2017 - Trip #7 - Mountain Springs Campground

Sometimes you have to break the routine and try some new campgrounds to make new friends and see new things.  This time, we chose Mountain Springs Campground near Hamburg, PA based on the recommendation of our friends we met and camped with at Lake In Wood.  An hours drive away, just about right to make the trip as soon as the kids get out of school and be all setup and comfortable before dark sets in.

Our full-hookup campsite down on the bottom of of the campground

After all the driving and setup, have to get going with a quick meal before we can go off to fun activities.  Sometimes, I get creative to help motivate the kids to eat before we go play.  Mountain Springs had a very nice arcade, bingo hall, pool, playground, and large pond for fishing, and a well stocked camp store.  Everyone seemed very nice everywhere that we went.

Saturday was a fun filled day full of campground run activities.  Some of them overlapped too so we couldn't get to them all.  Since it was one of their halloween weekends they had costume contests for everything, even a costume dance party at the end of the day!  First up, was the pet costume judging and parade.  Allison always has her "Ike" with her, which is a stuffed black and white dog that she even walks on a leash.  The camp staff was great, and let her participate in the event as well.  So many of the people were encouraging too and some of the dogs were even fooled.  While she didn't win, they did have a prize for everyone to have so she ended up getting "Ike" a dog food dish.

Allison (2nd to right from center line in sidewalk)

Shortly after the puppy parade, the campground began the afternoon trick or treating for the kids and adults.  Lots of fun, and this year we broke out the good favorites, Pac-Man Family!  Since this trip was a short planned trip, we pulled these out of the garage and dusted them off, and they were still a big hit!  There were lots of good costumes though that we saw around the campground which gave us some good competition when it came time to judge.  We managed to get SECOND place in the family / group category!

Besides the above fun activities, we had time doing things around the campground.  Below are some of the fun photos from our highlights!  Lots of smiles, laughs, and good times!

Lilly caught a nice trout

Ally caught a nice bass

Bella loved playing BINGO

And when Madie wasn't dancing, she was being a gymnast

And that ends our 2017 Camping season already.  We had some really good trips this year and some not so good ones,.... but 2018 will redeem us with some new explorations and back out camping with friends.  

Thanks for reading along!