This year we stayed at General Butler State Park in Carrollton, KY. Our "group" reserved an entire "Loop" in the back of the campground. I believe we had around 11 give or take separate sites reserved and counting all the kids/adults over 50 people in our group! Boy was it cold out!!! We like to set up a "community" area for our group each year and with this years freezing cold weather and rain we all moved picnic tables to the cul de sac and pieced together a giant "compound" (several easy ups/canopies with walls and heaters) for shelter, cooking, and our group hangout location!
Friday night was cold and rainy so most the evening was spent in the "compound" eating dinner, enjoying some beverages and great company! The kids all got to play together as well. Saturday we all chipped in to a breakfast buffet of all buffets (we sure know how to eat good) followed by the annual pumpkin carving and decorating of our compound for the later trick or treaters! Trick or Treat of the campground began at 4:30 pm which we all set up together for the men to pass out candy while the "moms" typically take the kiddos trick or treating. The kids always love this adventure and its funny how so many strangers in a campground can feel like friends and family. After trick or treat each family carried several crock pots into the compound for a delicious pot luck dinner! There were chili's, soups, stews, coneys, grilled cheese, dessert etc Let's just say if you go to bed hungry its your own fault! With lack of sleep and overload on sweets my little guy of course became quite the bear and handful so he and I spent some 1 on 1 quiet time in the camper after dinner to cool off (warm up ;) ) and calm down. When you have some of the youngest kids in the group its hard not to get upset when they misbehave :( but it is what it is, no use trying to hide the breakdowns-We are human!
Sunday is always the sad, departure day... we woke up to our final group breakfast buffet and the take-down/cleanup had to commence!!
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| The pumpkins and a glimpse of the "Compound" |
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| My Camper theme Jack-O-Lantern |
The weekend flew as usual but was such an awesome time cold weather or not! Halloween weekends are extremely popular, It is recommended to book a year in advance to ensure the chance at getting a site. We booked for 2018 about a week and a half ago or so and both Halloween weekends are already filled up! Looking forward to the fun adventure next year will bring!
