Our summer trip just went down a hole!

I agree with everyone else. Take a vacation closer to home. That's what we are doing this year. We have taken 3 big trips this past winter and decided to just do a relaxing week at a COE park just over an hour from our house. Lots of reading, biking, swimming, hiking, and naps! :)

After several years of agonizing about it, we finally decided to fill in our swimming pool this year.
We haven't used it in several years since we were on the road most of the time when the water was warm enough to be inviting.
It was the right decision, but it means we won't be going anywhere this summer. What funds weren't already used to have the pool filled in will be going for grass and bushes. etc.
That means I'm going to be depending on you for this year's travel fix.
PLEASE post trip reports - with lots of pictures.
Thanks,

Been there done that! Well at least the agonizing part. We owned a home with an inground pool for 18 years, when the kids were younger it was a God-send! We all enjoyed it when it was hot out. Once the kids were grown and gone it became a money pit. Ended up selling the house (and the problem) and moving on to something a lot smaller and easier to maintain. I feel for ya but you did the right thing!

Good luck, there's always next year for camping.

Dan

Nothing says you can't use your camper and still have a lot of fun right now! You can always do back yard or driveway camps, which is just as much fun or more, than driving long distances.

A few years ago, the economy turned "South" when fuel prices skyrocketed. At the same time we were experiencing a horrible financial storm because of a second piece of property we were trying to sell. But that did not stop us. We shifted gears from long-haul trips to trips right in our own back yard.

We took evaluation of what Indiana had to offer. After all, people come from all over the country to visit HERE, so what's HERE that attracts visitors. So an idea was born. We decided to focus on Indiana on visit (camp) at every state park and state recreation area in Indiana. We've not been successful in our goal yet, and were still scheduling state parks for this Summer we've never been to yet.

We figure, if people come from all over the country to visit HERE, what am I missing, maybe because I live too close to everything and just don't SEE it any more, or maybe never did! Thus the idea was born, and we've had a fantastic ride very since!

I see your from Texas? Well, here's something that we started incorporating into our camping experiences. There's a book called "Weird Indiana" with little segments and "weird" things in Indiana. We take this book with us, actually study it out, and it's our (secondary) mission now to have visited every site in the book. So we do this now when camping. Nothing says you have to spend a fortune.

For what it's worth, the "Weird" series of books has a growing number of editions. Want something different to do, then get the book. I see your from Texas. So why not check it out and keep camping right in your own "back yard"!

Weird Texas -- click here!

I would wait till next year to plant. the ground will settle over the year!

Find something fairly local and get the best of both worlds, this also means that you have time to plan next years big trip!

Looks like you have a nice property there, I'd do some yard camping if I were you!