We left home last Thursday and started our journey north east to Ohio to pick up our brand new trailer. We left ahead of time so that we would have a chance to look at some campgrounds along the way that would accomodate our new beast of a trailer. It was a long trip up there, but we had a good time along the way.
I was nervous the whole morning before we went to pick it up. I was afraid there would be just too much information to remember during the walk-thru and I did not want to get out of there without Steve knowing exactly how to work it all. Once we arrived I was more nervous that we would never get to leave. They were very busy that day and the initial walk-thru took about 5 minutes and I was more than worried about that. After chasing down different people to get everything taken care of, Steve finally got someone to give us all a proper walk-thru, and just as I imagined, there was SO much to know. Steve seemed to be absorbing it all and acted like it was easy peasy, I was completely lost in my excitement for our new toy and was not paying attention at all. After all of it was over, Steve backed up, hitched it like a pro, and we were off!
First stop, East Fork State Park in Ohio. It was a nice park. We had a nice secluded spot, which was nice because I'm always afraid the dogs or kids will bother other campers. When I reserved this spot I picked it because their website said it was long, had plenty of room for slideouts and had room for a large tent as well (which we used the night before we picked up the trailer). Well, this beast barely fit. We were as far back as possible and just barely fit in without sticking out into the road. I would go into detail about this first backing experience, but that seems like something Steve might want to post about....maybe he could title it, "The Million Point Turn", or something to that effect. All kidding aside he did a great job keeping his cool, I would have given up long before and settled for camping in the middle of the road. After sleeping for a little while (on an incredibly comfortable mattress, I might add) we got up, had breakfast, and were off to the next place.
Next stop was back to the Barren River State Park in Kentucky. I really enjoyed camping there. There were two families parked on either side of us that were very friendly. We enjoyed talking to them and the kids enjoyed playing with their kids. Steven made a fast friend with a little boy who loves cars as much as he does. Adelyn enjoyed the air conditioning and movies, and only came out briefly to play with Steven and his friend. Later, Steve took them both to the park to run themselves silly, and they did just that.
There was much more to see there, and I wish that we could have taken advantage of it, but there just wasn't enough time on this trip. Maybe we'll get to go back one day and see the caves and visit the Dinosaur Park.
We ended our trip by bringing the trailer to rest on base. Getting through the obstacles at the gate were a tad stressful, but we made it through without a scratch! If you saw the trailer and saw the obstacle you just wouldn't believe that we made it through. We parked her here in spot 18 and we haven't wanted to leave. We've made a few trips back and forth between the house and the trailer, but the majority of our time is spent in our new home. The kids love it, and Adelyn even cried when she thought we were going to stay in our house, the dogs don't care where they stay as long as we are close by and the a/c is cranked down low, and so far Steve and I have no complaints.
-Katie
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