How we got here.  Good question but all in time....well - maybe.  This is a journal of an experience and we will work hard to show it from all angles. From shortcuts, hacks and camping tips, to individual personal entries and pictures, to the real life pain in the ass stuff that is going to pop up - we will document it.  If for nothing else but posterity and the opportunity to inspire the next person to try something new.

It's Memorial Day weekend and fortunately it's raining because what a bummer it would be to be inside packing all day. Getting your life into neat little categories makes the most sense bring, store, sell, donate. So simple right? Hardly...
The "bring" part is the hardest...one of us has an overpacking tendency and since this isn't an average camping trip it's doubly challenging.  How to make where you land a home with enough comfort is the goal but short of bringing the couch, how does one accomplish this? Guess we will figure that out as we go.
The "store" is fairly straight forward. We have a 5x5 unit rented that comes with a moving truck. It's located near family, cheap ($40 a month), and just the right amount of space as long as you are good at Tetris. The challenge here is to keep handy the items we may possibly need but that's easier said then done.
Sell: thanks to craigslist and flea markets we have been trying to get rid of some of the bulkier, non sentimental things. We've actually been working on trying to barter too...more on bartering later.
Donate...the best opportunity to live light is to purge purge purge all the crap that collects in life.  Life always seems easier (read as simpler) when you clear the clutter so throw that nonsense out (well you know donate).

July

Well a little over a month now since our last update and a lot has happened... Ah,  the drama.  So our old security pals,  Kevin and Dodi, who worked the 5 day stretch got into a little "he said,  she said" pissing contest with some campers and the main man Buddy... Let's just say Buddy has been here for a long time, Kevin was a rookie comparatively so he got the shit end of the stick.  Next thing you know they pull up to our site and fill us in,  this is how they opened: sooo,  we put in our notice... "greaaaat  I'm thinking, if they put us in charge of security this campground is gonna become a whole lot more laid back.  Anyways,  fast forward a week and we are in the same position we were before the whole ordeal,  which is mondays and tuesdays... To us that's a win.

Now it's time to move to higher ground after being flooded out for a few weeks.  Man o man was june pretty shitty,  I think it rained 75% of the month.  Then to top it off mother nature throws a curveball of a heat wave to really bring out the 3 H'S,  hazy hot and humid. This calls for back to back beach days right before the fourth of July... Plum Island then salisbury for a couple hours.  Anyways back to camp,  site 58 is the new home and damn is it way bigger,  secluded. ..........

Mid July now...

... Lost my train of thought... Still no golf cart....  No frog legs...

.. House sit jesses... Our own little vacation with awesome empanadas and sushi...score.

Bug cemetery

Well, with nature comes bugs: ants, beetles, dragonflys, mosquitos....and spiders! I'm good with taking pictures of spiders and their webs, but when you feel something crawling up your leg, and look down and find a big bubble-butt spider marching up your leg, your first reaction isn't to cheer it on, but rather freak out and swat it or flick it. I choose to flick, especially when we are sitting fire side. 

Falling asleep is a whole 'nother experience. Back in the loft is was hard to fall asleep with out a window cracked and the fan going, out here the window is always open and there the local frog gang will ribbit you to sleep.  Then when you awaken in the early morning and look up, you can find a traffic jam of dead bugs hanging out between the tent roof and rain fly...

Where has the time gone?

Turtles, Frogs, and Salamanders....oh my.

Well, two days down as campground security...and final day of moving, gad I hate moving. Strong word I know, but when your moving from the city into the woods and all you have is a small popup and a big ole tent...and a tiny little car, moving gets old real fast. The security gig is pretty awesome so far...even comes with option of company vehicle, between a lil pickup, a mule, or a golf cart...I have a feeling me and the golf cart are gonna become quite familiar with each other.

Big difference out here in the woods...takes me back to the good ole days as a care free child just spending the days killing time with my lil bro hunting salamanders and frogs. The gremlin has taking a liking to the frogs out here chasing them around the campsite, a poor lil froggy even jumped into the fire pit as i was getting it going...luckily he jumped into a log that hadn't been engulfed in flame just yet and escaped with a tiny amber on his head, I'm sure it hurt but at least I didn't have to google how to cook up some frog legs...which I heard tastes like chicken, maybe we shall find out this summer.

Preparations!

Preparations are needed, serious preparations

We bought a sweet little pop up. We'd been looking for a few months and saw a few in the process; some from craigslist and some from dealers. In the end, we have a groovy lil starter pop up from 1986.  It's a fine year for great things to be brought into this world and the price was right.  We set it up to air that bugger out and let it sit for a few nights in the rain.  Came to find that it's pretty rain tight.

We have high hopes of decking it out and refurbishing parts but we wanted to take some time and understand what kind of hacks make the most sense.

We?, yes we.  There are two of us in this experience. Well three when you include the Gremma Girl (aka the Gremlin):

 We are missing Emmy Key Key who is visiting her other home for the summer or until we decide to put a traditional roof over our head.

Last member of the clan is the Govnah, who may or may not the cut.  We have no idea if he will be good in the pop up once it's situated.  Obviously we wouldn't take him on a long trek but our spot for the summer isnt' too far.  More about location selections and family freakout's later.