Serendipity on Wheels

 This week we took Serendipity out for her first shake down cruise. We went to Lake Ridge campground in Hillsville, it's about an hour from The Acre and has several things to do. We hooked up and took the back way in, through the town of Floyd. Lawman got some experience hauling her through tight curvy roads. All went well and we arrived on time. We checked in and got to our campsite. We told them we had a 46 foot camper, but yet we ended up in a 50 foot camp site right next to the bath house. 

We had never had the Dudley twins away from home before, so we were concerned about being the "site with barking dogs" that every campground seems to have. As we sat up the twins wandered around smelling all the smells and doing what dogs do. When they wandered too far we called them back, and by the time we got settled in, they knew how far they could go and didn't stray. 

The bath house was more of a challenge. Everyone who walked up got a bark the first day, but eventually they learned. By day two we would get compliments from passers by how we kept the dogs off leash in the camp site. 

Since we were in Hillsville, we invited Mike down for dinner one night. He's an old school lawman who joined the ranks of the retired some time ago. Brisket and brats were on the menu for his visit.

"The Girl" and her boyfriend came up and spent the night with us. Lawman and the boy-in-law did a bit of fishing, and The Girl took him around in style on a golf cart.

Next day, "The Boy" came up and spent the night with us. We did a bit more fishing.

We're not sure what other people do when camping, but we are geared toward food. We set up the new Blackstone and wonder why it took us so long to get one. We managed to whip up a huge meal in no time flat. Even The Boy got into the act.

All in all, we had a great big time. We spent a lot of time in the arcade, playing put put golf and fishing. The not so great parts were, the cable didn't work and the wi-fi didn't work. We didn't go to watch TV or interwebs anyway, but it would have been nice.

Other down sides were the site. We had one of the largest campers there, and they had us in the smallest site we could find. The site right across from us was about 80 feet long and had a 12 foot camper in it. We had to back out of the site and turn to get back on the road. The other downer was karaoke night. Saturday night everyone who couldn't sing, did. Until 2300hrs. Very loudly. We all got home and needed to end the week with a nap.

K&K