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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.

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

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.

Oh, and musical instruments. I could look at those all day... and have!

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!

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!

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-

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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!

I'm in David! Nobody rocks Page 4 of a 3year old TR like me. "I don't feel tardy!"

I always thought that the Fort would have been a prime candidate for a Toy Story/Woody's Roundup makeover with Woody, Jessie, Bullseye, and Stinky Pete the Prospector. If it was based on Woody's Roundup, you wouldn't have to bring in the whole Toy Story cast, just the crew from Woody's old show. Maybe Jessie's not sexy enough to put out there as a princess. Or, perhaps they're just biding their time before they bulldoze the whole thing and put up another lakeside Deluxe resort. It's not like them to have that type of real estate that nets say $100 or so per night per site, when in the same

I used Oxy Clean Max on the outside canvas. The black in Fl is often a bit of not only dust and dirt, but pollen. I'm not a big fan of pressure washing for fear it would mess with water-resistance. Also, if you can see pinholes of sunlight from inside the bunk, you can patch with opaque or white candles. You need two. One person inside the bunk presses the base of the candle against the hole, another person outside rubs the base a little against the inside candle and it patches the pinhole with wax!

Speaking of... We've been rocking that Publix deal lately. It's 8 pieces, 2 sides, and 4 King's Hawaiian Rolls for $11. Gotta have the cole slaw. We try and do that meal at least every week or two. You can even eat it in the camper in the driveway, and pretend it's GAG!

That looks like a series of games called Pikmin.

Nice! Caddyshack!

I quit!

Not sure about the writing or the re-porposed box, but there was wood in Star Wars. It's a different galaxy, more so than just space. There were trees on Endor and Dagobah, others I'm sure, but I favor the original trilogy, and know very little past 1983.

I'm guessing the Star Wars logo on the right?

See, now you come around with this song. I tried to turn you on to this before, posted the original version by Old Crow Medicine Show on one of my TRs way before Hootie ever sniffed it out. OCMS did it first, and way better. The peculiarity of the lyrics comes from the way the song was written. The songwriter from OCMS is a lifelong Bob Dylan fan, and was listening to some bootleg outtakes of Dylan warming up before a recording session years ago. Ol' Bob was just strumming and singing some stream of conscience lyrics. Years later the young bluegrass musician hears the improvisation, and comp

Hit it with some lube, that latch can be a bit stiff. It often gets hung up on the ball, I used to have to lift it back up about a quarter inch, and pull the veh forward an inch or two. That little flap that it's hung up on is what holds the ball firmly in the cup. Why does everything that has to do with hitching sound so filthy?