Weekend at Roseland Resort

[bjarvis]

This trip to Roseland Resort was bittersweet: it was closing weekend, the end of the camping season until April, 2008.

The daytime weather was unseasonably warm to the point where I was tempted to turn on the air conditioning on Sunday. The evenigns however were on the cool side so I was happy to be housed in a trailer with its own furnace.

The leaves were changing colour, making for some beautiful scenery.

	Fall colours along Maryland I68 Western Maryland, 2007-09-19
	Clouds Roseland Resort, WV, 2007-10-20
	Leafy Path Roseland Resort, WV, 2007-10-20
	Driveway Roseland Resort, WV, 2007-10-20
	Trailers in the trees Roseland Resort, WV, 2007-10-20

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This trip to Roseland Resort was bittersweet: it was closing weekend, the end of the camping season until April, 2008.

The daytime weather was unseasonably warm to the point where I was tempted to turn on the air conditioning on Sunday. The evenigns however were on the cool side so I was happy to be housed in a trailer with its own furnace.

The leaves were changing colour, making for some beautiful scenery.

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<td><strong>Fall colours along Maryland I68</strong><br />
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<td><strong>Trailers in the trees</strong><br />
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<td><strong><lj site="livejournal.com" user="cuyahogarvr"> and <lj site="livejournal.com" user="kent4str"></strong><br />
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There is much new construction in progress on the campgrounds. The management is very tight-lipped on the work in progress, wanting to keep it as a surprise.

The one item which isn't being kept hush-hush is the assembly of an observatory on the hill behind our trailer. One of the seasonal campers is undertaking the project and will be installing an 8" telescope. Campers are welcome to attend viewing sessions and classes.

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<td><strong>Observatory under construction</strong><br />
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Saturday was largely spent being tourists in nearby Moundsville, WV.

Moundsville has two outstanding features which place it on the map:<br>
1. two state penitentiaries, one downtown, a relic of 1866, and the current one on the edge of town. The former is open for tours, the latter is not. We were too late in the afternoon to tour the old prison but it was very impressive from the outside.
2. prehistoric burial mounds, especially one in the center of town. Again, we were too late to visit the adjacent museum and research center so we'll have to come back for that.

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As mentioned above, this was the closing weekend of the campground. All of Sunday morning and early afternoon was spent winterizing: boxing up the perishables to take home, cleaning the trailer inside & out, stuffing paper products and linens into plastic bins, flushing non-toxic antifreeze into the water system, disconnecting power & water and then ultimately wrapping the entire machine to protect it against the elements.

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Camping season resumes in early April, 2008. I can't wait!

Comments

[bigfundrew.livejournal.com]

wow...so pretty

[ajdesq.livejournal.com]

You wimps! I thought you 'mericans were rufty-tufty types. Not caravanning throughout the winter? What are you, men or meece? ;-)

Now THIS is what it's all about:




...and it's a good excuse to wear the leathers! ;-)

I guess if the trailer park closes you don't have much choice. Over here, 10 month seasons are now the norm. And I have to admit, going to fill up the water container when it's freezing cold outside isn't always a great experience. And of course, come April, you'll be gaggging to get back out there.

Observatory sounds exciting. I gazed at the stars the other night and even considered myself getting a telescope.

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

I'd love to have a longer season but the campground shutting down nixes that unless we want to (a) move the trailer, something not easy with the deck statinoed in front, or (b) go tent camping although that quickly loses its charm under a few inches of snow.

[moofedct.livejournal.com]

Wow, cool pictures all the way around and thank you for sharing!!

That old prison is cool looking!