T@BOULI & COMPANY (Susan and Bob)

We Have a New T@B!

2010-05-12T21:11:00.007-04:00

Recently we decided to start looking for a T@B with the L-shaped kitchen. The thought of being able to stay inside on cold, rainy mornings and turn on the coffee in the warm, cozy trailer prompted our search. After many emails and phone calls, we found Ruby T@Booli in Speedway, IN.

Pat and Jennifer had decided to buy a Serro Scotty, which was lucky for us!

At the end of April we attended the Blue Ridge Rally and surprised our friends when we pulled in towing a red and white T@B.

Bringing T@Booli Home!

2010-01-05T06:55:00.003-05:00

Today we're going to Charlotte to pick up our little trailer. She's been in the "trailer hospital" to get a leak repaired. She had to have some seals replaced on the kitchen hatch, and we're hoping this did the trick! We'll let you know how it turns out!

PS We changed the spelling of her name. We replaced her license tag (after losing it last summer) and decided on a new spelling.

Codorus State Park, Hanover, PA

2009-08-24T16:15:00.008-04:00

We're just finishing our only full day in Codorus State Park. It's a lovely, quiet park with large sites and very wooded. It has a large lake, hiking trails, bike trails etc.

But the highlight of our day today was a factory tour of the Utz Potato Chip factory. It was very interesting and we bought our share of potato chips and treats at the factory store. Utz must be the largest employer in this county.

A sad note - we lost our personalized T@Bouli license tag somewhere on I-95 yesterday. We discovered it gone when we stopped to get fuel in Pennsylvania.

We're packing up tonight so we can get an early start to Albany tomorrow morning. That's all for now.

Tybee Island, GA

2009-08-06T20:57:00.005-04:00

We spent a week at Tybee Island for a mini-family reunion. Sadly, not everyone could be there with us. We witnessed some spectacular sunrises and sunsets. Tybee is a wonderfully quiet beach - a great place for rest and relaxation.

Catching Up Again!

2009-03-09T21:03:00.007-04:00

Here we are again - way behind on our blog! Since our last post, we took two more trips in the T@B. The first one was all the way to Connecticut to the first New England Rally in early September, We had a few days of rain, but a great time was had by all! We went home to regroup, and check on our animals and then headed to Hillsville, Virgina to the Fall Splash Rally. We had beautiful weather and, it was fun seeing old friends and making new ones. In November we went to Albany, NY. We met up with our friends, Sue and Rich, left our T@Bs at home and went on a nine day, all inclusive trip to China. We finished 2008 with a trip to Colonial Williamsburg. Sue and Rich invited us to join them there and were wonderful tour guides!! We also met up with some other T@B friends, Sharon and Becky, who took us to one of their favorite restaurants.

Sharon and Becky (with cameras) are directly behind the drummer

Catching Up - Blue Ridge Rally - May 2008

2008-07-31T16:33:00.002-04:00

We've been very busy since our last rally in Marion, NC, and I decided it was time to "catch up." (Since that rally, we visited our son in NYC, had family from Boston visit, went to the NC coast. In June, Susan went to Europe with son, Mark for two weeks. Then, another trip to the NC coast with family and a trip to Florida to visit Susan's parents. Now it's time to get back to T@BOULI and get busy camping again.)

Wahoo Rally - Townsend, TN 11/1 to 11/4/07

2007-11-11T19:56:00.000-05:00

We attended our first T@B rally the first weekend in November. We had read and heard from others who had attended rallys in the past how much fun they were. The rally took place in Little River KOA in Townsend, TN just a hop, skip and a jump from the Great Smokey Mountain National Park. There were attendees from NC, SC, GA, VA, AL, NY, WVA, TN, IL (a total of 15 T@B trailers and one T@B wannabe). A great time was had by all! We toured each other's trailers on Saturday morning and made note of many interesting as well as functional modifications T@Bbers have done to their trailers. Saturday evening we enjoyed a potluck dinner. This may have been our first rally but it definitely won't be our last. We made many new friends whom we look forward to seeing again! Following are some random pictures from the rally and some fall scenes from Great Smokey National Park. Enjoy!

