Have been waiting for a dry weekend since mid-Sept. for a final trip out. Have never gone camping in Nov. due to bad weather. It's been unusually mild lately tho. so we decided to do a last chance, final trip out on the weekend. In Dec.! The Thousand Trails CG we frequent in Birch Bay, Wa. has about 300 sites but there was only around 10 other RVs - kinda eerie. Pretty wet and windy but the rain stopped for a while on Sat. and got to take the dog for a long walk and off-leash run in the empty half of the CG. Worst part was no OTA TV reception due to the weather and too much trouble to set up the sat. dish. The weather people have been talking over the past week about a major cold front coming down from Alaska starting this week. Supposedly we'd see some snow this week. Lately they've been way off - it's rained when it was supposed to be sunny, and the sun has been out when it shoulda rained. Missed a couple of weekends of nice camping weather as a result. Got the TT winterized yesterday afternoon. DW wanted to put the cover on another day when it was a bit warmer and drier but I insisted. So it was a bit of a surprise this morning when I woke up to find some white stuff coming down heavily, just one day after winterizing the TT. Good thing we got the cover on. Guess we'll see ya'll in a CG somewhere out there next season.

I'm jealous. You got to go camping AFTER our last trip of the season.See you in the spring at some campground or another.

myredracer wrote:Have been waiting for a dry weekend since mid-Sept. for a final trip out. Have never gone camping in Nov. due to bad weather. It's been unusually mild lately tho. so we decided to do a last chance, final trip out on the weekend. In Dec.! The Thousand Trails CG we frequent in Birch Bay, Wa. has about 300 sites but there was only around 10 other RVs - kinda eerie. Pretty wet and windy but the rain stopped for a while on Sat. and got to take the dog for a long walk and off-leash run in the empty half of the CG. Worst part was no OTA TV reception due to the weather and too much trouble to set up the sat. dish. The weather people have been talking over the past week about a major cold front coming down from Alaska starting this week. Supposedly we'd see some snow this week. Lately they've been way off - it's rained when it was supposed to be sunny, and the sun has been out when it shoulda rained. Missed a couple of weekends of nice camping weather as a result. Got the TT winterized yesterday afternoon. DW wanted to put the cover on another day when it was a bit warmer and drier but I insisted. So it was a bit of a surprise this morning when I woke up to find some white stuff coming down heavily, just one day after winterizing the TT. Good thing we got the cover on. Guess we'll see ya'll in a CG somewhere out there next season. You were waiting for a "Dry" weekend WHY??? About the only thing that will keep me home is Freezing rain!

Yep, at least you got out! Mine has been in storage since mid October!!!!We were supposed to get 2 inches of snow on Sunday, ended up with 6-7"!!!! I wish it would've been Saturday, then we could've gotten the snowmobiles out!

Keep the snow talk down. I'm trying to sneak in one last trip this weekend

Still using ours in the drive way. Slides are in, camper winterized, waiting on our trip to South Carolina Christmas week. No snow yet, temps nearing 32, but not gone below yet. I guess I could have delayed winterizing, but didn't want to take chances. Still, this is not stopping us from using the camper.We use to cover our previous camper. I'd leave it accessible so we could still sleep in it at night, even with snow on the ground. Maybe you can run an electric line to yours, unzip the size of that cover, lift the cover where the furnace vent is and fire it up and spend some more nights in there. We use to do that, but don't cover any more, especially since we use it too much. And the last thing I want to wrangle is a cover with snow on it to get ready to go to South Carolina on December 23 and then having to figure out how to get that cover off! Snow is heavy.What I'm saying is... why not keep using your camper right there at home all winter long! Put a port-a-potty in the bathroom so you don't have to run water, dump it ever morning, and snuggle in bed with ... well ... someone! And get a good night sleep!

Did a final trip on the weekend. Didn't expect this.

