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2 campground reviews
2 camper reviews
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Gary's RV Center

We went to Gary's RV Center open house on the way back from camping at Harbor Hill (more on this campground later). Gary's new facility in Chichester NH (a short drive from exit 15E on I93 in Concord) is wonderful. A friendly sales rep showed us some Keystone Springdale and Sprinter bunk house models (we are considering upgrading now that we have 4 kids).
 
We dealt with the service department and got EXCELLENT service.
 
Gary's RV is recommended and they may expand to Nashua and Lebanon.
 
 

Harbor Hill

We are off to Harbor Hill this weekend. Cameron's 2nd trip. Hopefully he'll do as good as his first trip to Danforth Bay.

Harbor Hill has gotten good reviews on my web site (despite their lack of activities). Let me know if you have any input. Stay tuned for a full review.

Camping with newborns....

Lauren writes.....

Well we survived... We took Brianne camping for the week at papoose pond. She was 5 weeks when started our voyage. She managed not to wake anyone except for me during those every two hour feedings. I do nurse her but sometimes bottle feed. I found it easier to put the powder formula in a bottle and just add the water when she was hungry. I asked our neighbors if they heard her and they said they didnt. We also had her sleep with us to minimize on the noise!!!

Lauren and her family camps in a popup camper.

Like I said in an earlier post...

Cameron was great to camp with this past weekend. He woke up several times but understood that bottle was coming once you attended to him. The camper was messier this time around though with bottles here and there. Powder is better if you are going out somewhere and just want to mix room temp+ water. Otherwise if you are going to stay put then I probably would go with the pre-mix stuff and not worry about boiling water in the camper. Send me e-mail if you have more input...

We are camping again!

After about a 1+ month break to have the baby... we went camping 4 weeks early! We went up to Danforth Bay this past weekend. Cameron did great -- he woke up at about 3:30 the first night and then 1:30 the next night. He doesn't scream so noone got woken up but dad and mom.

We actually found a less than perfect site at Danforth Bay. Site A6 on Chocura circle is right next to the bath house. There is a loud fan that seems to be constantly running. Luckily both Patty and I were too tired and this did not keep us up. The site was kind of narrow but very long.

We look forward to more camping at Danforth Bay this summer!

Prevent lyme disease

Check out the following links before you go camping. Tics can be found in the deep woods as well as in common areas. My daughter found one crawling her in Lincoln, NH -- which is country like town.

http://aolsvc.health.webmd.aol.com/hw/arthritis/aa10177.asp?DEST=WebMD&contentSRC=aolmain

Here is another link on West Nile Virus:
http://aolsvc.health.webmd.aol.com/content/article/66/79588.htm?DEST=WebMD&contentSRC=aolmain

Camping with Baby?

For those of you with infants (like our family now ;->) here are some links on how to feed your baby while camping and preparing for a trip.

http://www.ehow.com/how_4577_feed-baby-camping.html

http://www.ehow.com/how_4572_camping-trip-with.html

I didn't see any tips on how not to wake up other campers with baby crying at 2AM. I guess we will have to figure this one out!

Updated index

I've updated the index with most of the 2003 Campground Reviews as well as the 2004 Campground Reviews. Its been posted. I'm going to verify all the links as well to the campgrounds.

Please feel free to send me your campground reviews even if it has already been posted.

Thanks!

Updated Checklist

I've updated our camping checklist. I noticed that when Patty printed the list, it came out to several pages with a lot of wasted white space. Also it was geared for a popup camper vs. an travel trailer. I've added some additional items to the list. Please let me know if you think of more items to add.