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MetalDad

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MetalDad last won the day on November 5 2013

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    I joined an 'outlaw Disney camping group',which is either poetic or gross...but I'm kinda both.
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  1. BTW, Wal-Mart's Great Value brand has a cheap substitute, Pineaplle sorbet of some sort. I bought some for the kids and they refer to it as Dole Whip, even though we know better. I'll try it in the blender and see if I can get more "whip" going on.
  2. When we had the PUP that now belongs to Jason, we usually stayed partial. We had the city water hook up for the sink, but just used it to rinse hands, or kids brush their teeth late at night. It just drained out the bottom into the coquina, and we're talking about merely cupfulls of grey water. Size-wise, we always had plenty of room, and that PUP has 2 king size bunks. As far as any unit with a black or grey water tank, I would definitely go to a full hookup site. I don't remember the Fort having a dump station, and that's not souvenirs I want to take home. As for the original post, not s
  3. By the time you get to that part of Florida, you're only 2-3 hours from WDW, and 75 moves pretty fast. I've camped in that area quite a bit, favorites being Stephen Foster Cultural Center State Park and Spirit of the Suwanee Music Park, however, if you are strictly looking for a quick stop over for the night, I personally would hit a KOA or something similar. The parks I mentioned are designed to be explored, as the both sit on the Suwannee River and have a wealth of other things to do and see. Spent a week at Thanksgiving and again in March up there. Heading up that way again in October.
  4. Oh, and musical instruments. I could look at those all day... and have!
  5. Most excellent! A world class TR. It had all the hallmarks of a classic report... American history, classic Americana architecture, chocolate, beer, my friend Jason, and a dog named after Star Wars. The only thing that tops that is a wealth of Maria pictures. The PUP looks well-loved. Nice work, sir. hope to see you in July. Use the Fourth, Luke!
  6. Jason, I used to pull that PUP with a V-6 Blazer, had plenty of truck left. When I went to the Ram, it didn't even know Maria was back there! If I could offer advice, I recommend a tonneau cover if you get a pickup. My concern when we got the big truck was that the stuff in the bed would get wet. I solved the problem for $250, not to mention the improved mileage with less drag. A Dakota/Durango would definitely do the trick. Good Luck!
  7. Woohoo, double digit page bragging rights! I have a big collection of music from both the Fort Christmas loops and regular Fort loops. It's all material I own, I'll apologize ahead of time, but I do not upload or download via torrent. I simply put together a CD for TCD that had a good 60-70 minutes of the tracks on the Fort loops. There are places to find a stream of the Fort music, and there's data out there for some of the playlists. The regular Fort loops are comprised of music from both national (lots of Bela Fleck) and local musicians (Aubrey Haynie is from Tampa/Lakeland, has like 4-
  8. We bought our first camper (now Jason's) for wanting to travel around Florida and see things we didn't normally see and go places we wouldn't normally go. Several years later, we now own a much larger travel trailer (formerly FP4's!). The timbre of our travel has changed dramatically since we became a camping family. We have three kids under 13 and a dog. We find we travel more for getaway weekends, and spend less. The destination used to be all about, "where can we go that has a lot to do", which translates into "where can we dump a lot of money trying to create memories?" Now, we look f
  9. I went in there last February. It was so crowded that day, and there was no line for Stitch, so we decided to check it out. Never again. I remember it as Mars/Aliens. I told my wife I had been on this before, but it's way dumber now. Never again.
  10. Mathmatically, if you have fewer sites active at higher rates, they should turn a bigger profit. Money stays the same, but the water and power bill are lower with fewer campers bathing, decorating, and air conditioning themselves and their campers. If you hand out sites only to long term stays at premium prices you will get only the high dollar units/campers in there and families that save specifically for years to go on a single trip. While that's fine, the Fort and its past was built on repeated family visits. A couple of years ago I had 6 Fort Trips in one calendar year. Sadly, those days
  11. In as much as I'm preparing for 7 nights on the Suwanee River in two different parks over Thanksgiving week next week, I would have liked to have logged more nights this year. We had maybe 7 nights in the PUP from NYE to June when we bought the TT. We have about 10 nights at the local KOA for shakedown when we picked it up, and 7 or so in local CG/State Parks. We haven't been back to the Fort since last NYE. It's getting more and more difficult to book, they obviously don't want locals that book Thur-Sun, and frankly, they've priced themselves out of my means. I can't justify (or afford) the
  12. I'm betting that young ice cream vendor would've given you much higher priority had you texted or instagrammed. It seems that is the only way to achieve interpersonal communication any more. Met my BIL's new girlfriend the other day. She sat in my house for a few hours, not saying a word, just staring at the anti-social gadget in her hand. then got up and went to work at a local fast food place, I'm sure she's a fireball behind the register.
  13. 1. That's about the funniest thing I've read today, what a great, bizarre visual. 2. I know like 4 things, and playing band instruments isn't one of them. I do believe as a matter of semantics though, that nerd is playing a Sousaphone. And now I can't remember the other 3 things I knew. 3. I'm pretty sure a Mickey tattoo could get your ass kicked in the joint. My Mrs. busts my onions about how often I change the decals on my truck, I can't think of anything I'd want on it permanently, which is probably why I haven't taken a seat in one of those shops. I have too short of an attention span
  14. Or, just grab someone else's random old TR and just change the names to match your family, sharpen up some of the commentary, it's good with us!
  15. I'm in David! Nobody rocks Page 4 of a 3year old TR like me. "I don't feel tardy!"
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