Bob and Shirley's Great Graphic

Saturday Morning T@B Tour (it was VERY cold)

Our Campsite Along the River

Little River (almost dried up)

Another View of Our Campsite

T@B Row - there are at least two more that are hidden from view

Bob and Shirley's Kitchen

Matthew & Rebekah From Asheville

Our campsite neighbors-Diane, Jill & pups

Jerry, Cheryl and Mackenzie

Group Time Around the Warm Fire

We warmed up every night (and morning) around Geo and Liz's fire

Geo & Liz's T@BMahal

Beautiful Fall Colors in Smokey Mt. National Park

Cades Cove

Of course this is not "our Bob"

Gorgeous fall colors

We spotted a T@DA on the way home at the Elkmont Campground. (It's a new, bigger version but certainly not as cute.

Where's the T@B?

On the way home we stopped along the Blue Ridge Parkway to take some pictures.

The End

Outing #2 to Mountain Stream RV Park, Marion, NC (9/26-9/28)

2007-09-28T21:49:00.000-04:00

Our second outing in T@Bouli was a short trip to an RV park near Marion, NC. We made some new T@B friends there (Sharon and her sister Becky) whose Splash T@B is visible in some of our pictures. We had a great time, but have promised ourselves that our next trips will be at least three-night trips. Mountain Stream RV Park is located near Marion and is about 5 miles from the Blue Ridge Parkway. Our site backed up to a rocky stream - the sound of the water was so relaxing!

This was the view from our campsite - a beautiful mountain stream!

Bob working on dinner - chicken in foil, broccoli and fried leftover sweet potatoes. It was delicious!

We hiked to the top of this peak - Crabtree Pinnacle - it was not as high as it looks.

This was the view from atop Crabtree Pinnacle.

This trip was not planned - we went on the spur of the moment. Wow! It's fun to be retired! Bob made B&B reservations in Glendale Springs, NC and Floyd, VA (both on the Parkway) a few months ago (before we bought the trailer) to celebrate my 60th birthday. Back to the Blue Ridge but T@Bouli stays home this time.

Maiden Voyage - Trip to Hanging Rock St. Park (NC)

2007-09-13T20:54:00.001-04:00

We took our first trip in our new T@B this week and had a great time! We went to Hanging Rock State Park in NC. There were only five other campsites being used when we arrived on Tuesday and only two others by the time we left on Thursday. On Wednesday we had beautiful weather and hiked up to Hanging Rock. The hike was described in the brochure as "moderate." We decided that if this hike was moderate, we would not take any strenuous hikes on this trip! After lunch, we hiked to the Upper Cascade Falls only to find a trickle of a waterfall (due to the drought). Today, before we left for home, we hiked to the Lower Cascade Falls and found a lovely waterfall.

Last evening, the ranger stopped by to see how we were doing and asked if we had any questions. He commented about Bob's t-shirt (Eno River) and said his sister, Jenny Nygard, had designed it. It turns out that his mother was Margaret Nygard, one of the founders of the Eno River Association and a long time advocate of making the Eno River a state park. Thanks to her efforts and others, the Eno is now a beautiful, stable river with many parklands from Hillsborough to Durham, NC. Margaret Nygard was a hero for conservation efforts on the Eno.

The view from the top of Hanging Rock was spectacular.

The drought has affected the waterfalls - but the Lower Cascade Falls were worth the hike!

Here is Bob preparing breakfast.

Susan making homegrown tomato sandwiches for lunch.

All in all we had a great first trip in our T@B. On the way home, we were already planning our next adventure. More to come!

2007-09-03T12:46:00.000-04:00

Introducing T@BOULI, our 2007 T@b that we purchased in July. We towed her home to NC from FL in August. We had originally planned to stop at a campground along the way, but with no AC and the temperature in the high 90s to over 100, we decided to stop at a Hampton Inn instead. We did enjoy the interest several people showed when we stopped at rest stops and for the night in Brunswick, GA.

We have been "outfitting" the trailer and tried her out in the driveway (slept in her a couple of cooler nights, sat under the awning in the morning with a cup of coffee, etc.). We're excited about taking her out to Hanging Rock State Park next week for a few nights. We've enjoyed cooler weather lately and hope it sticks around. More to follow after our first camping experience with T@BOULI.