Anastasia State Park

This was a campout to remember - my husband Chris's 40th birthday! 

We arrived at Anastasia Thursday night and stayed in site 62. It was beautiful and not too far from the restrooms.

We couldn't have asked for better weather and the celebration was at the Conch House Marina and Resort. If you need to have a reasonably priced event - have it there. They were awesome!

The rerst of the time we spent walking around St Augustine, dining at Mango Mango's, Blackfly and the Bunnery and got cupcakes (including vegan!) from Luli's bakery.

Shamu

There are four campouts to catch you up on before we take out my T@B in two weeks (FINALLY). After my dad passed away, my mom's Lance slide in became too much for me to drive - the truck swaying into other lanes as I drove down the road. I took a bunch of photos of it though, because this was my Dad's camper. It had lots of sentimental value. I cried like a baby when we traded her in.

 

 

We got her a travel trailer that would accommodate my mom, me and my daughter and my hubby, Chris, should he ever decide to join us.  I have dubbed this camper "Shamu".

 

 

 

After the last trip to Skidaway we went to the Keys in March and stayed at John Pennekamp and had a blast.

 

 

Visiting the giant lobster in Islamorada is a must!

 

Our next trip was the first one in "Shamu" to Anastasia State Park. I feel like a complete camping sellout when I'm in this one, but it is nice and comfortable for my mom, and we are sure to still enjoy the fire, outdoors and stargaze. My husband Chris even drove down after work to join us!

 

We visited the farmers market and paddle boarded in the inlet, watching dolphins frolic a few feet away! The St Augustine Amphitheater is just nearby, so we could hear Darius Rucker live that night, right from the campground!

 

 

Next up we hit Manatee Springs in May. Unfortunately there had been tons of flooding so there had been no swimming, but we still had a great time. The deer are really friendly, we explored the campground and went kayaking and paddle boarding every morning.

 

Finally, we went back to Skidaway last weekend, and this time invited friends to join us. We went swimming in the Intracoastal, walked downtown Savannah, visited the Forsyth Farmers Market, did a wine tasting and enjoyed the campground.

 

 



 

Next two campouts are with my T@B. I can't wait!!!!!!!

That Fateful Campout

On October 20th, 2011 I returned from a fabulous T@B rally in St Augustine and posted the below post.

That weekend it rained.  A lot.  From fellow T@Bbers I learned that T@Bs tend to get leaks behind the tail lights, so pull them off and seal all around them.

When I got home and pulled the bedding out to wash it, the bedding was wet.

That smell I had been ignoring for almost a year could not be ignored any longer.

That would be the smell of mold.

I went on line to my T@B group to look for help.
(update as of 11-17-2014 - There is a Yahoo Tab Trailer group you can join. The path changed from when I originally found the group so I think this is the new one is here.)
It has been an awesome resource with suggestions and information so if you have questions please come join our group.

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My daughter and I are back from our camping trip to St Augustine for a T@B camper rally and trick-or-treating at the St Augustine Alligator Farm.

I'll share a few of the highlights (I only got photos of some of the T@Bs) and then get back to my regularly scheduled programming....recipes!

Here is the back side of mine...

...and some of the others....

  

...dancing at the Old City farmers market...

...even Daddy stopped by to sit by the fire.  (As you all know he's not a camper, but that's ok, we'll keep him around anyway.)...

...eatin' some candy and checkin' out the alligators at the trick-or-treat event at the St Augustine Alligator Farm...

...one of the 'treats' was a gator treat to feed the gators!

Have a safe and happy Halloween!