Our Home Away From Home
CAMPER WAS SOLD IN NOVEMBER OF 2006.
Due to our inability to utilize the Camper as much as we used to, we decided to sell it in 2006. We really loved the times that we had with it and look forward to getting a motor home in the future.
Upgrades Added
Fantastic Fan
This is one upgrade that I will recommend to anyone that has a camper or RV.
The little fan that came with the camper just wasn't cutting it. The old
fan would barely create any breeze at all! After I installed the Fantastic
Fan in the bathroom you definitely can feel a breeze when it is on! There
are three vents and two of them are now Fantastic Fans!!! This is a must
have in our opinion!!
Flush King
I know, I know... It's a nasty thing that no one likes to talk about, but we
have to. On our first trip out I noticed that the sensors for my tanks
didn't seem to work right. Well, I suppose that there was something on the
sensor making it read wrong because when I used the Flush King, a lot more stuff
came out that supposedly wasn't in there when I pulled the valve the last time and
my sensors were reading right again. We stayed at camp for 5 days and I
flushed the tanks twice. It only takes 5 minutes or so, but you wouldn't
believe what gets left behind if you don't flush them! The Flush King is
definitely the King in my book. If you are sick of dragging the hose
inside or just not knowing what's left in there, get this!!!
RV Vent Plug
It's nothing extraordinary, but it is a great idea. It adds a little
insulation and blocks the light from your vent when you need it. We bought
it for those really hot days to help retain some of the cool A/C. Great
Idea!
Campgrounds
We are giving each a rating by the number of
tents. (1=poor 5=great)
Bayshore
Estates - Sandusky, Ohio (1/2 mile from Cedar Point)
We stayed at this campground from 7/29/03 - 7/31/03. We setup in Site #140
all the way at the end to the right side of the park. This campground was
very nice. The grass was all well kept, the roads were great, the pool
looked very nice, and the sites were fairly large. We would recommend that
you ask for a site to the left of the office as you come into the park since
there is a train that can be heard from where we were, but we were on the very
end. Each site has a nice picnic table and a nice fire pit. We were
very happy with our stay there! They have a shuttle that goes from there
to Cedar Point throughout the day. It's also only a half mile drive from
the park!
Basswood Inn and RV Resort -
North Kansas City, Mo Area
We stayed at this campground from 7/17/03 - 7/21/03. We setup in Site #9
directly across from a playground and two lakes/ponds. We would
definitely recommend a stay at this campground, we really enjoyed our stay.
The staff was very friendly from my first interactions with them. The
General Store was stocked with about anything you might need while you are
camping! The grounds were very clean and well kept. Security was
seen at all times, day and night, patrolling the grounds. We didn't fish,
but it seemed like a lot of people were and they seemed to be doing well.
We also didn't swim, but the pool looked very nice and quite a few people seemed
to enjoy it. If you do go there, we would recommend an 'Up Top' site, as
those seemed to be a bit larger or a deluxe site which had a deck on it that
seems very nice! Also, if you don't have kids, you may want to get a site
away from a playground. It didn't bother us, but it might bother some.
Overall though, we would definitely recommend this campground to anyone visiting
the KC area!
Pigeon Forge KOA - Pigeon Forge, TN area
We stayed at this campground in the Fall of 2001 in our van on a primitive site.
This campground was one of the nicest campgrounds we have seen. The
grounds were extremely clean. We used the showers in the bathhouse since
we didn't have a camper yet and they were so clean that it almost made our home
shower look bad!!! The staff was very nice. There is a stream
running along the lower part of the grounds and it was clean and looked very
nice as well. We are planning another trip there with the camper in the
Fall of 03.
Links
We have come across quite a few fellow campers
that don't know of some of the great resources out there on the web for us to
use.. I figured I would go ahead and list some of them here for all to know
about. They are not in any particular order...
How to winterize your Recreational Vehicle
Reason not to tow from your bumper!!
http://www.campingworld.com
This is the Wally World for RV'ers. They have stores throughout the US and
they have a catalog for mail order as well as their website.
http://www.tldirectory.com
This is Trailer Life's official website for their directory of campgrounds.
You can find campgrounds throughout the nation using this site. The forum
on this site is also VERY helpful.
http://www.trailerlife.com
This is a great website and magazine for Travel Trailer owners (or soon to be
owners). They publish a great tow rating guide and they have a great
magazine with all kinds of tips and such.
http://www.goodsamclub.com
All of us have heard of it, and here's their website. With membership you
get a 10% discount to any Good Sam park. They also have other benefits as
well... Check it out if you haven't already.
http://www.woodalls.com
This is the other campground directory website. We prefer Trailer
Life's, but it's nice to have both to compare what they say sometimes.
http://thorindustries.com
This is the website for the Travel Trailer that we purchased. We have it
going directly to the Dutchmen Lite page. You can type in the address
above and get to the home page.
http://www.rv.net
A great website with all types of information and resources for RV'ers.
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