Found It! And Flip Flop Withdrawl

Flip Flop Withdrawl - I am suffering it!
But here is my cure! LOOK! LOOK! What I found!
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I have to thank y'all for the great comments on the Bob post. Yeah, he was creepy and I do feel better now regarding my actions, but I have to say in no way did Bob ruin one minute of our vacation. It was a little stressful because he just wouldn't stop, but since we knew he was leaving and we were all hanging around together anyway it didn't really change a thing. I guess having teenagers this sort of thing comes with the territory, although I do have to say it was a first for us. Patricia did mention, in comments, that we have to be careful of strangers at campgrounds and I want to dissaude anyone of that notion. People that camp and RV are some of the nicest, friendliest and most helpful of any people our family have ever met. People at campgrounds are different then people on vacation at hotels or resorts - it is just a different attitude I guess. We are always careful, but in a pinch? I would rather camp then be in a hotel if I needed help.

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I will give you an example of what else happened while on vacation. Our neighbors at the campground have a little girl [2 y.o.] and on their first day at the beach they did the responsible thing and after lathering her up in sunscreen they took her to the beach really early in the morning, before the sun was too hot [knowing a baby can't handle full sun-great parents!]. Unfortunately they didn't know lil' Miss Rose had an ear infection and she passed out on the beach. They came running back to their RV and we offered ice and whatever assistance they needed. Turns out it was necessary to call an ambulance. Only lil' Miss Rose's mother could accompany her in the ambulance so we gave our car to her father so he could drive the 40 miles to the hospital to be with his family.

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[side note: My mother in law wigged out and wondered why we would entrust our car with a complete stranger - well, that is the nature of camping I suppose, but what else could we do?]

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I write this story to point out we weren't the only ones that offered transportation to the hospital. One family waited to leave on their day trip with their 4 kids before they knew that Rose's Dad had transportation. A gentleman that hadn't even spoken to the family before this point came over and offered. So strangers aren't to be distrusted at first site, especially while camping - Bob the stalker could've happened in my own hometown.

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PS - we got our van back with a full tank of gas AND dinner [which we declined] So yeah - Rose's parents rock and lil' Miss Rose is just fine and cute as a button.

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Okay, where was I? Oh flip flop withdrawl. Simply put? I want to go back to the beach, now. Right now. :) [And I hate flip flops, but they were the footwear of choice - can you tell by the tan lines?]

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Which leads me to that spectacular looking pop up trailer I found online that we can afford. WEEHAAA! Althought we have tent camped for years we have discovered that we may want to step up just a bit if we want our doggies to accompany us on our vacations. We missed them. And the winds? Wow - the winds were serious at the beach - we ended up with two snapped poles and several ripped ties due to the strength of the wind. [To be fair they did say it usually isn't that windy or that strong - 30mph+ - ] but we visited a lot of our neighbors and decided a pop up would serve us just fine for the next 5 or so years.

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I have been researching furiously since we returned home and found this one for sale locally. It has everything we need and I hope it fits in our garage because I want to go buy it now :)!

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And if we do? We are going back to the beach ASAP. We had such a great time.