I saw some T@Bs on the interstate the last 100 miles. Some honked and waved. I pulled into the Basecamp RV Park behind two other T@Bs checking in. I just couldn't quit smiling. One, because I MADE IT. And two, because it's just so darn cute to see the little T@Bs in a line.
I checked in and went to work setting up camp. I'm going to be here 5 days so I have all my camping, and cooking, and relaxing stuff. I put up my Clam Quik Set tent so I could have some shade because it was HOT. I put down my rug inside the tent, set up my Sherpa table and Everest Camp Stove and Slim Fold Table, my lounge chair and my other chair. I got out my solar panels to charge my solar generator which spent the trip out keeping my food cold. I put up my visor which I call her Bonnet. I put up a patio umbrella to shade the dog pen area and one on the front of the tab. I put on my picnic table cloth tied it down. And it all looked good like this:
Then it was time to head over to the big tent for our Opening ceremony and beer swap. You were supposed to bring a local beer 6 pack and swap them out for other people's local beers. I put away my solar panels and solar generator before I left and left the dogs in the air conditioning. Just as Mandy Lea was Welcoming us she said that there was bad weather coming and we needed to secure our stuff. You know what I did NOT do before I went over??? And what I was going to do later in the evening when it was cooler??? Stake down my tent. I am close to the main tent thank goodness so I ran (okay...walked fast) to my site and started panic takedowns. I started with the two umbrellas and moved to the tent. It was getting darker but I had a little time left. Could I stake the tent? I grabbed the side of the tent just as it hit and I was almost Mary Poppins. I just threw my weight against the sides to collapse them and it landed in a heap. I threw my lounge chair on top for weight. I pulled the tent pole out of my visor but couldn't do any more with it so I put the center section inside the trailer and slammed to door on it. The picnic table cloth was hanging on by two clips so I folded up the dog pen and threw it on top. Then I grabbed the slimfold table as it was trying to fly and shoved it under the tongue of the trailer. I'm now soaked. I then gave up on the rest and got inside, tho I had to wrestle the visor to get in. It was quote a storm! And now it looks like this:
So we postponed opening ceremonies until 9:00 am tomorrow.
But it's a really beautiful place. I walked around after I set up and snapped some pictures.
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