We arrived at the RV park before dark Thursday night and I immediately got busy cleaning. We recently had some minor work done on the RV so it was really dusty from sitting at the shop. I'm so glad I took the time to clean because all weekend our RV seemed to be the hub of activity. Every time I turned around someone was knocking on the screen door saying "Linda...." I think at one point there was 9 or 10 of us in the RV talking and just hanging out before dinner on Saturday.
Friday night 17 of us went out for a delicious Italian dinner. They put us in our own private room and boy was that smart on their part. We can be one loud group when we get together. I tried to get a picture of each of the couples but it looks like I missed 2. In one of the pictures you'll see an older lady with gray hair and glasses. She is our friend Janet's mother. Janet's father passed away only 3 weeks ago and Janet knew it would be hard for her mother on Valentine's Day so she brought her with them to the campout. Janet's parents had been married for 61 years when her father passed away.
The RV park is known for the mineral hot springs that are on site. They have 4 mineral pools, each varying in temperature, plus a large heated swimming pool. Saturday afternoon I soaked in the 100+ degree pool and it felt so good on my ankle. I'm having a problem with my ankle being stiff and it's still some what swollen, so the mineral pool seemed to be good therapy.
As usual, Saturday night was our potluck. I made cupcakes (surprise surprise!) and at my husband's request, homemade macaroni and cheese. I was all set to try a new baked chicken recipe but he mentioned mac and cheese. There wasn't one noodle left in the dish so it was well received. I usually make homemade mac and cheese once or twice a year at the campouts because we have kids that camp with us and they always love it.
Here are a few random pictures from the potluck...
As you can see, the weather was gorgeous. We were in the desert and it reached the high 70's during the day. It was cold at night but certainly wasn't unbearable. The whole weekend was just delightful in every way!
I'm already counting down the days until next month's camping club weekend! Good food, good weather, good friends!
24 comments:
What a great group and it was so kind of you to welcome your friends Mom. I'm sure it was a blessing for her to be there with your crazy group!
What a fun weekend!! I wish I could talk my hubby into getting a camper, I would love that!! That macaroni sure looks good!!
This looks like so much fun! My husband and I were just saying yesterday we'd like to do some camping this spring....we're tent campers but we love it.
And 61 years of married life is pretty awesome!
Good friends and good food always equals a good time. Good photos too.
Hugs!
Kat
Looks like a great time with all your friends!
Hugs,
Donna
HOW FUN!!!!
Enjoy the time away and with your friends.
(I like that you still blog on vacation!)
It always looks like these weekends are so much fun.
Too cute!
It looks like you had a ton of fun! Great pictures of you and your friends.
I think you need to share the macaroni recipe!....you probably already did, I'm going to go snoop around your blog a bit to see.
Hope you have a great week.
Looks like a wonderful weekend. I'm so happy to hear you had fun, and again.......those cupcakes...YUMMM!
What a great weekend!! I'll bet your cupcakes didn't last long!! Glad you had a good time!
Yay I'm glad you had a good time...looks like a great group!!!
Looks like a good time. Have you posted the recipe for your mac & cheese before? If not, I think you should. It looks yummy!
Linda - You are a woman after my own heart!
I know I've told you before that I love your camping club outings - What great friends and fun weekends!!
Sounds like a fun weekend. I am ready to go camping again. Only a few more months.
what a great looking group of Friends.
Well I'm not sure but you all looked like a pretty rowdy crowd to me!
What a good weekend and the table setting looked great. So glad that you had some time for fun Linda.
Love Di
What a great time. Linda, you photograph so well. I don't think you ever take a bad picture. You are so pretty, friend.
Can you send me your mac and cheese recipe. It looks yummy. I think Caroline would like it.
sounds like ya'll had a grand time!
Oh my gosh ....what a fun time!!
Good food too....yum those cupcakes look nummy!!
it always looks like you all have so much fun! matt and i hope one day, we will be able to have an RV....id love to be a part of a group like this
This looks like a fun weekend and a great group of friends! This is so much to love about camping! Thank you for sharing :)
Wendy
Linda this is a great memory and post. I can't wait until our family starts to RV camp for sweet memories like yours. Thanks for sharing :)
Popping in from Wendy's... I grew up camping and such wonderful memories. We've gone with Wendy's family a couple times, both tenting and with trailers, and had a great time. And let me just say that Wendy and Tony are great cooks on a camp stove and skillet, too!
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