Alan and I just recently returned from a week-long camping
adventure at North-South Lake. I love
fall in the Northeast – both the crisp, sunny days that are just right for
outdoor adventures and the longer, cooler nights that are perfect for pulling
up a favorite quilt. What I don’t like
is the fact that, once fall arrives, I know the end of our camping and boating
season is near. Over the past few days,
we’ve been emptying our travel trailer and packing our camping gear away for
the winter. Alan is in full
“winterization” mode, having to deal with the boat, the new travel trailer and
the older travel trailer which is still onsite at our rental property. Yup, the poor guy is busy as a beaver.
Although our Outdoors RV Creek Side travel trailer is a true “four
seasons” RV (with thermal pane windows, extra insulation, an enclosed and heated
underbelly and a cold weather package on the refrigerator which allows it to
operate at temps down to zero degrees), we don’t usually camp beyond
mid-October. Maneuvering the travel
trailer into its “parking place” at home requires backing it up the driveway,
across the front yard, around a sharp bend, between two gates and way up the
hill to a leveled, out of the way spot.
Although Alan has been hauling trailers of one sort or another for more
than 40 years and can generally maneuver anything, anywhere, that sharp bend is
tricky to tackle because it gets slick in the rain or snow. The adjacent drop-off dictates that we err on
the side of caution so, once the boat is in its garage and the travel trailers
are on their pads in the fall, they generally aren’t moved until we get through
the spring thaw and ensuing mud season.
But, I digress. Let’s get back to
North-South Lake – a gem in the Catskill Mountains of New York.
