2012 brought us the Hobbit movie entitled "The Unexpected Journey". I was sitting here thinking about our personal "Unexpected Journey" which began in 2011. Our journey began with the unexpected opportunity to purchase a small resort property in the sleepy little historic resort village of Rockaway Beach MO. It started in February, but by October, the journey had become an adventure. We moved our tiny little 23 foot travel trailer onto the site to begin renovations to the cabins. From the first day we began to experience the camp and cabin life. Our intention was to move back to our primary home by that fall. By fall..........we had fallen in love with the cabin and camping lifestyle.
Our camper was small, but served our needs perfectly. Our meals were a combination of outdoor campfire cooking, to BBQ grills, to smokers and camper kitchen (as in the fish fry to the left!) A Camper/RV lifestyle was being born and by October, we were HOOKED!
Fast forward from the original four cabins to a fifth one in October, to another resort with 8 more cabins by August, 2012, to another A frame cabin in 2012, Then an ENTIRE campground and RV Park (with 6 more cabins by the way) in 2014, to treehouse cabins in 2014, 2015 and 2016, to a Lake resort with marina in 2016....... Well, I'd say the camp and cabin life has settled in for good.
We hadn't lived in anything other than cabins or campers from early 2011 till late 2015. By that time, we simply surrendered to it and bought a 5th wheel camper as a semi permanent (or permanent permanent) form of lodging. The RV Living lifestyle has become our staple form of residence and you know what? I'm okay with that.
As I sit here working on this article, I'm sitting outside under the awning in a light, late-summer rain. campers are coming and going along the road leading into camp. Even though we know it's still summer for another couple of weeks, we can smell fall in the air during the evenings. In our camp there is an "Eternal Flame" at the community fire pit near the pool and playground that I have no doubt is surviving this shallow attempt of rain.
Life can be complicated when dealing with so many cabins, camps, resorts and other related business. But there is a simple refuge only a step or two away from the camper front door!
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