Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Labor Day Camping

Stephen bought a new Aspen 29' travel trailer.  He just picked it up Monday and is anxious to try it out.  So, I went looking for a couple of side-by-side campsites at a campground somewhere between us.  Now this has been a really fiasco.

I finally found a pair at Prairie Creek campground on Beaver Lake in Arkansas.  It's a COE campground and though in bad need of updating, it looked okay.  So, I made reservations for both of us - site 93 & 95.

Dusty had shown an interest in possibly coming down to camp with us, so we called to see if they wanted me to make reservations for them too.  Both Dusty & Traci wanted to come, but was having a hard time pulling the trigger.  But, while we were batting it around, I was looking at the campground website for a possible nearby site when I noticed a warning about the road to sites 93 & 95 being very steep and narrow and not satisfactory for larger rigs.  Well, that pretty much settled Dusty & Traci's dilemma.  They opted out.  Then I had to find something more satisfactory for Stephen and us.  Luckily, the were two left up the hill in a loop that has sites for larger units.  I wondered at the time why these two were still available, but noticed they were $1 more because they have 50 amp electric service.  So, it must be the cheap seats fill up first.  Anyway, $24.50 later (fees for reservation change and additional $1 per site) we have reservations for Friday through Sunday night.

But, it wasn't over.  I was waiting for my doctor to call with appointment dates for a couple of tests he wanted me to take.  Sure enough, they have me scheduled for early Friday afternoon.  If lucky, they will be done by 3 or 4.  We are taking Pumpkin to the appointments and plan on heading on down to Beaver Lake from there.

If anything else falls out of the sky and lands anywhere nearby, I may give up.  We're keeping our fingers crossed.

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