Tims Ford State Park

 

Tims Ford State Park is not very far from where I grew up, and seemed like the perfect place for us to stay while my sister, brother, and I hosted a 50th Wedding Anniversary Reception for our parents at the local country club.  Since the party was to occur on Labor Day Weekend, I took the Overlander up a week early to reserve sites for both us, and for my cousin Susan & her family who also thought camping was the way to go.  If nothing else, Tims Ford put the Airstream & the Suburban 70 miles further north of Hurricane Katrina’s wind!

 

The park, overall, is great.  But the trailer sites are shorter than I am used to.  No big deal other than traffic gets held up during parking/leveling

 

Each site has both a trailer, and a nice tent site.  This shot, taken from the tent site, shows how much of my 26’ Airstream hangs off the back of the asphalt.

 

Susan faced a similar situation.

 

As usual, Barney The Purple Dinosaur is a hit with the younger crowd.

 

Some of the out-of-town relatives were staying at the parks’ cabins, and stopped by to get a tour of the Airstream.

 

Number 1 son recharges before the next tour group stops by.  Daniel!  Your public awaits!...

 

My brother & sister also stopped by for dinner one evening, and took the opportunity to visit with Susan & her folks.

 

      

Master Chef Kim gets the flame just right, while Grillmaster Jay shows the campsite’s fire pit who’s in charge.

 

Dinner by Coleman lantern light

 

Even after a big supper the night before, for breakfast, nothing beats bacon cooked on a Coleman stove.

 

But alas, travel trailer camping is not all fun & games.  Portable gray water tanks have to be towed to the dump station for emptying.