Sorry that life has gotten in the way of both posting and camping.
Anyway, Karen and I are planning a small camping trip to Chilhowee, TN, just east of Cleveland and north of US64.
http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/cherokee/null/recarea/?recid=35078&actid=29
We'll be there with our 21BHS and Ford Flex.
I know we have several CampLite owners in the area. If anyone wants to join us or just stop by...
FastEddieB@mac.com
or
954-383-6040 (cell).
Should be pretty, though the colors are taking their sweet time this year!
On a related note, Karen and I fly a little Light Sport Sky Arrow as a hobby.
We thought we'd fly over the Chilhowee Campground to check it out from the air.
http://youtu.be/gXyho5z2Nug?list=UUIRbXga4oZn7XAUSLfkBO7w
I kept the video to 2 minutes. The video quality is just OK - the takeoff was filmed from the back seat with Karen's iPhone 5c. The rest was a GoPro just strapped to the brim of a baseball cap.
In any case, its an absolutely beautiful corner of the world!
Wow thank you for sharing it's really cool!
Wow! Excellent way to check out a campground!
Just now getting around to a trip report!
This was the first trip where everything - from loading up, hooking up, towing to, setting up, camping, breaking camp, towing home and backing back in all seemed pretty routine. I think we're getting it down.
A few random thoughts...
1) Lots of nice hiking from the campground. One trail leads to a gazebo overlooking Benton, TN:
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Anyway, recommended.
I'll follow up with a post of some camping tips that worked out for us.
1) Since we knew we would have electric hookup, we brought along a small space heater we use in our bathroom and it kept things toasty without using propane:
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2) We have a "charging basket" and ran a Lightning cable and an audio cable to it from the radio using wire mold:
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I enjoyed the peek inside your camper to see how you have fixed it up. It looks so comfy, and the dogs are settled right in. Beautiful dogs, by the way.
Great photos & video!