A Weekend Of Camping

Hi folks! How was your weekend? Kim and I had a busy one. It seems that all of our weekends are busy anymore. Between projects around the house and trying to make the most of the warmer weather and such. And I'm not complaining at all. So this weekend we took a short camping trip about 45 minutes north of here at the Allentown KOA in New Tripoli, Pennsylvania. It was me, Kim and our dog Schnitzel. Here is a shot of us in front of the cabin we stayed in.

We have been camping several times over the years. We've stayed in tents and cabins and have experienced nice weather and some not so nice weather. And I must say that I have enjoyed it every time. Now one of the most basic of camping activities is of course the campfire. And I have to admit that I am just not that good at getting a good campfire going. Until this year. Kim did some research and we used some tips from others online and we finally did it.

I have a bunch of photos to share with you from the weekend and will probably spread them over two full posts. So today to wrap up this post I would like to show you a handful that I shot while taking a walk up one of the hills surrounding the campground. It was early and very peaceful.

And that will do it for today. But like I said I have more that I will probably post during the week. Please be sure to check back.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Until next time...

Exploration Photography Daily View - May 9, 2015

Hi and welcome to the Daily View.

I grabbed this shot behind our cabin at The Allentown KOA. 

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to come back soon for the next Daily View and an upcoming full post.

Until next time...

Spring Camping

Last weekend Kim and I went camping in the Pocono Mountains. It was a beautiful weekend and the weather was perfect. We stayed at The Delaware Water Gap/Pocono Mountain KOA campground. We like KOA campgrounds because they generally have high standards and are usually very clean. This is important when tent camping. At least to me it is:) Here is a shot of us in front of our tent.

I must admit that tent camping is not always my first choice. I prefer cabin camping. Especially in the hotter summer months. Being Spring however it was a very comfortable stay. It also helped that aside from the campers on one side of us that were hardly around at all we were pretty much alone.

Of course no camping trip is complete without a campfire.

And lots of nature:)

Sunrise In The Woods

During the weekend we were going to take a drive over to Bushkill Falls which was only about ten minutes from us but after talking to some of the campsite regulars and one of the employees we decided to check out Dingmans Falls instead.

Visitor Center at Dingmans Falls

Dingmans Falls is part of The Delaware Water Gap National Park. I highly recommend visiting if you happen to be in the area. It's a bit of walking but very much worth it. Of course I shot lots of photos. I'll be sharing some of them in my next post in a day or so along with a couple other places we traveled to.

Gotta go for now but here are a couple more shots at the campground.

View from outside our tent

Thanks for stopping by! I'll be posting again in a day or so so please check back.

Until next time...