Brialee Campground

This post finds us at Brialee Campground in Ashford, Ct. with our Fold and Go camping club friends.  Brialee is a beautiful, well run campground. If you get here before June the rates are extremely low.  In season the rates are higher but not out-of-line for the amenities and the amount of activities they run on weekends.  The campground has a full day of activities planned.  On our weekend the schedule started at eight in the morning when the snack bar serves breakfast.  Activities started at ten with ceramics and ran the whole day, concluding with a band from 7:30 p.m. until 10:30.  It starts all over again on Sunday right up until checkout time.

We like Brialee because it has a pond with a pet beach.  We bring the ‘grandpuppy’ and he loves to be in the water.  My wife, Lori, is found of waterfalls and Brialee is close to Diana’s Pool in Chaplin, Ct. 

Diana’s is on the Natchaug River and has a series of small falls and cascades.  In season you can always seem to find kayakers working the river.  It is a beautiful place for a short hike and some very good picture taking.

Assateague Came Early This Year

Happy Easter from Assateague!  The island is a lot cooler in April than it is in October.  Fortunately the camper has heat.  Right now I cannot charge the battery or bring n AC power from my generator.  I think my 20-to-30 amp adapter has a short in it.  We will be off to the parts store this morning to buy a new one.

Let's try Assateague in the Spring

Well here it is, April 18^th, Good Friday, and I’m sitting at the Deer Run Campground at Naval Weapons Station (NWS), Earle in Colts Neck, N.J..  We are heading to Assateague for our annual trip.  It is a little different doing this in April!  For one it is much colder than we experience when we made the trip in October.  Only one other camper is at the NWS and we are in adjacent sites.

I was actually hoping to get started a day early.  However, Lori could not take the day off Thursday.  I would have liked to have had a ‘free’ day to run around the NWS and really check it out.  Typically we get here and set up.  Then it we prepare a meal, eat and relax.  We turn in early because we like to be on the road by 10 a.m. and with a pop-up that takes a little work.  So we have no time to get a feel for the facility.

Opening Weekend

Well, I know I said I'd post on the Springfield (Ma.) RV Show.  The sad fact is that the show was uninspiring this year.  All the dealers seem to bring the same style of rigs.  Not a lot of variety.  We did like two models but I don’t know if they are capable of withstanding everyday use.  The two were both Forest River products, the Roo and the Surveyor Cadet  .  Fortunately we have a few years to make a decision.

We are currently on our first campout of the 2014 season.  I typically wagon master the first opening campout of the season.  This year we picked Whispering Pines in Hope Valley, R.I  The campground is under new ownership this year.  There is not a lot of activity this time of year.  Only a few of the seasonal campers were there setting up and cleaning.  They did have a small display of campers from Arlington RV  .

The Fold & Go Crew preparing for a relaxing Saturday.

The campground is about 30 minutes from Misquamicut StateBeach.  Since we bring the grand puppy with us we had to make the trip to the beach.  While the temperature was near 70, once we crossed the dunes to the beach the breeze off the sound made it feel 20 degrees colder. Axel did not seem to mind.  He had a great time and fighting the surf will make sure he is tired for the night.
Because of the government shut down we will be heading to Assateague National Seashore soon.  I'll post from there