New Danforth Bay Brochure

I got the new Danforth Bay brochure yesterday (that you get at checkin).
It looks very similar to the 2005 brochure. Here are the changes I spotted:

* Map of the Bluffs. People can try out the Bluffs for $42 a night (for a minimum of 2 weeks).
* Danforth Bay has expanded cable now with 73 channels!
* New trash trailers available from 8AM-2PM through-out the park
* 2007 rates posted (most things going up by $2.00). 20% discount on fall/spring mid week stays (Sun-Thurs)
* Speed Limit = 7MPH
* New Volleyball and Tennis courts

Going Seasonal - Day 1 - Moving In Day

Yesterday was moving in day at Danforth Bay. DBCR is now a buzz with kids riding their bikes, golf carts moving around the campground, kids (and adults alike) shooting hoops at the basketball courts, and the store open.

The new seasonal office (where the apartment used to be) here at DBCR is really nice. Cold Springs delivered our camper.

Day one was tiring emotionally as well as physically. We waited on our site until 1130 when Cold Springs showed up to deliver our camper. A couple of hours later they hauled off our old camper. Its nice to be in our new camper but to see the old one go away is difficult because he had good memories in that one. Then came the unpacking and deciding where to put things!

Fires are not allowed here at DBCR this weekend. Most likely because it has been a really dry spring. Hopefully we will get a little bit of rain so this can be corrected before Memorial Day. They were working on the main road yesterday and had to take the detour. This will be really nice once it is paved.

Going Seasonal: Moving In Weekend!

Lots happening at Danforth Bay!

This weekend begins moving in for new seasonals at Danforth Bay Camping Resort and the end of our life as we know it! Patty has been diligently packing up the van all week with clothes, food, supplies, pots, pans, cleaning supplies, you name it (everything on my checklist and then some). We even had to take a detour on the way home from our 12 hour ride to visit family for Easter in order to visit a favorite interior decoration store for the camper (e.g., (Kirkland's ... people in the south know what i'm talking about). Patty did a great job packing up the camper... it was so jammed packed with stuff that we had to take two cars up! Not good for these gas prices.

Well at DBCR, some early birds were taking advantage of the weather and are now up there camping early. We are staying close by so we can be there bright and early for setup of our new camper which is arriving from Cold Springs RV.

The new entrance at DBCR looks GREAT! They will have to relocate the snack bar because that is now a road. The "wood" cage still exits in its same location.

Other Danforth Bay events: May 1st is when you can schedule shorter stays (e.g., weekend). Stayed tuned for our story on this! Be sure to call early because sites will fill UP FAST!!!

May 5th is their opening weekend!!!

Stay tuned for updates all weekend long (if I have internet from my web site).

Gas Temperature Map

Check out the Gas Temperature Map provided by www.gasbuddy.com

This could make a difference in where you fill up! Next week I'm going to fill up in the Danforth Bay area vs. back home in Mass.

http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx

Bluffs/Cold Springs

Cold Springs stated today that camper deliveries to the Bluffs has been delayed until June.

Visited Cold Springs and Camper's Inn

We went up to Cold Springs RV today in Weare, NH. Its always a pleasure dealing with Norm. We missed the free food from the Open House though. They shut that off at 2PM. We didn't see the product demonstrations.

We then stopped at Camper's Inn of Merrimack to pick up a few things from their sale paper. During checkout we recieved a FREE COLEMAN COOLER. This is available to those of you who receive their sales booklet. Stop in and get a nice cooler (a $40 value). You'll need to inquire about this at the parts department. We purchases a few things from both establishments.

Cold Springs RV Camper's Kickoff Celebration

Got a flyer in the mail about Cold Springs RV having their kickoff celebration.

Some of the highlights on the flyer:
* April 22-30th
* Stop in to win front row tickets to see Martina McBride
* Free food both weekends!
* 6 months no payments
* The first 400 visitors to Cold Springs RV (4/22-4/30) will get a chance to scratch and win a pop-up valued at $7500.00
* Free gas for a year! (see salesman)

Hersheypark's Spring time in the Park

We were away for Easter! We had a blast on the way down to Virigina at Hersheypark's Spring Time in the Park.

7 More Days until Opening Day for Camping!!!

Check out the pictures:

Our Hershey Park Pictures -- 2006

Merrimack Valley Christian Film Festival

The 14th Annual Merrimack Valley Christian Film Festival is starting this Sunday at Showcase Cinema's in Lawrence.

All movies are FREE! Check it out!

Happy Easter Season!

NH State RV Law?

Got the Camper's Inn flyer in the mail today. On the back it states the following:

Have you heard. New Hampshire - has a new state law. All RV must have state inspection by June 30th.

Does this include seasonal campers? What if you don't have a tow vechile for your seasonal camper, will you be exempt? What about Mass campers who probably make up 50% of the population (if not more) at NH campgrounds.

Anyone have any more information? Why did they implement this law?

Danforth Bay Opening Day Countdown (37 days)

37 Days Until Danforth Bay's Opening Day (30 days for us seasonals)! Have a great vacation DBCR! I'm sure its going to be a VERY BUSY summer for you! We can't wait!!!


Danforth Bay Count Down to Opening Day

Partial Keystone Cougar Review

Here is what I got for a review. I'm not sure what happened but I have gotten a couple of these. I tried out my form. E-mail me at NewEnglandCamper@comcast.net if you want to complete this review. I'll post this on my website page as well.

