Saturday, August 6, 2011
Moffitt Beach
Here we are at Moffitt Beach on the shore of Sacandage Lake.
The view from our site. |
| As usual, Tigger's favorite part of camping is relaxing |
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Second Campground of the Season
For our second trip we went to Beaverkill. We tried to go last year, but it was closed due to the recession. The sites are small, not ideal for bigger campers or RV's.
This is an old-school campground, the showers were probably a two mile hike away from our site. We couldn't drive to the showers because the FJ Cruiser was too tall to fit under the roof of the covered bridge, but the dogs enjoyed the walk. We walked through the part of the campground that was washed out in flash floods a while back, sadly they're not rebuilding, but it was a great place to walk dogs.
Beaverkill was very quiet, unlike Watkins Glen where we could hear partying at night and race cars in the morning, which was unpleasant to hear in such a beautiful natural environment. Beaverkill is mostly for fishing with a little hiking or just enjoying the campsite. S found it very restful, though L thought there was a little too much hiking and not enough sitting around the site.
The fire pits are nice and big with tall sides, but the person who built them seemed to be thinking more of aesthetics than practicality, because S couldn't balance our pots on the bumpy, rocky surface. For dinner the first night there was organic chicken marinated in a buffalo sauce with homemade horseradish dipping sauce and blue cheese dressing and for the vegan there were tofu tacos with locally made tofu and seitan. We also had a salad with locally grown mustard greens provided by S's sister.
On the second night S's sister roasted beets over the fire for an hour or so and they were delicious. We finished our leftovers from the night before and had spaghetti.
The last night it rained...a lot. And there was thunder and lightning. We were kind of nervous because of the history of flash flooding in the area, so we spent all night watching the creek and trying to keep our "brave, ferocious" Pitt Bull from quivering in fear. Normally we can play a certain CD that calms her down, but the little portable speakers for the MP3 player wouldn't go loud enough to be heard over the rain and thunder.
Before our next trip we'll be installing propane tanks on the Green Shasta, and new rims for the wheels! Soon we plan to post some pictures of how she looked when we got her, and tell you about how we fixed her up.
This is an old-school campground, the showers were probably a two mile hike away from our site. We couldn't drive to the showers because the FJ Cruiser was too tall to fit under the roof of the covered bridge, but the dogs enjoyed the walk. We walked through the part of the campground that was washed out in flash floods a while back, sadly they're not rebuilding, but it was a great place to walk dogs.
Beaverkill was very quiet, unlike Watkins Glen where we could hear partying at night and race cars in the morning, which was unpleasant to hear in such a beautiful natural environment. Beaverkill is mostly for fishing with a little hiking or just enjoying the campsite. S found it very restful, though L thought there was a little too much hiking and not enough sitting around the site.
The fire pits are nice and big with tall sides, but the person who built them seemed to be thinking more of aesthetics than practicality, because S couldn't balance our pots on the bumpy, rocky surface. For dinner the first night there was organic chicken marinated in a buffalo sauce with homemade horseradish dipping sauce and blue cheese dressing and for the vegan there were tofu tacos with locally made tofu and seitan. We also had a salad with locally grown mustard greens provided by S's sister.
On the second night S's sister roasted beets over the fire for an hour or so and they were delicious. We finished our leftovers from the night before and had spaghetti.
The last night it rained...a lot. And there was thunder and lightning. We were kind of nervous because of the history of flash flooding in the area, so we spent all night watching the creek and trying to keep our "brave, ferocious" Pitt Bull from quivering in fear. Normally we can play a certain CD that calms her down, but the little portable speakers for the MP3 player wouldn't go loud enough to be heard over the rain and thunder.
Before our next trip we'll be installing propane tanks on the Green Shasta, and new rims for the wheels! Soon we plan to post some pictures of how she looked when we got her, and tell you about how we fixed her up.
Monday, May 31, 2010
First Trip of the Season
The Green Shasta has just returned from her first trip of the season.
In the picture below you might be able to see that we added white pinstriping on either side of the wide blue stripe. This was a suggestion from a fellow Tin Can Tourist at the end of last season for covering up the inevitable unevenness of hand painting. We think it looks sharper and ties in with the other white trim and roof.
Here's a look at the inside. We re-covered the seats last year, but we have yet to replace the hinges that help hold the seats in their upright positions. The stove is now in working order, but we haven't hooked it up to a propane tank yet.
And here was one of the views we saw yesterday.
In the picture below you might be able to see that we added white pinstriping on either side of the wide blue stripe. This was a suggestion from a fellow Tin Can Tourist at the end of last season for covering up the inevitable unevenness of hand painting. We think it looks sharper and ties in with the other white trim and roof.
Here's a look at the inside. We re-covered the seats last year, but we have yet to replace the hinges that help hold the seats in their upright positions. The stove is now in working order, but we haven't hooked it up to a propane tank yet.
And here was one of the views we saw yesterday.
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