Post by Connie on Aug 21, 2006 13:16:28 GMT -8
I hadn't been camping for a couple years so I wasn't sure I'd be able to handle it because #1, I don't have a Van anymore to haul all the camp stuff and #2, I wasn't sure I'd be able to manage sleeping on the hard ground in a tent with my arthritis.
Luckily my oldest son came along so we were able to use his truck for a lot of the camping gear and I just took my meds along for the arthritis and slept on an air mattress that luckily stayed inflated so everything turned out OK
We had a great time! ;D One larger dog named Matty and Buddy didn't like each other very much so we just kept them separate from each other.
)o; Let's see, there were 12 dogs total, all small except for Matty who is part Lab and 
There were 13 adults total including 3 of my boys, Rick, Jamie and Tad, Tad's girlfriend Laura, my daughter Shannon and her husband Mike.
The weather was great and the campsite we chose was spacious enough for 2 very large tents and 4 smaller tents plus 2 very large motor homes "32 feet" long and we still had lots of room!
The campsite was just above the clubhouse so we had easy access to toilets, showers, kitchen facilities etc.. Down below the clubhouse was the beach of "Harstien Island." This Island belongs to the Teamsters Local 313 who are all Truck Drivers.
We all sat around the campfire at night telling camp tales (o; roasting hot dogs and marshmallows for smores. In the morning I made fresh camp coffee, pancakes, eggs and sausage (for those that eat sausage )o; anyway) and sat by the fire eating while telling more camp tales. It sure was a lot of fun!
On Sat. the Annual Teamsters Picnic was held with lots of food, games and prizes. They had a horseshoe tournament which my brother-in-law won the last time we went to one of these and he isn't even a Teamsters, LOL! They also had a raffle for prizes but none of us won )o; Oh Well! There's always next year
My son- in law took pictures, so as soon as I get them I'll post them here
Luckily my oldest son came along so we were able to use his truck for a lot of the camping gear and I just took my meds along for the arthritis and slept on an air mattress that luckily stayed inflated so everything turned out OK
We had a great time! ;D One larger dog named Matty and Buddy didn't like each other very much so we just kept them separate from each other.
)o; Let's see, there were 12 dogs total, all small except for Matty who is part Lab and There were 13 adults total including 3 of my boys, Rick, Jamie and Tad, Tad's girlfriend Laura, my daughter Shannon and her husband Mike. The weather was great and the campsite we chose was spacious enough for 2 very large tents and 4 smaller tents plus 2 very large motor homes "32 feet" long and we still had lots of room!
The campsite was just above the clubhouse so we had easy access to toilets, showers, kitchen facilities etc.. Down below the clubhouse was the beach of "Harstien Island." This Island belongs to the Teamsters Local 313 who are all Truck Drivers.
We all sat around the campfire at night telling camp tales (o; roasting hot dogs and marshmallows for smores. In the morning I made fresh camp coffee, pancakes, eggs and sausage (for those that eat sausage )o; anyway) and sat by the fire eating while telling more camp tales. It sure was a lot of fun!
On Sat. the Annual Teamsters Picnic was held with lots of food, games and prizes. They had a horseshoe tournament which my brother-in-law won the last time we went to one of these and he isn't even a Teamsters, LOL! They also had a raffle for prizes but none of us won )o; Oh Well! There's always next year
My son- in law took pictures, so as soon as I get them I'll post them here
Mike, my son-in-law used his camera for all the pics and I scanned them onto my computer since he didn't have a disc to copy. They are pretty large so I'll try to keep this to a minimum 
We always pick this spot just above the Lodge and Beach ~ it's nice and Big!
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