Southeastern Family Campers: Southeastern Campers

Link to their website - Raccoon Mountain Campground

Link to their NEW website - New Website

Link to Campground Map - Campground Map


The campground has set aside 10 site's for us and will set aside more if we need them. The site's are premium pull-thru with full hookups.

They have cabins available if you don't want to bring your camper or you have friends who does not have a camper.

You can either call the campground or go online to make reservations. If you call the campground they will not charge anything to your credit card until you arrive.

There is a 2 day cancellation policy, meaning you have to cancel you reservations at least 2 days before arrival if for some reason you can not make it to the rally.

If you plan on visiting the cave or riding the go-carts you can order tickets online and save some money.


Confirmed Reservations:

Crawfish - site 140
Campingnut - site 132
Reverie - site 161
OutbackMac - site 136 (not denise)(man im going to miss playing jokes on you)
Swanny - site 135
Having Fun - site 139
Slingshot - site 133
Freefaller25 - site 141
O'shields- site 134
Lester - site 144
Jambalaya - site 143
ZoomZoom - site 162
Gwozdzyk - site 163
Compulynx - Site 142
Hungry Camper - 137
Wolfpackers - site 145
Needtomellowout - site 165
Dreamtimers - site 138
Tidefan - ??
ee4308 - site 155
NC Outbackers - site 131
w4drr - site 14
Joe/GA - site 166
Outbackaroos - site 16
Gilligan - site 199
Judy and Gene in site 33
Trish, Stewart and Emily in 152 or 153

Leon

We are off, once again, to Claytor Lake SP near Dublin, VA. Claytor Lake SP Through most of August, I relentlessly pinged ReserveAmerica, hoping to catch a cancellation for Labor Day weekend at one of the nearby state parks, and also First Landing SP over at the coast. Last week I finally snagged an opening at Claytor Lake. Most of the parks were booked for Labor Day many months ago, so it takes a little perseverance (and unlimited computer access at work) to do this. Now given the current weather situation at the coast, I'm glad I didn't catch a cancellation at First Landing. And speaking of Hurricane Earl, it is not without it's effect on us. Rebecca is chickening-out riding the storm out in Norfolk, and is headed to our house, even as I type. (She had to evacuate Pasacgoula back when Katrina hit, so she must attract hurricanes.) So she and Logan will be joining us on this trip. (Taylor is already here, going to school. Norfolk schools suck.) Her DH will be staying behind to batten down the hatches on his ship, which is stuck in port for repairs/maintenance, and can't sortie to open waters like most of the others are going to do. That ship, as well as the others in it's class, have been plagued with problems ever since commissioning. Gilligan must moonlight at Northrop-Grumman.

Bob

Before I get too old. I know that I wouldn't be able to go to this place w/o going on the zip line (which isn't cheap at $65 & $85+ per person) but I wanna go here some time - Banning Mills: Wheeeeeeee

http://www.historicb...s.com/rv-center


Carmen

Hi, Everybody

I'm heading to Cane Creek CG, Waxhaw, NC on 08/28/10. A few others will be there for some Dutch Oven Demos etc.

If you're in the area, stop by and say "Hello"

Hope to see you there.

Dan

Does anyone have any recommendations on a campground near Vienna Georgia? We are planning on attending the Big Pig Jig November 5-6th. Their website lists some campsites near there but in checking reviews of those campsites they rate them very poorly.

Thanks,

glen...

Ok guys need help again
Hot water heater got so hot it would take skin off, Not the safety replaced and still same problem. Must be t stat anyone ever replace one of these or could it be something else?

I have a 30RLS (rear living room) so the Television is a good distance from my chairs. The TV is in a cabinet and the speakers are on the back so the sound is directed into the cabinet. This muffles the sound, but it is loud in the bedroom. I wanted the sound to come out of the speakers above my head via the Concertcrap stereo system. Well, I removed the stereo to look for input jacks and found some. Could I get them to work? No! The CD/DVD player did not work and the radio reception was awful. It was time for a new system. A super system could cost a lot of money, but I didn’t want to spend a lot. I bought a Jensen AWM9970 for $300.00. Now, it is time to install it. The Jensen is wider than tall and the Concertcrap was taller than wide. I ripped out part of the front panel and made a new one.I got Lowes to computer match some paint to match the color of the vinyl on the wood. Meanwhile, I took a look at the wires in the cabinet. Besides the red and white 12vdc power wires and the antenna cable, there were only 2 pairs of wires in there.

I have 2 speakers in the living room and two speakers in the bedroom. 4 speakers should be fed with 4 pairs of wires, if you expect to have stereo reproduction. I pulled out the screws that were holding in the living room speakers and saw that the one on the curb side had 2 pairs of wires connected and the driver’s side speaker had only one pair of wires connected. Pulling the wires of the driver’s side speakers started to shorten one set of wires on the curb side speaker. Now, I know why the system seemed to sound better when I selected “Mono” instead of “Stereo”. Keystone cheated! They wired the bedroom speakers the same way. I would never be happy with this, so I had to find a way to run new wires to the speakers. This is not an easy thing to do in a camper! The exterior walls are bonded inside and outside to a sheet of foam. I didn’t want to tear into the walls and was hoping that there was a cable-run hidden somewhere. I couldn’t find any. My Stereo is in the slide and the speaker wires exit at the bottom rear of the slide. A little poking around and I found that the wood floor was rotted in the outboard corner where the wires exited. There was about a 5” by 3” area that was gone! I dug some more and couldn’t find anything wet, so I’m thinking it was an old issue. However, I checked all joints and re-caulked a few. While I was in there, I looked for access to run my wires. The speaker wires actually ran through a small hole in the aluminum frame. There was no way that I could squeeze in any more wires. Especially, since I planned to also pull in audio and video cable to connect my television to the stereo. Hmmm…the floor is already missing in the corner and I cannot get access to the wall. What to do? What if I ran the wires and cables down the wall and through the floor and did my best to hide it? That’s what I would do. All the cabinets have a dead space between the bottom shelf and the bottom of the cabinet. I ran the wires and cables from the stereo cabinet, through the overhead cabinet and down the back wall. I clamped them close to the valance like thing that runs down the side of the window. The lower half of the wall is blocked by the sofa, so you can’t see the wires there. Since they are in a corner, you have to look hard to see them.

When I got to the carpet, I cut a slit that was just big enough and did the same with the covering on the bottom of the slide.

After running the wires through there, I used silicone sealer. I then ran the wires the same way the original speaker wires ran to a junction box on the side of the steel trailer frame. The video and audio cables needed to go further forward and I ran them through a piece of PVC conduit clamped to the Trailer frame.

The rest was easy for them. I ran them between the trailer frame and the bottom cover and then up through the water heater compartment which is right under the TV. The living room speakers were another story. There was no way to get through the wall here, either. The floor is open here for water line access and covered with a carpet covered box. I ran the wires down the wall through a piece of CPVC because the color closely matched the wall color. I also hid this behind the valance thingy.

The system works well and sounds great. The TV sound can be heard without turning the volume up loud and I can plug in headphones and the DW won’t hear the TV at all when she’s trying to sleep. I also cut in a pocket to hold an MP3 player.
I'm going to fill the seams and paint so that it all looks like one piece. Next project will be to add outside speakers. Naturally, I ran the extra wires so it will be easy!