Each year since we bought the Airstream we have gone to Ft. Wilderness Campground for the July 4th Holiday. This year we decided to do something a little different. We went to the beach for a week in July.
Each day we drove from our campsite out to the beach access. It is a little too far to walk, but is not too far to ride a bicycle. However, we don’t travel lite and laying out on the beach is no exception. The boys were too eager to get to the beach and didn’t want to take time for proper application of sun screen. For the most part they were protected, but there were a couple of places on each that didn’t get covered and they turned a little pink and weren’t very comfortable after the first day on the beach. I guess they’ll never learn to listen to Mom and Dad about such things. Becki and I applied generous amounts of sunscreen and I stayed in the shade of a small beach umbrella. I am too old to worry about getting the perfect tan. Being July it was hot as blazes! We have a wireless weather station that gives the outside temperature and it exceeded 100F everyday we were there. The beach temperature was considerably lower, but the campsite reached 101F in the shade on two days. I thought that it might have registered so high because the temperature sensor was under the Airstream’s charcoal gray awning so I moved it one afternoon to the pic-nic table under the green free standing awning. It then registered 106F! As one might imagine, we stayed in the Airstream except when on the beach. I was really glad that I had brought the satellite dish. It saved us from afternoons too hot to be outside and prevented complete boredom.
Sulley, the Happy Camper
Despite the heat, one member of the family had a great time being outside. Sulley loves to go camping. I think he views camping trips as opportunities to meet new people and new dogs. On this trip he didn’t get many chances to make new friends, but he was content just the same to be outside under the awning watching the world go by. However, he did ask out to go for walks often in the hopes of finding a new aquaintence. Either way, he was a happy camper.
We enjoyed our stay so much that we have decided to go back to Grayton Beach State Park for the Memorial Day Weekend ‘10. We plan on staying in the new section that was being completed while we were there. This section doesn’t have much shade, but all the sites include sewer. We’ll have to take the satellite dish because there will be no cable, but I have got enough experience in setting it up now that I can lock onto the satellite in less than 10 minutes.
