As Winter Settles on the Green Tarp

I haven't been posting. Well I haven't really had much to say since we buttoned her up. After one major ice storm and two major snow storms the trailer and tarp are now well coated in the white stuff. Fortunately with all the limbs and trees crashing around it, the airstream went unscathed in the "Great Ice Storm".
We have been without power for 11 days and on the 11th hour of the 11th day power was restored and we all rejoiced!
We have been fortunate for many other things during this storm. For Jon, Thom, Sarah and Daniel and Rob and Nathan for coming up to take care of all the trees and limbs. We are thankful for Helen and Ralph and Merry for being a cozy port in the storm to Sean and I and grateful for Kevin who transported up the two generators and helped get them all wired in. We were grateful for understanding supervisors who helped us through these times when we were stymied and not so productive. Grateful for LG to keep Sean occupied and normal. Grateful for Lucy for helping us do laundry and I am very grateful for Charlie who took care of everything and who was very understanding when I purged the fridge of alot of stuff that might have been ok but I had the willies.
So its now 3 days to Christmas. Last year the airstream (even though it was no where ready for the launch as it is today) got alot of presents: water jugs, camp mugs, lanterns, cutting board/knives. This year not so much as we are all out for Sean. I suspect we will shower her with presents in April.
Now that we have power, I plan to post a bit more over the break...still wondering about folks and their camping adventures.

Camping anyone?

A long time ago I dated a guy whose family took two weeks each summer when he was growing up and they would load up the station wagon (this was in the 60's) and he and his two brothers and parents would drive hundreds of miles staying at KOA campgrounds all over the country.

My summers were spent a little differently-at an 8 week girls camp learning how to swim, canoe and all sorts of artsy stuff. I did not travel around much and we camped in NH in tents.

What I would love to know is have you or do you know anyone who has done family camping trips (tents or campers?). Did you have any traditional activities, foods you cooked, places you went to see?

Charlie and I are really looking forward to starting some "on the road" traditions with Sean even though our AS will be in Maine, we want Sean to experience lots and lots of scenic areas, natural landscapes and have lots of family traditions.