Okay so maybe the title of this article is a bit misleading! As I write this, I am sitting in my trailer in one of our swivel chairs while my wife is resting in the bed with the Hound of the Baskervilles (the original one with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce) playing in the background. We are doing a night of backyard camping thus the title “Free Camping!”. This is the night before Mothers Day and my wife has worked us both to the bone for her special day. Today, we went to our usual nursery’s (the ones with plants) and bought a bunch of flowers. Since the weather for Mothers Day is supposed to be rainy all day, she made certain that the flowers were all planted today.
I have lately been considering looking for a seasonal and have gone back and forth in my mind, but I think I am still leaning against it. I do see some advantages to having a seasonal such as being able to go any time to your camp site without having to hook-up to the tow vehicle. Also, it is a gas savings because one can go to their seasonal with an economy car. The problem from my perspective is that I can’t find a seasonal that is close enough for it to be convenient.
There is one place near me where people can purchase an actual lot. It intrigues me, but I don’t think I want to be tied down to that small parcel. So I decided that I have a pretty good seasonal right here in my back yard! The entire yard is fenced in. I have electricity and water. I even have wireless Internet which I am connected to right now while I type on my laptop. the only thing I need is some way of dumping at home. I don’t have that figured out yet, but I have some thoughts on that.
I finally figured out an activity for myself that I want to do while camping. I believe I’ve mentioned before that I had thought of finding a model to build while camping. I decided that I would build one from scratch. The model comes from an old TV show that I just love. It is called Space 1999 and in it, they had these space craft called Eagle Landers. They were pretty cool looking and so I did some research for some plans. It just happens that I stumbled onto the original creator of these models for the TV show. I contacted him and asked him if I could obtain some plans and it turns out that he is going to do just that for me! He seems very kind and I will be ever grateful for his efforts for me. I will post photos when I make some sort of progress.
I have some mods planned for our new Rockwood before our trip to Door County Wisconsin in June. I want to make some wheel chocks (the type that mount between the wheels). I want to do something with the ‘stinky slinky’. I need to organize the front pass-thru storage compartment. I need to connect my RV-Q grill just so I know how to use it. I need to make my homemade tie downs for our awning. I’m not totaly sold on that awning. Rockwoods come with a Dometic Electric Awning. I don’t think I would have picked one if I had the choice….but we will deal.
Thats about it for now. I am happy to back and hope you enjoy! Happy Mothers Day to all you Moms!
Happy Camping and see you next Sunday!
Jolene
We are not located in Picayune, Ms. Our climate is very similar to that in Florida. We are located 45 minutes north of New Orleans and 30 minutes from the gulf coast beaches and casinos. Our monthly rate is $428.00 per month including full hookups and all of your utilities. We don’t have cable but we offer free wi fi. There is a rv supply /repair center just down the block from the resort. A super walmart is less than a 1/4 mile away. The city of Picayune is quaint and has a small town atmosphere chopped full of small antique shops and boutiques.
Please visit our website at http://www.sunroamers.com
Daniel R Kupke Sr
I was just wondering where in Florida a person could go and set up from about Dec to April ??? This up-comeing winter will be my first stabb at this snow bird thing ??? Me and My wife have a 40 ft 3 slide 3 axle 5th WHL that needs a place in Florida for a few months this comeing winter !! We don’t care where in Florida as long as there is places to get supplies and it’s not out in the boonies as my wife like’s to be fairly close to the city n malls n Wall Mart n such ?? Also any idea’s about monthly costs for some-thing like this would be appreciated as well ???
Barry Hansen
Hi
I am new to this site and enjoying your blogs.
Thanks for posting
Take Care’
Bear
DAN L
all you need to dump at your house is a sewer “cleanout”. if you do not already have one in a convenient location, a plumber can add one for you. it cost me 1k$ to have about 25′ of 3″ black pvc pipe run under my house in the crawl space (i cannot get in there) and thru the foundation in the back of the house in wa. it took a plumber and his helper over 6 hrs to do the job. plumbers make great $. kind of expensive, but it works very well. if you can get under your house and do the job yourself, the parts would have cost me about $100. if you call a plumber, make sure you specify a 3″ “sewer cleanout”, not an rv dump station which has its own set of building codes. read more expensive, especially if you have a septic system.