park, where we had camped, us in a tent, Jeff and Kathy in their Scamp, a few years earlier, before Andy and I had bought our T@b. This campground, and these sites in particular, had become a quick favorite. This area of the campground is separate from the main part of the campground, and is more rustic. There are no gravel or paved pads to park on, the walk to the main bathrooms and showers is farther, but they are very private and give you lots of space! Here's how we chose to set up this weekend:

It's our Tiny Trailerville again! Behind the Scamp, we set our chairs around the fire pit, and we aimed our kitchen that way so our speakers would be facing us as we sat around the campfire.

See all the trees in the background? Those are separating our campsites from the main part of the campground. While it was late and the season and not very busy to begin with, we felt like we were the only ones there, and that makes for the best camping experience!

When we weren't relaxing by the fire, we did our typical tour of the area and went to a favorite brewery, Lake Time Brewery, in Clear Lake. If you've read my blog, you'll see we have been here before. It's owned by some good friends, and we are happy to support their establishment.

I believe I'm enjoying a "Chasing Sunsets" brew in these pics. Mmmm...

The brewery has a small area with a couch and comfy chairs, and we find it a wonderful place to hang out, relax, and pass the time.

Eventually, we pulled ourselves away and back to the campsite where Kathy and I went scavenging for wood. While walking along the roadway, I took a mis-step, and did a fairly lovely job of twisting my ankle. We managed to still have fun though and enjoyed an evening by the fire.

Andy and Jeff by the fire, Jeff holding Willam De Gnome, their Scamp travel companion.

Kathy and I are being "scary" cuz it was Halloween weekend! Boo!

The next morning, I woke up to an extremely swollen, painful ankle. Oops. Probably should have paid more attention to it when I first injured it.

Enter Dr. Kathy with her weird colored tape, ace bandages, and ice pack. Then enter engineer Jeff who constructed a way to keep the ice pack in place without me having to hold it. (He then went to stand on the picnic table in an effort to make me laugh and ignore my ouch. It kinda worked.) :)

The final piece to our camping trip this weekend was that Jeff and I invented/discovered a delicious new campground breakfast item:

Roasted powdered sugar donuts! OMG, seriously you guys. Heat over the fire like you do a marshmallow, wait for the sugar to just start caramelizing, remove from heat, let it COOL (sugar gets hot!) and enjoy. Do NOT overcook like Jeff may have done:

If your donut looks like this, you did it wrong. HA!

This sums up the end of our trip, and the end of our first season with the T@b. We had many, many adventures and hated to put it away for the winter, but we immediately started planning our outings for 2017.

In my next post, we will open the camping season on Easter weekend. Check back soon!

Happy camping!
Peggy