10.18.22 Cranes Mill park

First outing with the new hard side camper... our R Pod 178!

We stayed at site 27. The site has water and electric hook up, dump station, shade, level, easy access, cell service, fire pit, table, grill, restrooms, security, pet friendly and water access.

PP discount, so our site rate was $15/night.

10/18/21

We couldn't check in until 3pm, so we took our time getting up and getting organized. Julio had to work until 3, so it worked out perfectly.

Quick little 2 hour drive with the camper. HUGE site. Easy to back into. Julio got it on the first try! I went to get some beer. Ended up at Whiskey Business. Beyond the cute name, they were super helpful with picking out local beer. I walked to the business next door and ordered a pizza for Julio and a Philly Cheesesteak for me and headed back to the campsite to eat. One of our dogs ran away from the sitter and Julio left to go home and help find him. The campsite locks the gates at 9pm. You can get out, but not back in. By the time the dog came back and Julio returned to the campground, the gate was locked and he couldn't get back in, so he had to leave the Jeep at the entrance and walk in to the camp site. We slept well for our first night, despite the 40 degree temps. The hard side is a LOT easier to keep warm.

10/19/21

Woke up to cool temps. After Julio finished a work call, we walked out to the Jeep for breakfast. The first stop had great reviews, but didn't accept credit cards, so on the the next closest, which we couldn't find. So choice #3 was the winner! Back to the camp site so Julio could work while I changed out the front door lock for an RV Lock, put combination locks on the storage doors, extended the awning, researched the furnace, hot water and went for a walk along the trails along the lake. After napping and working, Julio was free for breweries, caching, sight seeing and dinner in New Braunfels. And... I FINALLY made it Gruene Hall! So much history! We made it back before the gate closed at 9pm. A good day!

10/20/21

This morning, we woke up and went to breakfast at a taco place. It was just ok. I thought checkout was at 3pm for some reason (more on THAT later) so after breakfast we went to IKEA and got Julio a glass shelf for his Funko Pops and a few more odds and ends. We also used the opportunity to avail ourselves of their restrooms and save the camper's sewer tank. Also, there's more room in public bathroom stall than in our wet bath in the camper. After IKEA, we went in search of a brewery. we found a decent brewery and they also served pizza, so we shared a pizza and headed back to the campground. At 2ish, we were approaching the gate when my phone rang. It was the camp reminding me that checkout is at 2pm. OOOPS! So we packed up, dumped our not-shit at the dump station and headed for home. We had a great first outing with the R Pod and while we are MUCH happier in it than the Pop Up, it still has some shortcomings. Mostly the size of the bathroom and the fact that it is SOOOO small that we will NEVER shower in it. And we have to crawl over each other to get out of the bed. So I will be researching some alternatives. This R Pod is the heaviest that we can pull with the Jeeps and it is still a bit of struggle for them, so it might be time to consider a tow vehicle upgrade.