So here we were at our first campground ever. We have never been the camping kind of family and therefore never been at a campground in our lives.
In our 30' camper we had 5 people and 3 pets. There was myself and John, our oldest son and his girlfriend, our youngest son, our Rottie, and our 2 cats.
Life in a tag-a-long camper is very different from living inan apartment, a mobile home, or a house. I should know, I've lived in every one of these accomodations. Now here we are living as a familyof 5 in a 30' tag-a-long camper. We have a conversion van as an extra bedroom, but so far that only works well when the temperature outside is warm enough.
When you live in a typical type of home, you have space tospread out and have time to yourself. Most people have bedrooms,kitchens, dining rooms, or whatever that are actual separate rooms. You can spread out and spend a lot of alone time. Some homes are so big that you can lose yourself in them. Families are less connected because they don't have to spend time together and so they don't. Again I know this from personal experience.Our family started out in small apartments. We could spread out and have some time to ourselves but we also had to spend a lot of time together. Then we moved into a mobile home. Over the years we enjoyed living there. We could spend time together when we wanted to but everyone had their own space as well. As the children grew, and the years passed, we moved into a very big and spacious house. We had so much room to spread out and enjoy time to ourselves that eventually we lost our connected together time. Most times I could look around the house and find every member of our family in a different room.
We have since gone from that imense house to a 30' tag-a-long camper. There are no separate rooms or places to go that don't have another person in them. We are together often and for long periods of time. It's not as bad as it might sound. We have had to learn to adjust. Everybody has to have more patience. Everybody has to have more respect for each other. Everybody has to cut everybody else a little slack.Watching TV is a family event and tricky at that. With 5 people watching tv becomes a matter of learning how to fit everyone into the area.
The nice thing about Fair Harbor RV was that it was a very big campground. Lots of space to walk around and nature to enjoy. Johnny found great joy in exploring the entire campground each day and he slimmed right out because of the exercise he was inevitably getting.
Kyle and Jessie set up house in the van and would stay in there for hours watching movies or tv. At night they would join us in the camper and have supper and watch a movie with the family.
We met lots of people at fair harbor. The first folks I met were almost right outside my camper. I went outside and started down the roadway. Two campers down from us was a woman who was getting ready to haul out and head for Florida. Her plan was to spend a little time down there visiting family and then she plans to move on to Louisianna to work with Habitat for Humanity for a while.
I didn't get to talk with her very long but I was so touched by the fact that she is going to work with them. Speaking with her when I walked up was an older gentleman who was walking his dog. I stopped and pet the little dog for a moment and then we began talking as well. We started walking down the road together and chatting and he offered to introduce me to his wife. So we walked to his camper and just talked. Such friendly people. His name was Tom and his was a reverend who had come down from a northern state to help out another reverend friend of his. His friend was not feeling well and needed someone to help with his church for a while, so Tom and his wife were there to help out where they could.
Tom and I talked for a long while and then he introduced me to his wife, Mary. Mary was a dynamic and energetic woman. They both have that energy that just draws you to them. While we sat at their picnic table and talked many other people approached us to say hello or join our conversation. We talked about our lives and how we feel about the world today. We talked about things we have experienced and how we believe everything happens for some reason. And then they needed to get on their way so we said our see ya later's and they went on their way.
Over our time at Fair harbor we would meet other lovely people and make friendships that still last.
In our 30' camper we had 5 people and 3 pets. There was myself and John, our oldest son and his girlfriend, our youngest son, our Rottie, and our 2 cats.
Life in a tag-a-long camper is very different from living inan apartment, a mobile home, or a house. I should know, I've lived in every one of these accomodations. Now here we are living as a familyof 5 in a 30' tag-a-long camper. We have a conversion van as an extra bedroom, but so far that only works well when the temperature outside is warm enough.
When you live in a typical type of home, you have space tospread out and have time to yourself. Most people have bedrooms,kitchens, dining rooms, or whatever that are actual separate rooms. You can spread out and spend a lot of alone time. Some homes are so big that you can lose yourself in them. Families are less connected because they don't have to spend time together and so they don't. Again I know this from personal experience.Our family started out in small apartments. We could spread out and have some time to ourselves but we also had to spend a lot of time together. Then we moved into a mobile home. Over the years we enjoyed living there. We could spend time together when we wanted to but everyone had their own space as well. As the children grew, and the years passed, we moved into a very big and spacious house. We had so much room to spread out and enjoy time to ourselves that eventually we lost our connected together time. Most times I could look around the house and find every member of our family in a different room.
We have since gone from that imense house to a 30' tag-a-long camper. There are no separate rooms or places to go that don't have another person in them. We are together often and for long periods of time. It's not as bad as it might sound. We have had to learn to adjust. Everybody has to have more patience. Everybody has to have more respect for each other. Everybody has to cut everybody else a little slack.Watching TV is a family event and tricky at that. With 5 people watching tv becomes a matter of learning how to fit everyone into the area.
The nice thing about Fair Harbor RV was that it was a very big campground. Lots of space to walk around and nature to enjoy. Johnny found great joy in exploring the entire campground each day and he slimmed right out because of the exercise he was inevitably getting.
Kyle and Jessie set up house in the van and would stay in there for hours watching movies or tv. At night they would join us in the camper and have supper and watch a movie with the family.
We met lots of people at fair harbor. The first folks I met were almost right outside my camper. I went outside and started down the roadway. Two campers down from us was a woman who was getting ready to haul out and head for Florida. Her plan was to spend a little time down there visiting family and then she plans to move on to Louisianna to work with Habitat for Humanity for a while.
I didn't get to talk with her very long but I was so touched by the fact that she is going to work with them. Speaking with her when I walked up was an older gentleman who was walking his dog. I stopped and pet the little dog for a moment and then we began talking as well. We started walking down the road together and chatting and he offered to introduce me to his wife. So we walked to his camper and just talked. Such friendly people. His name was Tom and his was a reverend who had come down from a northern state to help out another reverend friend of his. His friend was not feeling well and needed someone to help with his church for a while, so Tom and his wife were there to help out where they could.
Tom and I talked for a long while and then he introduced me to his wife, Mary. Mary was a dynamic and energetic woman. They both have that energy that just draws you to them. While we sat at their picnic table and talked many other people approached us to say hello or join our conversation. We talked about our lives and how we feel about the world today. We talked about things we have experienced and how we believe everything happens for some reason. And then they needed to get on their way so we said our see ya later's and they went on their way.
Over our time at Fair harbor we would meet other lovely people and make friendships that still last.
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