To Whom It May Concern...

This and that and CAMPING!!! After last year's camping adventure ( see here ) we weren't sure camping was in our future. But then we found a deal, on a 2000 Coleman Santa Fe popup camper. So, this past weekend we took it down to Pine Grove Furnace state park in PA. So it's July in PA, and the weather was nice. But it got cold at night. I'll give you the highlights, and the funny bits. I got out of work early Friday. The PUP (PopUP) had been loaded earlier in the week, but we had to load the food, clothes, and doggie into the SUV and hitch up. The DW (Dear Wife) had gotten most of the gear out on the back porch, out of the rain, but real easy to load into the TV. Took a little longer, I think I was slow cause of the rain, but we got it all loaded. Then I put the bike rack on the back, and loaded the bikes. Nothing left to do but hitch up the PUP. (Funny bit) I usually store the ball hitch and pin in the storage under the trunk of the SUV. Guess where it was at this point...

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Well, we got to promised land Thursday afternoon, and got right away setting up. All was well, we set up our tent, our food tent, and then my brother got there with his wife, and we helped them set up. 2AM, my wife’s brother and his wife got there, so I gave them the extension cord and fell back to sleep. Friday was a beautiful day. The sun was out, and Chloe was having a good time. We hadn't staked down our tents yet, so we took care of that. The ground there was especially hard, so our arms got tired. But we did it. After that we decided to go for a bike ride and swimming. Steph stayed at camp with Chloe. It was 4 miles each way, and uphill both ways as well. We made it home, got something to eat and did some fishing. Finally got back to camp, and toasted some marshmallows. Generally, a pretty good day. Saturday started with no rain, so we had a nice breakfast. And then the rains started. Chloe did not like it. We tried our best to keep dry. Another joyous event of the trip, ...