The Camping Season Closes
Oct. 25th, 2010 09:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bjarvisThis past weekend, we made our final visit to Roseland Resort for this camping season.
It's been a good year: we made a number of small repairs to the trailer, replaced the window blinds with much nicer blinds, discarded some unused items to free up storage space, and did some additional landscaping around the trailer itself. The campground itself changed ownership, alleviating the cloud of uncertainty which had hovered around since the early part of 2010. The new owners made a series of very smart changes and more are in the pipeline: we're very happy with the state of things.
While the campground now is running 12 months of the year rather than shutting down entirely at the end of October, we've opted to stick to our original camping schedule. Being able to visit in December or January is nice on paper, but the water system would still be drained because of the risk of freezing and it would cost a fortune in propane to keep the trailer interior comfortably warm. Instead, the trailer has been cleaned up, emptied of all perishables, winterized and wrapped until spring. We might yet return to Roseland but we'll rent a cabin or guestroom instead.
Weather permitting, we hope to re-open the trailer in mid-March and winterize it again in early November of 2011.
Want to see what it all looks like in October?
It's been a good year: we made a number of small repairs to the trailer, replaced the window blinds with much nicer blinds, discarded some unused items to free up storage space, and did some additional landscaping around the trailer itself. The campground itself changed ownership, alleviating the cloud of uncertainty which had hovered around since the early part of 2010. The new owners made a series of very smart changes and more are in the pipeline: we're very happy with the state of things.
While the campground now is running 12 months of the year rather than shutting down entirely at the end of October, we've opted to stick to our original camping schedule. Being able to visit in December or January is nice on paper, but the water system would still be drained because of the risk of freezing and it would cost a fortune in propane to keep the trailer interior comfortably warm. Instead, the trailer has been cleaned up, emptied of all perishables, winterized and wrapped until spring. We might yet return to Roseland but we'll rent a cabin or guestroom instead.
Weather permitting, we hope to re-open the trailer in mid-March and winterize it again in early November of 2011.
Want to see what it all looks like in October?
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Roseland Resort, West Virginia Full moon lighting, 2010-10-23 |
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Roseland Resort, West Virginia Winterization in progress, 2010-10-23 |
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Roseland Resort, West Virginia Leaves changing colour around the cabins, 2010-10-23 |
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Roseland Resort, West Virginia 2010-10-23 |
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Roseland Resort, West Virginia Oak Ridge, 2010-10-23 |
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Roseland Resort, West Virginia Colourful view from our trailer's front deck, 2010-10-23 |
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Roseland Resort, West Virginia Our trailer and the valley beyond, 2010-10-23 |
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Roseland Resort, West Virginia Our trailer winterized & wrapped until spring, 2010-10-23 |
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Date: 2010-10-25 06:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-25 07:21 pm (UTC)Because our beast has slide-out compartments on each side, it's not as airtight as a single molded body trailer might be: it would get chilly inside even with the furnace chugging at full blast. The plumbing would be non-functional as the campground blows air through the lines to clear water to guard against ice damage. As well, we'd have to spend a significant amount of time shoveling out a parking space for the minivan, clearing the steps and a path on the deck each visit. And all of that presumes the roads are sufficiently clear that we could get there safely and escape again when it was time to return to the real world.
We pass a number of residential trailers on the drive from Morgantown, WV, to the campgrounds. I can't imagine what life must be like in those during the depths of winter.