2013 - Trip 8 & 9 - Colonial Woods Campground

School is now in session and darkness creeps in earlier now, so our camping trips are just to local campgrounds for the quick weekend get-away.  Also, since it is now no longer peak camping season, the rates have dropped a few dollars and there are some good deals out there.  At Colonial Woods, if you book two weekends in a row, you can leave your camper on-site, just turn off or unplug the electric, and you get 10% off the second weekend!  So, that's what we have done this time.

Friday was the typical caos of getting everything loaded and the camper picked up before the kids got out of school.  We were able to pick them up and get on our way before long which made it nice for the setup.  Check in was a breeze as usual and we were off to our site.  While the site is long, if I place the popup all the way back I can't reach the power pole location, so it took a minute or five to get the placement right so our main plug could reach, and then we disconnected and let the kids out of the van.  The rest of the setup went smoothly.  Friday evening we enjoyed a small campfire and riding our pedal bike around the campground while others were moving in and setting up.  Saturday was going to be a full day of activities as it was Grandparents weekend, and both Nana and Momsie were going to be coming to visit!

Madie enjoying her Hot Dog!

Saturday Afternoons Swedish Fire Log Attempt,... worked pretty well.

Playing Mini-Golf, Crazy Kid Style

Riding the bikes and Scooters

Sunday arrived and we took our time packing up what we needed and securing our canopy and camper.  It felt weird loading so little stuff back into the car and leaving the camper there.  We double checked everything was off and secure, and then loaded into the van to head home.

All secure, time to head home.

On the way home, we stopped by the Lake Nockamixon dam overlook to show the kids and see how it was.  Quite a difference from the time we passed before when the full dam was overflowing at a pretty good rate, now just a little bit in the middle remained. 

Back to work for the week, with only having to get groceries and a few odds and ends for the second weekend of camping, it was an odd feeling knowing that we didn't have the camper packed up or at its usual storage spot.  Honestly, I almost felt like I should drive over sometime and check in on it just to feel more secure.

Second weekend came up quickly and it was made even better by having off work on Friday and already having a fully setup camper.  We dropped the older kids off at school and then headed up to Scott Powersports to drop off my motorcycle for some maintenance and tires.  Then a good breakfast with Madie, and we were to the campground still before 11:30am.  Just a few things to re-organize, turn things back on, and open up the awning, and we were back in camping mode in less than 30 minutes!  This weekend was more about relaxing and enjoying camping than anything else.  The kids did crafts again and we were able to get some fishing in too.  Hey,.. look what I found....

Rob the Turtleman,... Ayahaaya,.. Live Action!

Becky go the bullseye!,... at least I hope so,.. otherwise, not sure what she is doing....

Bella throwing for the bullseye again!  She was good!

As you can see in the photos, the weather was rather spectacular for a mid-september camping weekend.  Both weekends were great as a matter of fact.  Hard to believe that we will only have one more camping weekend left before it will be time to winterize and put away for the winter.