Alan & Carie's Blog: April 2016

Sunday, April 24, 2016

2016-04-25 Harrison Lake SP Rally

This weekend we went to friends Tom & Ella's Rally at Harrison Lake state park In Northern Ohio right near the Michigan border. The rally was a gathering of some of their retired teacher friends and they thoughtfully invited us to join them. Carie & I had a GREAT time. It was Carie's first weekend off from a very busy tax season and she had a blast! Relaxed, socialized and just a lot of fun and laughs. We didn't do any site seeing but instead everyone just hung around the campground. We taught everyone to ride our Segways which were a big hit.

Dave & Gale and "Abner" and their Camp-Inn (Mfg) Raindrop (model) teardrop camper. These Camp-Inns are the cadillacs of teardrops and this brand and model was exactly what Carie and I almost bought before discovering the T@Bs. The T@B having a little more room and height not to mention a lower price tag won us over back in 2008...

Bill & Deb and their Class B Sportsmobile RV. This is a really cool class B! You can customize them however you want including what van they use such as a Ford, Dodge, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, etc. They are made in Indiana and have a customizing configurator program on their website so you can customize and price out your own future Sporstmobile right there.

http://www.sportsmobile.com/

Mike & Linda and their Rockwood 5th wheel by Forest River

Bob & Susan and their pop-up camper

Steve & Cindy and their Vista by Gulf Stream

Carie, Tom & Ella sunning and snoozing in front of Tom & Ella's 2016 Airstream model 23FB

Susan, Bob, Mike & Bill (and "Chaz" in the foreground) chatting it up in front of Susan & Bob's pop-up

Dave bought an awesome fold-up full-size kayak and this was his maiden voyage. Very cool!

Bob on the Segway with Steve & Tom in the background

Susan attempting the Segway

Dave Segwaying...

Mike Segwaying

Deb & Gale in the distance Segwaying!

Sunday, April 10, 2016

2016-3-26 & 2016-4-9 NOVA Airstream Rallies

Well another camping season is finally here (!) and friends Tom & Ella graciously invited us to join them and their NOVA (Northern Ohio Virtual Airstream) group on two rallies this past weekend and two weekends' ago. Carie was only able to join us for a couple of days two weekends' ago at Deer Creek State Park and not at all this past weekend :-( Oh well...We all had fun and I got a few pictures of the first rally where it began as a rally then several Airstreamers canceled and then when it was just us and Tom & Ella unexpectedly two new Airstreams and their owners showed up so viola, let there be a rally! I only got a couple of photos of this past weekends' rally at Kandel's Campground in Walnut Creek, OH just to show the weather. It was rough with snow on day three and temps in the low 30's! But we still had fun touring Amish country.

The photo's start with the first rally two weekends ago...

Tom & Ella's brand new Airstream Flying Cloud 23FB (queen bed) and their just as new GMC pickup truck! They traded their previous Airstream, a 16' Bambi, in on this beauty! They got a package deal buying the Airstream and the truck both from Haydocy Airstream/GMC in Columbus, OH

Some activities we all did was go to the nearby Hopewell & Adena mounds. Very cool stuff!

Adena Mound

We ate lunch at the historic Carl's Diner in downtown Chillicothe, OH. This diner/building were originally used at the one time Worlds Fair back in the mid 1900's, I don't know the exact year, but they moved it from there to here. Oh, and the food was excellent, by the way!

Ralliers and hosts Ella & Tom ("Scout" is off to the right there in the picture)

Tom & Ella's "Charlie Button" in her jammies...LOL! Poor thing.

Brian & Brenda in their brand new limited edition Pendleton Airstream! This edition Airstream is new for 2016 and only 100 will be built. It celebrates Pendleton and the 100th anniversary on the U.S. National Park Service. Very exclusive Airstream with a lot of bells & whistles. Literally! It has a doorbell and it's decked out with a ton of Pendleton stuff including, blankets, towels, plates & dishes, even the awning is special edition by Pendleton!