Hoping to get to that this weekend!


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RV Manufacturer: keystone
Model: cougar
Year: 2006
Size: 30
Type: 5th Wheel
Aquired: New
Slide-Outs: 1

Dealership
City:
State:
Overall Dealership Experience: No Comment
Dealer Service: No Comment
Buy From Dealer Again?: No Comment
Buy From Manufacturer?: No Comment
Problems:
Overall Grade: No Comment
Comments:
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Flagg RV Dealership Review

The following is a review that I got on Flagg RV from Stan W. I'll update this on my web page soon.

Dealership: Flagg R.V., West Boylston, MA


Department's Dealt With: Sales/Service

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Sales Comments: Low key sales staff, No pressure here.


Sales Grade: A+

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Service Comments: Only dealt with service department for pre-delivery work. The service department folks were great.


Service Grade: A

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Store Comments: Small parts store located at the end of the lot is not owned by Flagg R.V. but by a former employee who took it over from Flagg a while back. It seems to stock a fair amount of stuff and can order whatever else you may need. Not an R.V. superstore but I've been in a lot smaller ones. This one is worth checking out.


Store grade: A-


Buy Before? Yes
Buy Again? Yes


Overall Grade: A

Comments This is a family owned business and has been around fo many years. They have another dealership in RI and can be checked out at http://www.flaggrv.com/

We bought a left over 2005 Jayco Sport from them and were treated as though we had purchased a big buck motorhome. These folks want your business and want you to come back and buy in the future. God I love business' like this.

The only thing I could find fault with was a couple of things not fixed after we got the trailer home. 2 cabinet door latches loose and the medicine door mirror askew in the frame. rather than haul it back for these minor repairs I fixed them myself, all of 10 minutes worth of work. All other stuff (stove burner replacement & furnace control board) were repaired and working fine.

RV Life Insurance?

I recently purchased a new camper! Details and photos coming soon. One of my concerns was I felt pressured into buying life insurance from my RV dealer.

Here is a post that I put on RV.Net about this issue!

Buyer's Beware if you are purchasing a new RV.

My New Favorite Web Site

My favorite camping web site these days is the following site sponsored by Cold Springs RV. Of course, I have a reason why I'm looking that this site. Our cousins and our family has placed orders on new Salem and Sierra campers.

Anyways... these Web Cams are really cool and show you how active this business is with people coming and going! It would be really neat if Danforth Bay had these web cams. Of course not by the pool please! ;->

Bluffs Update provided by Danforth Bay

Danforth Bay has updated their website with new pictures of the Bluffs clubhouse, pools, and more!!! They also updated the news pages. This is very exciting news for those who are moving in this spring.

Danforth Bay - Bluffs News

Going Seasonal ... Putting up a shed

With the weather being so unseasonably warm on Friday and Saturday this really motivated us to head up to Danforth Bay to put up a shed and do some overall site cleaning. Even though the snow is 100% gone here in N. Mass (for quite some time now), I wasn't quite sure it would be all gone up in North Country. I had called DBCR and they said they had 1-2" of new snow on the ground but warm weather was coming. I was a little bit tense about this but we found a fairly level place to put the shed on our site that wasn't covered with snow.

The instructions for the Rubbermaid Big Max (7x7) shed that we bought at the Home Depot in Tilton, NH (S. Nashua was out of them) state that it takes about one hour for two people to put it up. For the most part, I completed the setup and installation by myself in about 3-4 hours! I'm sure if I had to do it again it would only take me 2 hours ;-> LOL! There were several occasions where I needed Patty or Austin's help. Installing the roof into the grove was the most difficult part. Most of this is a snap into place shed with very little screws (about 50). I know this shed would not survive the mildest of hurricanes but at Danforth Bay that is probably very rare of happening.

Pictures to this story is located here:
Shed Pictures

Also this product is very large and REQUIRES a truck for delivery from your local Home Depot or other fine reatiler. We rented one from UHaul. Not cheap. I would have went for the Home Depot delivery truck but there isn't one available in the Ossipee Lake Region area.

Jellystone Park (Ashland) brocure came today

We haven't been to Jellystone Park in Ashland NH since 2003 and yet we are still getting brochures in the mail. We won't go back there either because of the way we were treated around the time my wife's dad died unexpectedly in June of 2003.

With that being said... the brochure this year is brand new. New fonts, colors, etc. It looks more professional. Other than that things haven't changed much expect for the price. If you want full hookup it will cost you $60. This doesn't include the cost for children and for air conditioning. So a small dirt site (that has AC) that I can put my camper on would cost my family $73 a night! Ouch! The cabin is $76 a night for Rustic and $138 for Deluxe. I guess the economy is doing well if they can get these prices. Also they did away with Rustic/No hookup sites.

Sites are 1/2 price during the offseason. We found that is the best time to go because the activities are just as good on the weekends.

Other than the fonts, layouts, and price. The brochure hasn't changed much.

Going Seasonal....

In November of 2005 we were fortunate to get a call from Danforth Bay that a site was opening up for the 2006 seasonal season. We quickly went up and had an interview with Dianne.

Stay tuned for stories on "Going Seasonal....", I already have a few!

Camping World delayed until June 2006

As you probably know, a brand new
Camping World store is coming to Chichester, NH at Meyers RV!

However it is not opening until June now instead of April as first thought. There will be a Grand Opening celebration at that time. More to follow!!!