We had another nice camping weekend at Codorus State Park! We had site 142 in the non-electric pet area. This is one of my favorite sites in the hole park. It’s large and you have room to spread out on the site and your not looking in someone’s windows next store. The fist night was actually kind of chilly (the wife and daughter had three blankets on each). You would think it was winter or something… but temps down in the 50’s are just darn nice as far as I’m concerned. We took off a Thursday and Friday last week and I pulled the camper out on Tuesday night (It’s close enough that we can do that) and then we just headed out on Wednesday after work.
Thursday, we went over to Gettysburg and did some “back to school” shopping at the outlet mall after sleeping in late. It’s really nice to hear the night sounds without other campers all around you… nature just seems that much closer. It was pitch dark too… which I really like. On Friday, my battery in the camper died… important when camping without electric to keep the food cold in the camper. So off to town I went to get another battery. That chore done and then the battery lead broke, so back to town to get that part. Once all the repairs were done, we took a boat ride with Stupid (the dog) and the rest of the family. We wanted to rent a pontoon boat… but they don’t allow pets on those… so we rented a v-bottom skiff to see the lake and took stupid with us (she’s part of the family… just has more hair). After the boat ride, we cooked up a roast (with potatoes, carrots, and onion) and make some roles in the Dutch oven… that’s good eating. It all came out really good!
Here are some campsite shots.
On Saturday, Beth had some things to do with Band Boosters and Anna had to work, so it was just me a stupid at the camp site. We carved some new letterbox stamps and put the finishing touches on PA Corn (Hitch Hiker) before we set it free at the Camping at Codorus Hitch Hiker Hostel. Stupid and I hiked over there from the camper and then took stock of the various HH’s in the box.
We had to wait a bit before we could put the box back because there was a ranger and another staff person watching us about the time we got done. Once the ranger left and another camper pulled up to check in we put the box back in it’s hiding place with our new HH inside. Once back at the camper, it was time for lunch….Stupid has a knack for letting me know she’s hungry… and my food is usually better than hers!
On Thursday morning when we were eating breakfast out on the picnic table, it looked like there had been a party in this site, just general trash and stuff about (or could be messy campers). But while eating lunch under the awing looking at the campsite next to us I noticed evidence that there must have been a wild time here not long ago.
This was hanging about 8 feet above the picnic table on the adjacent site (143). There were two different families that occupied the site (one arriving on Friday staying one night, the other arriving on Saturday afternoon late). Neither looked like they would be the owner of such fashionable attire. One could only imagine what went on the weekend before.
Sunday was quite, we packed up early and headed back to town. I found out over the weekend that I need to make a business trip to Florida on Tuesday so we thought we’d get home and get things squared away. We did get to check on the Love Letter Letterbox on Sunday night and I dropped off the Hitch Hiker (Make a Wish) that I picked up on Saturday.
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