Knoebels & Lake Glory Campground, Catawissa, PA

For our second trip with the popup, we decided to move up our annual Knoebels weekend with the kids from after Labor Day to this past weekend.  I scheduled to take off work on Friday so we could get an early start to the 130 mile drive and check-in early.  I called on Wednesday evening to confirm we could check-in early and our site was not occupied and better yet, there were no additional charges for early arrival.  So, Thursday night I set the AirLift system to 28 psi, and loaded the car with all our stuff.  After playing TETRIS with the boxes, bags, and cases, everything fit in great and all we would have to load in the morning was the cooler and pillows.

All Setup

We left the house by 8am and hitched up the camper.  After checking all the lights and turning the fridge on 12V to begin cooling it during the drive, we were on our way over to the PA Turnpike.  The van handled the load fine on the highway and I could maintain 65mph easily in overdrive pulling just below 2000 rpms on the flat and on the slight grades it would drop into 4th and pull about 2400 rpms.  After the Lehigh Tunnel the long grades were no trouble and the camper tracked very well behind us with no sway.  2 hrs 30 minutes later, we arrived at Lake Glory Campground!

Madie's Little People Campsite!

We backed into our site and checked the level, and then uncoupled the van from the camper.  Within a few minutes we had a plan of action and we began to open the camper and unload the van.  Becky took care of the inside items and I took care of the exterior,.... i.e..  She was in the AC and I was in the Sun :-)


Site setup complete, it was time to head off to the Knoebels Crystal Pool for the afternoon to cool off and have some fun!  The water was FREEEEEEZZZZINNNGGG!!  The girls lasted about 45 minutes in the pool before we took a break and got some snacks and played on the rope course.  Back in the pool for a little while, but they were getting to cold and it was getting close to 4pm.  We wanted to head back to the camp and get changed for the evening, grab dinner, and come back for Family Bargain Night for the rides!

5am Saturday was COLD,... turned on the LP Furnace for the first time!

Knoebels is a lot of fun and if you haven't been there you should add it to your list of places to go.  Free Parking, Free Admission.  If you want to ride the rides you can purchase a booklet of tickets and go on the rides  you choose, or you can buy an All Ride Pass (bracelet) that you can ride as much as you want!  This is great cause we can get the girls a handstamp for the Bargain night and they can ride as many as they choose, over and over again, and Becky and I don't have to pay anything to be there in the park and watch them.  If we want to go on a ride, we just use some of the tickets we bought.  Here are some highlight photos from the weekend.

Ally riding the Helicopters

Bella on the Italian Trapeze (Swings)

My Favorite Photo from the Weekend

 

All the Ladies with Kozmo

 

Madie loved these train cars!

Mmmmm,.... Smores and the evening fire.... YUMMY!

Becky's BIG Bass!

Nice part about Lake Glory is that checkout isn't until 2pm.  This made Sunday nice and relaxed and while everyone else was packing up we were able to go fishing, do a scavenger hunt with the kids, and have lunch.   The girls had a few bites when fishing but no good results.  Becky managed to fight off the big one and reel it in!  <--SEE LEFT

Eventually it was time to pack back up, which went pretty smooth.  It was getting hot though and being in our site with no shade trees made it quite steamy when we had to roll up the awning! 

Back to reality on Sunday Evening, the ride and tow home was uneventful.  Back out again in two weeks to another Campground!