It has been a while since I posted anything here. But during my absence, we have been out for a total of 2 times, with the Shasta.
Our first trip for a couple of newbies, was exciting, and scary. We took the ferry to the Sunshine Coast for a quick weekend trip.
Silly me, I didn’t make any ferry reservations on this trip, thinking it was still off-season, traffic shouldn’t have been a problem. I was wrong. We waited for 1 sailing, forcing us to eat dinner at Horseshoe Bay, instead of a much anticipated first dinner at our campsite. I found a place in the village that serves up very yummy YAM FRIES, my new weakness.
Because we had to wait a sailing, we didnt arrive to our site, until dark. With an out of date map in my hand, which I obtained from the campgrounds website, we drove around and around looking for our designated spot. A man came running after us, and introduced himself as a caretaker (who smelled like he just came out of a beer can! lol). He showed us our spot, and offered his help to set up. We sent him on his way, thanking him.
Set up was a breeze, and we settled into our trailer for our very first nite, with a glass of wine.
When we woke, we discoverd our part of the campground was mostly quiet. The other part, was full of full-timers. I was happy to see we were near a creek and we had a nice view of tall trees.
Our trip was fantastic, although we discovered we need something softer to sleep on. The foams were much too hard. This was solved for our second trip to Harrison.
Our second trip, we headed up to Harrison Hot Springs. Again, thinking it was off season, I thought it would not be a problem to get into our favorite campground. I was wrong as we pulled up to the gates and saw a “Closed for the Season” sign on them….. So we drove through a community and pulled into the first “RV Resort” that had an open sign. This park, was a parking lot, which was pushing “Season-Long” rentals. There were many large units, that were obviously set up for the long haul with fancy decks and sheds built around them. We didn’t care too much, it was a place to stay and plug into. And it was quiet. No one was around, except the few that came to work on thier fancy decks.
Pulling the Shasta, seemed easier, and we both seemed more relax during our trip. Almost like, we were not pulling a trailer behind us.
It was a nice quiet trip. A perfect weekend break.
Now, I am planning our BIG trip. A 10 Day road trip to California, with a couple stops in Oregon, and a few stops in California, with our home base being in Escondido, in San Diego County. We also have been talking about a quick day trip to Catalina Island, California.
The only time we could do this, is during our only holidays of the year, between Christmas, and New Years. I am looking forward to watching fireworks and celebrating New Years in Escondido California.
In the meantime, we are going to set up the Shasta with a Cable outlet, and a small flat screen LCD before, which I will post on here.
