The Not So Great Week

After our wonderful evening of boondocking we moved about 20 minutes south to Salisbury, VT. We stayed at a campground I remember as a kid and having such a great time. We pulled in on Sunday and the campground was full with kids, parents, and dogs everywhere. We get to our spot, get set up, and immediately Chris starts to try to get a connection on our Starlink. There was NO north facing sky available from any spot and the cellular would not work from so many people using the same tower. This was not good. Chris had to work and we had to find a way to make it happen. 

I went to the office to ask about the Wifi options and also check on where the laundry was located as I couldn't find it on the campground map. The worker explains that the Wifi is only available at the office or if you want it at your site you can pay for it (which she mentions is not any good either). Then when I ask about laundry she says they had to close down the laundry because so many people were breaking in 😳😠😤. I mention that they may want to update their website as people rely on it. 

​Monday morning after our workout and shower, Chris made his breakfast, coffee and headed to the office. It was a nice day so he was able to sit out at a picnic table and there he worked for the day. I would walk up to see him throughout the day to bring him a soda, lunch and if need an afternoon snack. Wednesday, since a lot of people had left, the cell service was better and he was able to hotspot off his phone and work at the camper. By Friday the amount of people that had checked in made it so that he had to spend Friday back at the office to work. When 4pm finally hit it was time for a celebratory drink. He made it through the dreaded work week though not the most ideal working situation. 

Let's now go back to Monday. Since there was no laundry and I had a meeting that day at 4:30 and couldn't get internet to work on my computer, we decided to head into Middlebury around noon to do laundry and hit the library so I can have my meeting. While I was doing laundry and Chris worked in the truck he received a notification that there was a server thunderstorm coming through with high winds and possible hail. It was such a beautiful morning we didn't think to close our awning. I knew that I would be very distracted for my meeting if I didn't go back to close it. I finished up laundry and dropped Chris off at the library so he could continue to work. I ran back to the camper, dropped the folded laundry off, shut all the windows, and pulled the awning in. Phew, I made it before the storm and everything was safe and secure. I headed back to the Middlebury library and locate Chris who found a private room to work. We made sure I was all set for my meeting and I completed my call. Once it was over Chris suggested we go have a drink at 2 Brother's Tavern after having such a busy day running around. 

We had a great drink and ended chatting with 2 gentleman and a women about our journey at which they offered fantastic suggestions. Once done our drink we paid our tab and headed back to the camper with hopes of an evening of making dinner and sitting by the fire. We pull into our site and we hear beeping. I get out of the truck and say to Chris, "is that us beeping?" He opens the door to find our home filled with propane. He immediately shut the main tank off, then runs inside to turn the stove dial off (I hit it when I ran back to close up the camper 😫🥺) and open all the windows and door. Needless to say it was not a quiet night. After about an hour of the propane sensor going off every 10 minutes and we have to run in to silence it, the beeping stopped. We were able to come in and our dinner consisted of microwaving some Taquitos. 

Friday night was the saving grace after a very long week. They had different weekend events planned at the campground so we decided to partake in the cornhole tournament they had going on.  Chris and his partner made it through 2 rounds. My partner and I had a close game but ended up losing after the first game. We ended the evening having our first wood burning fire and relaxing.

I will say the beach was a nice spot for me in the mornings to go down and drink my coffee.  Otherwise this is not the right campground for us. I had invited my family to come camp the weekend with their kids but none of them came. I know that if they did it would have made for a better stay but we made the best of it and can take a few learning moments away from the week.