The weather was very pleasant, high 70's in the day and 50-60 at night. The only bad weather we had was a few hours of heavy rain on Saturday evening.
We only did one tent this year and kept things as simple as possible to help speed the process up of set up and take down.
I was very pleased we were again put in the 1500 loop and not the crazy poltergiest-like 2000 loop. I prefer the 1500 loop over the 2000 loop for many reasons.
(1) It is a smaller loop. Easier for the kids to get around with their scooters. I couldn't allow them to ride their
scooter around the 2000 loop because it's three times the size and can't take my eyes off them that long. The 1500 loop they can scoot around in 60 seconds flat.
(2) The tetherball area! My kids and other kids from the loop seem to gather here and our site was perfect for keeping an eye on them at all times. I really liked the site the most for this very reason.
(3) Even though they put groups in here every now and then, it still seems more low key compared to the other. By 7pm the loop is quiet (most every night) and still quiet at 7am. Our little Miss Charlotte was the wake up call for the loop
(4) This loop is close to the pool and Meadows.
Charlotte slept very very well in the tent. I was worried that she wouldn't, but all the busyness a vacation brings combined with all the fresh air, she slept like a baby
We ended up buying a $8 twin size air bed just for her, it worked perfectly. I had the queen size air bed and lil Daniel slept with me. Hubby Daniel had the other bed and shared with Grace. Charlotte had her own and was in the middle.
So like I said earlier, we tried to keep the set up minimal this time. For clothes I used basic laundry baskets and we shared a three piece plastic drawer/nightstand. I have a love hate relationship with the tent dresser. I hate plastic, but love the ease of tossing the twenty some odd little things one needs in a day. I kept my vitamins and contact case on top for easy access. The closets are nice. I used one to store extra clothes, swimsuits, and towels. The other for dirty laundry.
We just used a small card table to house the coffee pot, toaster, hot plate, and electric skillet. Even though the set up was small, we still managed to cook bacon, eggs, pancakes most ever morning. I also used two brown plastic totes to hold the dry food items. Notice I brought along a matching three drawer bin to compliment the totes. Again, my love hate relationship with plastic. However, this outside bin was just as terrific as the tent one at housing all those little kitchen items like salt and pepper, seasoning, foil, plastic plates and cups. The extra large cooler worked perfectly as usual.
I didn't bring my good camera and just used my iphone.
Will post more about our trip soon...