We took the trailer out for the second time. The first time it was scorching hot. This time it poured rain. Finally, Sunday, it settled down enough to actually enjoy the outside.Lake Ray Roberts, Isla Du Bois is a fantastic state park. It's small, but lovely. I was so pleased with our camp site #170. Sufficiently secluded even though it was right next to the main road. I have to admit it is nice to have a trailer with a bathroom so we don't have to worry about being situated next to the restrooms. Which we weren't, but it didn't matter.
We drove around a little on Sunday. We also liked spot 75 because it is close to the water. We saw so many spots close to the water. Many people just moored their boats on the water close to their trailers. Ah, some day.
I like the rock edges of the water. Not sharp rocks, but water-smoothed rocks. No mud. We stuck our feet in the water to cool off. If we'd had a spot close to the water, I might have take a chair down their and just sat in the water. The breeze off the lake was heaven. I can't wait to go back. And the sooner the better. Definitely 2 thumbs up.
That's the park, now the camper.
The trailer definitely got a work out as we were going in and out, the dogs were wet and going in and out. At one point, we had four people and the dogs all in the camper. It worked out great.
We discovered a couple of more items we need. A table for outside. One of those light-weight fold up tables. That way we have a place to set the coffee maker, and other items we don't want to have to take in and out all the time. Camping, afterall, is about being outside.
I also need a system for getting many things from the camper to the grill or picnic table. A basket or something. We thought about a big plastic bowl (we have one at home) that can double as a dish pan. It can be a bit tricky grabbing eggs, bacon, bread, potatos, a knife etc to carry outside.
We need lighting. We pulled into the park at 10pm. It was pitch black. The only thing we could do was pull the truck and trailer in head first and go to bed. We slept with everything still hooked up. Not that a couple of lanterns would have solved that issue completely, but at least we would have had light for walking around. I also need to remember to stick in our rope lights.
The dogs were pretty good this time. They are getting much better about staying close to camp. They explored, but never wandered into the street or too far away from camp. I desperately need to get tags with our phone number for their collars.
Things that worked.
DH bought two $10 table top grills and charcoal. He made breakfast and supper in his cast iron skillet on the charcoal fire and it was great. It finally felt like we were really camping.
Shopping our cupboards. We didn't take the time to go grocery shopping before we went camping. When it came time to pack food, I shopped our refrigerator and cupboards and came up with enough food for breakfast and supper.
