Camping At A Cabin

This was the big day where we would actually pull out of the driveway.  This was the scariest build up of all.  Could we do it?  We have a large back yard and the position of the camper was facing away from the road.  We thought of backing out, but decided to take a chance by doing a round about on our grass.  Our yard is not very level, so it was a bumpy round about, but luckily enough, there was plenty of room to turn around, so that will be our escape route in future trips.  As we are driving down the road, I am constantly looking at the side mirrors to make sure we stay attached.  I noticed quite a bit of water gushing out under the camper as we were driving.  We decided to pull over just to check.  My husband thought it was the auto run over of full tanks.  We pulled out again and it didn't seem to gush out as much, so we thought all was okay.  We took a very narrow, declining gravel road to get to our friends cabin property.  My husband was great, even though we were all nervous inside.  At this time, we would have to back into our spot.  We were glad that no one was at the site to watch us.  He had to back up and pull forward several times to get it in the right place.  The trees were rather low so it was rubbing the roof as we backed in.  We saw something on top that we didn't know what it was, in addition to many other compartments that we had not really noticed before.....when do you ever look on top of something?  Anyway, here is a picture of the top.  Not sure what this is or if it is supposed to look like this.

Set up time was rather quick, approximately 15 minutes so we were happy with that.  I used my trusty iPhone Level App to see if we were level.  Yes, an iPhone Level App!!  I think it worked rather well. We had the water tanks full but were able to plug power into the cabin, so it was part roughing it and part luxury.  Unfortunately our first evening was rather cool and a lot of bugs!!!!  The next day, the gang arrived late in the afternoon.  We ended up keeping the fire pit going for about 10 hours, but there is a lot of work involved.  The bugs eventually went away after being bitten many, many times.

The evening went well, kids and adults had a great time and it became warmer as the day progressed.

When we ventured home after the weekend, I again noticed that water was gushing out from under the camper.  I thought strange as we would have used up quite a bit during the weekend, so it shouldn't be the overflow.  Will have to monitor that one in future.  All in all (besides being cold and the bugs) it was a successful practice weekend.  I think we can now leave our county and venture further!