Where are YOU going?

[leslie]

So we talk and talk about going camping and can't wait for the weather to break. Camping season has started for some of us, and will start shortly for the rest. Where will you be camping this year? What will you be doing?

For me and my hubby - Winchester, Virginia for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival, St. Charles, Il for Riverfest and Dragon Boat racing, Indianapolis just for fun, Tennessee for The Longest Yard Sale, and maybe Hocking State Park, Ohio in September. Maybe camping along the Mississippi River at a COE campground. All of this before we head south for the winter. Retirement is great!

[shovelhead]

Still trying to decide myself.  Maybe somewhere in Texas?    Love the South West and Rocky mountain states.

[pinstriper]

I am still eorking so in and around NW Oregon. Gonna try a few parks we haven't like Milo Mciver, Detroit Lake. Maybe try dry camping at Timothy Lake. Plus our faves: Fort Stevens, Southe Beach, Champoeg, Stubb Stewart.

Maybe wander into WA state. I think next year we might try a longer trip and see ID and/or UT. crater Lake, too.

[mitch]

Trips already planned:

Charleton Mass in May for Banjo Camp North
Greenfield Mass in July for the Harry Smith Frolic
Camp Washington Carver near Fayetteville W. Va. in July for Appalachian String Band Festival

All are boondocking trips, I'm sure there will be a few more in there somewhere.

[dh50]

[quote source="/post/9783/thread" timestamp="1429729950" author="@shovelhead"]Still trying to decide myself.  Maybe somewhere in Texas?    Love the South West and Rocky mountain states.[/quote]A little 'Rocky Mountain high', eh?  Hey, Shovelhead how about you and Bella (and anyone who loves the Southwest) joining up with us for a rattlesnake roundup in Texas?

Oh, wait....I forgot, the DNC will be in Charlotte, NC this year.  (Oh, c'mon ya'll...lighten up!  That there is funny, don't care what you say...well it would be funny if it weren't so darn near the truth. )

[shovelhead]

GW I dont do snakes other then eat some rattler.  Use to have a friend in WV church of "snake handlers".  I refused to go to church with him...

I am thinking Texas.  Somewhere to just relax.  I being a gimp,  I dont need the hiking, fishing etc.. I do like photography.  Oh and beer.

[whoofit]

No long trips for a couple more years. Will do a lot of 2-3 day trips in Western MA, NY, NH and VT. Longest is a week in the White Mountains of NH arranged for early July. Looking forward to some dispersed sites in VT.

[dh50]

[quote source="/post/9794/thread" timestamp="1429738728" author="@shovelhead"]GW I dont do snakes other then eat some rattler.  Use to have a friend in WV church of "snake handlers".  I refused to go to church with him...

I am thinking Texas.  Somewhere to just relax.  I being a gimp,  I dont need the hiking, fishing etc.. I do like photography.  Oh and beer.[/quote]
One well-known roundup is in Sweetwater, TX.  Three days of events: Rattlesnake Parade
, Carnival
, Miss Snake Charmer Pageant
, Sweetwater Rifle and Pistol Club Gun-Knife-Coin Show, Guided Hunts
, Barn Dances, Cookoffs, Snake Eating contest
s, Beard contest
, Longest snake
 contest, most pounds of snakes and who could imagine fried rattler without beer?   Activities, excepting guided hunts ($75), take place in air conditioned coliseum or barn.  Claims to be world's largest rattler round-up.  


          Active//Retired Military - $5.00 (with valid military ID)
  Unfortunately, this Sweetwater event was last month and won't occur again 'til Spring '16.  

At a different round-up years ago, the guy who laid in a coffin while rattlers were piled on provided relaxing entertainment for all.  Spectator sport, for sure.  Oh, and sorry about your church friend. ( Is he still around? )

[daplumbr]

For us it will likely be short trips to state parks on the Great Lakes this spring and early summer, then an extended trip to the Oregon coast. But it snowed here yesterday and it was 26F last night, so I can't de-winterize yet!

[gnies]

I have a seasonal camp site 20 minutes from home but I do plan taking some trip on weekends but I want to stay within the Maritime Province (NB, PEI, NS) this year, I wanted to go to Maine but might just go next year instead and stay around this year.

[djsamuel]

A few trips to Fort Wilderness at Disney for some long weekends, starting in May, followed by two weeks at the Smoky Mountains in TN, and then a longer trip at Disney to celebrate my wife's retirement from the mouse.

We plan on adding some trips to Florida state parks along the way.  No trip out west this year,  but would love to.  Grand Canyon and Moab, UT last year will be hard to beat.

[admin]

Our big trip will be a multi state road trip where we will be traveling between NC and NY. Camping just outside of Easton PA and visiting the Crayola Experience, then visiting family in a couple places in upstate NY. NY will have us near the Catskills and Saratoga areas. Then we head back into PA for a stay at Lyman Run State Park which I hear is a great place to stay. The name escapes me but it is supposed to be very close to a very well known area for amature astronomers. With any luck we will have clear skies Last stop on the way home is just a pit stop to Hershey PA.
The trip is going to be a whirlwind I bet, but over the course of 2 weeks it should be a blast. I cant wait.

We also plan to do as many weekend trips as possible. We are so close to Jordan Lake in NC that I hope to use it like a second home this summer

-Sean

[mitch]

[quote source="/post/9822/thread" author="@admin" timestamp="1429796686"]Our big trip will be a multi state road trip where we will be traveling between NC and NY. Camping just outside of Easton PA and visiting the Crayola Experience, then visiting family in a couple places in upstate NY. NY will have us near the Catskills and Saratoga areas. Then we head back into PA for a stay at Lyman Run State Park which I hear is a great place to stay. The name escapes me but it is supposed to be very close to a very well known area for amature astronomers. With any luck we will have clear skies Last stop on the way home is just a pit stop to Hershey PA.
The trip is going to be a whirlwind I bet, but over the course of 2 weeks it should be a blast. I cant wait.

We also plan to do as many weekend trips as possible. We are so close to Jordan Lake in NC that I hope to use it like a second home this summer

-Sean[/quote]Saratoga! My backyard! You should stay at Moreau State Park, it's very nice if you like dry camping. My wife and I go there at least 3 times a year.

[admin]

[quote source="/post/9822/thread" timestamp="1429796686" author="@admin"]Our big trip will be a multi state road trip where we will be traveling between NC and NY. Camping just outside of Easton PA and visiting the Crayola Experience, then visiting family in a couple places in upstate NY. NY will have us near the Catskills and Saratoga areas. Then we head back into PA for a stay at Lyman Run State Park which I hear is a great place to stay. The name escapes me but it is supposed to be very close to a very well known area for amature astronomers. With any luck we will have clear skies Last stop on the way home is just a pit stop to Hershey PA.
The trip is going to be a whirlwind I bet, but over the course of 2 weeks it should be a blast. I cant wait.

We also plan to do as many weekend trips as possible. We are so close to Jordan Lake in NC that I hope to use it like a second home this summer

-Sean

Saratoga! My backyard! You should stay at Moreau State Park, it's very nice if you like dry camping. My wife and I go there at least 3 times a year.


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We'll be bumming it at some family but I'm sure this is just the first of many trips up that way. We love the area and cant wait to explore.

[david]

Last year we explored NFS and State Park campsites in NY, Vt, Ma and took a long trip up to Acadia National Park.

This year we will do short overnights to the Catskills and Ma and maybe take in a concert at Tanglewood. Our long trip will be up to Lake George and the Adirondacks.

David