I completely understand, and have done the same. Sometimes it's about just needing an actual bed. I hadn't seen your edit,
@JoshT. Sorry if that was a poor time for my jabby humor.
Nothing wrong with your comment at all, just pointing out that I agreed with you.
Nothing bad going on, just needed to be away. Been home too long, last time out of town was back towards the beginning of the year and that was a trip with mom and sister's family so not really getting away for me. Was overdue for a get away. Combine with the fact that Monday was both my birthday and the 1 year anniversary of dad passing. Might be a few years before I think of it more as my B-day than the anniversary of that. I really didn't need to be around people that would make me think about it. They wouldn't mean to bring it up, but even wishing a happy birthday is enough. Since my sister's family moved in with mom to sell their house and start building, she had the support and I could get away.
My wife is always cold. She's cold in the winter because it's cold and she's cold in the summer because the A/C is on.
Website says the cabins have heat and A/C.
I like the new tent and air mattress I got last year, used it twice at Carlisle, but the weather in this part of the country is iffy that time of year.
It might be 80* and sunny, it might be 50* and rain.
She ponied up for the trailer we rented last year and I paid for the Curt Echo Bluetooth brake controller that worked flawlessly. If I do it again I'll get towing mirror extensions.
I liked tent camping when I was younger. What I didn't like was the amount of time required for packing and setup/teardown. Don't get enough time to go that I want to spend that much of it with setup and teardown, not to mention the evening or two of packing to prep for it. For packing and setup I much prefered the camper. For the most part it stayed loaded and ready to go, just load up clothes and groceries needed for the trip. Hookup and go, then level and connect power/water when you get to camp.
My problem now is I have a hard time getting cool enough to sleep well. Most of the year around here that just isn't possible in a tent, the parts when it is possible the weather is too unpredictable. Well, unpredictable is probably the wrong word. It's pretty easy to predict that if I'm going camping, it's going to rain. Rain can suck in a tent.
The little camper I bought has an outside galley, but pretty much nothing inside. Inside isn't much different in six to a 4 man cabin tent, a 6 x 10 box with a 5.5 foot ceiling height. No bathroom, so got to use the campground facilities or eventually get an outdoor camp toilet and shower setup. I kind of like to think of it as a tent on wheels, except that it's up off the ground, has heater and AC, and I can park a motorcycle or ATV inside for travel. I'm even using a cot inside for sleeping.
You will enjoy this trip, even if we have to beat you into enjoying it.
Oh, I don't doubt it, no beating necessary.
The not enjoying it was solely about the trip this past weekend. Don't misunderstand it was nice to get away and not think about things here for a few days. It's just that this time of year sucks for making a last minute trip to any place I'd be interested in, especially when I only have a few days available.
Most of the places I'd be really interested in seeing are majoirty outdoors and are hitting 100+ heat indexes by noon everyday, so don't want to spend a lot of time out in it. Best palces to beat that are coast where there's a breeze or mountains where it's a little cooler. Camper isn't ready for a trip, and most places I'd want to go in the mountains I'd need a camper to be close, and it isn't that much cooler. That leaves the coast, and there were only a few places in driving distance for the weekend. Savannah, BTDT enough times and dad was there in the hospital this time last year, so not really interested. St Marys GA, was there in February time frame, not interested. Panama City Beach, lot of stuff to look out outside, especially on the beach, but nothing to do inside to cool off, not to mention I'd probably get tied up with a cousin that lives down there if she found out I was in the area. Destin FL, plan to go there for a couple days before the Fall G2G, they have a big seafood festival in September. That leaves St Augustine, historic city with a lot of indoor "museums", attractions, and tourist trap shopping. Hadn't been there in 20ish years, might not go back for another 20 years.
