What?!? No other Airstreams?

Believe it or not, not EVERY camping trip that we go on revolves around meeting up with other Airstream owners.  We have friends that camp without an Airstream.  I'm not sure how they do it ;-) but nonetheless they are still fun to camp with.  Back in September, (yeah, I know I'm way behind on updating the blog) we camped with some local friends at a local campground.  No driving for a day to get there, no scrambling after breakfast on Sunday to pack up and drive the whole day to get home.  It was a complete departure from the norm.  We had a great time though.  We were at a campground called Hidden Acres (http://www.hiddenacrescampground.net/).  We were there about 10 years prior when some relatives visited with their camper and we were still in a tent.  Dealing with the management in order to get 3 sites near each other that could accommodate our group was a bit more drawn out than it needed to be, but in the end it was just because the owner/management was trying to be TOO accommodating in their service and doesn't normally deal with weekenders.  If anyone has happened upon this blog entry as a result of a search for this campground, please send a comment and I'll get with you about questions.  It's a worthwhile visit.

Back to the trip itself, though...  We were there with two other campers.  We're local and see each other often, but it seems that we only get together with our campers every couple years.  Each of the families has kids with overlapping ages and for the most part they manage to find things to do together.  One such event occurred Friday night when the younger crowd decided to take over the Airstream as their art shop.

We walked around the campground the following day.  It's largely a seasonal campground.  On our way back to basecamp (pardon the intended pun), I paused for some pictures of the campsite.

The Airstream is partially obstructed by that beautiful vintage Ford Excursion, but nevertheless it was a nice setup.

Here's the people we were camping with.  I know...which ones?  The two closest SoB's in the picture are our camping mates.

I wasn't going for clarity here.  This was more to demonstrate the kids around the campfire and the apparent need for electronic devices.

One of the neat things that this campground does is bingo on Saturday night.  Pretty much the whole campground shows up and it's a very social event.  I remember this from camping here 10 years ago and it's still going strong and just as fun.  Parker managed to get BINGO on a four-corners match and netted himself $43.

An evening of BINGO and a campfire can suck the energy out of some kids

Despite being a "local" campout, we still managed to be up at a way too early hour for the weekend, did breakfast at a leisurely pace, cleaned up, packed up, and were hitched-up and headed-out before anyone else.  I try to get the kids to sleep in.  It rarely happens.