VT - Silver Lake State Park

We had site #35 - plenty big for the Scout, our friends Mindy, Shawn, and Leah's tent, and a screen room. Good thing we both got canopies/screen rooms this year - that coverage was handy for the rain we had on Friday night and Saturday evening!

Great park with a really nice day use area with a beach, playscape, rental canoes and kayaks. They are also dog friendly and Morgan was allowed to go anywhere except the sand swimming beach. The lake is small and only allows non-motorized boats. It was even warm enough to swim!

Theo and Leah had a blast playing at the playground!

T was so happy to get a chance to ride his bike all over...the terrain was pretty hilly, so Daddy got a good workout pushing him up the hills.

Both Theo and Morgan totally zonked out - all of that fresh air and playing took its toll!

New Wallpaper Border

The stickers were falling off from the heat and humidity - they just were a no-go since they were self-ahesive and removable...just not sticky enough. So we went with a "real" wallpaper border. It is a series of vintage looking outdoor signs.

Tongue Box and Plug Guard

Adding this tote locker involved moving the battery forward and Kevin built a platform to attach the battery and the tote to, and to take up the space between the existing L brackets that we weren't going to use once we moved the battery forward. We still want to clean up the wire ties a bit to make it look cleaner. We also got a Plug Guard to protect the 7 pin plug when it isn't connected to the tow vehicle. We had already noticed a bit of corrosion from all of the rain and humidity we've been having, so this seemed really logical.

Dollar Store and IKEA Finds

This is a little LED light that goes on when the door is opened (there is a second piece that is on the door, which is a magnet). A mere buck!
Because there are times when we leave the door open, I fashioned a magnet-on-a-ribbon that allows us to keep the door open but have the light off.
Also in these pics you can see the magnet stip from IKEA (also I think about a buck) - this strip couldn't fit any more perfectly on the side of the cabinet. Almost like it was made for this space. Affixed with double-stick foam tape.
Also from the dollar store (Dollar Tree) are these metallic windshield shades.

They affix with suction cups and cover the majority of the bubble windows - this will keep the camper cooler on hot sunny days.

Interior Decorating

We covered the floral cushions for the front dinette with a soft suede-like fabric. This is my temporary fix, so I just folded the fabric around and attached it to the cushions using upholstery screws. When I feel more patient I'll actually sew some covers...maybe this winter (or next since I'm really happy with how these turned out).

We replaced the rear table with 3/4" plywood - it gave a little too much flex alone for our taste, so Kevin added some cross beams underneath to make it more rigid (probably overkill, but it makes us happy!) I added a little bed skirt of sorts to keep the underneath storage hidden - using the same fabric as I did for covering the cushions and affixed it with a staple gun.

I also added my Dollar Tree removable wall stickers - what a great find! I also ordered some of the same fabric that Mom K. and her friend Marcelline used to make us our great personalized pillow cases - I plan to make some throw pillows and maybe get Mom K. to collaborate on a quilt or "quillow" :)