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Dutch_12078
Explorer III
Dec 05, 2016
We had about 3" of snow today, but that's not the reason we're moving from our motorhome into our Adirondack cottage tomorrow. It's so we can do some wanted remodeling in the coach before we head south on January 8th or 9th. Tomorrow night will be the first night we haven't slept in the motorhome since we left for Florida last January 10th. After I take it a few miles up the road to get the LP tank topped off, I'll drain the tanks and blow out the lines. That plus "pinking" the drains will be the extent of our winterizing for the few weeks we'll be out of it.
gwh1bass
Explorer
Dec 05, 2016
No TV, time to read a book!
Roy_Lynne
Explorer II
Dec 05, 2016
I love Birch Bay in the late fall/winter. I love the solitude.
Veebyes
Explorer II
Dec 05, 2016
Looking at the weather we put the buggy in the shed & got out of Dodge just in time. Getting cool in the Mid Atlantic where we are based.

Oh well. No more traveling till next July. Gonna be a long winter. Lots to do. Too bad most of it involves paint.
Halmfamily
Explorer
Dec 05, 2016
What's snow? The only time we don't camp is when work gets in the way. Next trip Feb 2-5. Will be cool and probably rainy but that's why we have an RV. Ice storms will stop us though.
DutchmenSport
Explorer
Dec 05, 2016
Still using ours in the drive way. Slides are in, camper winterized, waiting on our trip to South Carolina Christmas week. No snow yet, temps nearing 32, but not gone below yet. I guess I could have delayed winterizing, but didn't want to take chances. Still, this is not stopping us from using the camper.

We use to cover our previous camper. I'd leave it accessible so we could still sleep in it at night, even with snow on the ground. Maybe you can run an electric line to yours, unzip the size of that cover, lift the cover where the furnace vent is and fire it up and spend some more nights in there. We use to do that, but don't cover any more, especially since we use it too much. And the last thing I want to wrangle is a cover with snow on it to get ready to go to South Carolina on December 23 and then having to figure out how to get that cover off! Snow is heavy.

What I'm saying is... why not keep using your camper right there at home all winter long! Put a port-a-potty in the bathroom so you don't have to run water, dump it ever morning, and snuggle in bed with ... well ... someone! And get a good night sleep!
Lantley
Nomad
Dec 05, 2016
Keep the snow talk down. I'm trying to sneak in one last trip this weekend
dodge_guy
Explorer II
Dec 05, 2016
Yep, at least you got out! Mine has been in storage since mid October!!!!

We were supposed to get 2 inches of snow on Sunday, ended up with 6-7"!!!! I wish it would've been Saturday, then we could've gotten the snowmobiles out!
rhagfo
Explorer III
Dec 05, 2016
myredracer wrote:
Have been waiting for a dry weekend since mid-Sept. for a final trip out. Have never gone camping in Nov. due to bad weather. It's been unusually mild lately tho. so we decided to do a last chance, final trip out on the weekend. In Dec.! The Thousand Trails CG we frequent in Birch Bay, Wa. has about 300 sites but there was only around 10 other RVs - kinda eerie. Pretty wet and windy but the rain stopped for a while on Sat. and got to take the dog for a long walk and off-leash run in the empty half of the CG. Worst part was no OTA TV reception due to the weather and too much trouble to set up the sat. dish.

The weather people have been talking over the past week about a major cold front coming down from Alaska starting this week. Supposedly we'd see some snow this week. Lately they've been way off - it's rained when it was supposed to be sunny, and the sun has been out when it shoulda rained. Missed a couple of weekends of nice camping weather as a result. Got the TT winterized yesterday afternoon. DW wanted to put the cover on another day when it was a bit warmer and drier but I insisted.

So it was a bit of a surprise this morning when I woke up to find some white stuff coming down heavily, just one day after winterizing the TT. Good thing we got the cover on. Guess we'll see ya'll in a CG somewhere out there next season.

You were waiting for a "Dry" weekend WHY??? About the only thing that will keep me home is Freezing rain!
naturist
Nomad II
Dec 05, 2016
I'm jealous. You got to go camping AFTER our last trip of the season.

See you in the spring at some campground or another.

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