BigDaddyRog
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You guys have seen these pics on the "Pics of your set up at other campgrounds" thread.....but the details of the trip after the pics may make you feel very glad NOT TO CAMP WITH ME!!!!!
Lake Fausse Point State Park, Louisiana.
Not a bad campground....but you must bathe in insect repellent!!!
Our site (#44):
The rear of the site, some great views:
Our own pier:
Some random shots from the nature trails(Bring mosquito spray, and lots of it....it you have a machine gun, the mosquitos may be more responsive to that!!!)
Hidden deer in the red circle:
9-10 foot gator in the center(cell camera...sorry!)
This lady was giving birth right on the trail!! (She was quite the hisser)
local wildlife:
One of the parks playgrounds:
This parks Comfort Stations are pretty darn clean, although old as the hills. There is a great splash area/water playground for the kids, the sites are nice enough...but the real draw of this campground are the nature trails....ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!! (if you can see through the mosquitos), and there are tons and tons of gators in the lakes and bayous.
Now....when first arriving,we were charged for 4 nights instead of 3. I brought this to the attention of the staff member who booked us.....it took 45 minutes and 3 phone calls for her to refund my $18 dollars!!! I dont know or care why......but by the time I finally walked out of the Park Office I was furious enough to kill!!! Gina and the kids were "trying" to wait in the truck because the office is relatively small....but in that 45 minutes...nature called for all 3 of them (Gina, Tori,and Kenzi), on one of the trips back into the office to let one of the kids use the bathroom...Gina trips on a tree root and hits the ground!!! No real injuries....just some frustration!!
Since it took a full 45 minutes to refund my money....its obvious that we weren't dealing with any genius' here......there were 2 campers waiting to check in....and,yup.....this was no quick, organized routine that they could knock out in 10 minutes.....it was a good 20 minutes for each camper to get checked in....which added another 40 minutes to my original 45 minutes because I was nice enough to move my truck from the check in lane so as to not hold up traffic!!!!Now Imat the back of the line!!!!!! I JUST WANNA GET TO MY SITE PEOPLE!!!!!
Ok...now we're in....it takes me 3 tries to get the camper backed in to the site....not too bad....I was expecting this to take me close to an hour, but I got it done in under 15 minutes. Its 207 degrees in the shade..if the breeze was blowing! I get the camper unhooked, raise the top, lower the stabilizers slide out the beds and turn on the AC.......um........the AC......I TURN ON THE AC!!!!! ***??????? THE AC WONT COME ON!!!!!! IM MELTING!!!!!LITERALLY!!!! AAAUUUUUGGHHHHHH!!!!!
I forgot, in order to slide the king size bed in,the AC had to be unplugged because the track for that bed slides across where the AC cord drops down to the plug....after 5 minutes of crying in a fetal position, I remembered this important little fact and jumped for joy that I was retarded enough to not remember this!!! I was happy because I realized I was stupid!! So I plugged the cord in and WA-LAAH............WA-LAAHHHHHHHHHHH..........I said WA-Fricken-LAAHHHHHH!!! ***???? Its broken!!! Its broken,my tripis ruined,my worlds falling apart and Im sweating like a ***** in church on Sunday!!!! Apparently, when the idiot who unplugged the AC cord didnt turn the AC OFF before unplugging it. WHat a MORON!!! So I figured out that the breaker was tripped, flipped the switch...and THANK GAWD...the AC WAS FINALLY BLASTING!!! This trip has been ANYTHING but relaxing up to this point!
Ok, so the ACs on, the beds are slid out, the top is raised, the stabilizers are down. We're good. Right? Right. Except.....why are there 1000s of caterpillars everywhere??? They are falling out of the sky like some biblical plague!!! Every tree surrounding our site is FILLED with caterpillar nests!!!! They are harmless, and relatively cute....but,Im sorry....when I look down and see a caterpillar on my cheek...I tend to freak out a little(its a manly kinda freakin out!) regardless of how fuzzy they are and knowing they dont sting....it still sends a shock down my spine! So, I learn to get over it,or deal with ot....or at least shop flailing my arms and screaming like a little beyotch everytime one lands on or crawls on me!
At about 2pm,were are completely set up, and ready to relax finally. So we take the kids over to the pool......where's the pool...I know that I read online that there is a pool at this park. They must have it hidden in the rear of the park...wheres that damn park map?? There's no pool on this map, honey!!!! THERES NO POOL!!!!! THATS IT....I QUIT!!!! There is no pool...but there is a very cool little water playgrounf splash zone thingy....its nearly 612 degrees...so that little puddle in the middle of the park is lookin pretty damned amazing right about now! Theres another family there, but they seem pretty cool, dads about my age, he has tatoos and a shaved head....the kids are close to my kids'ages....I aint gonna try to act like anything Im not....so I lay down on the ground right under the best water spitting device there and dare anyone to tell me to move! It was blissfull! My fat ***...laid out on the playground, spread eagle, like a humongus retarded 9 year old bully!!!Things are getting better.
It was a seriously rough start to what turned out to be a really nice 4 day trip.Aside from the water being too muddy to actually catch any fish(didnt stop me from spending hours with a line in the water), and the mosquitos acting like a well trained military unit whose main goal,is to seek and destroy...and they were good at it...but I knew this when I decided to head to this park.Ive been here before as a cabin camper and knew the skeeters were relentless, so we brought PLENTY of deep woods repellent.
The days passed quickly,and Thursady morning came fast. Breakdown went MUCH smoother than set-up. it only took us about 45 minutes to be ready to hit the road after waking up. My only request to Gina was that they wait for me to take a shower after the breakdown and before we hit the road. fair enough request.I did allof the physical labor of packing up...she handled all of the throwing the luggage into the back of the truck....all of the luggage EXCEPT MINE!!! MY CLOTHES WERE LEFT IN THE CAMPER! The camper I JUST finished closing up(closing up a POP-UP means cranking down the roof....not the easiest thing to raise backup)...so since all of my clothes are locked in a folded down camper....I have no realreason to take a shower...whats the point in showering and putting back on my sweat drenched stinky clothes? So...on the road againand Im, FOR ONCE,....glad that I have no sense of smell...and that everyone elses noses work JUST FINE...SMELL MY ANGER.....YOU THOUGHTLESS FEMALES!!!!! I DO feel pretty gross though.
The trip home is good...the kids are laughing at nosense in the back seat...Gina's screaming at them tobe quiet before they cause me to wreck...me silently enjoying true quality family chaos. I love these bunch of dumbasses...they are MY dumbasses!!! About halfway home...they kids are craving Popeyes Mashed Potatoes...weirdos! So I pul loff the I-10 into some little no name spot that has nothing to offer except for a trucker casino, an odd named gas station (something like Luke's Pretty Petrol Hole or something ultra redneck like that), and....you guessed it....a POPEYES!!!! Yay!
We grub down...slurp the grease from our fingers. and get back on the road...as Im slowing to guage my entrance onto the interstated...BAM BOOM SLAM!!!!!!!! What the hell!!!! I jump out and I dont see any dead bodies...so Ive got that going for me! The damn trailer coupler slid off of the ball and into the rear of the truck...thank god for the safety chains, they caught it before any damage was done...but it did scare the hell out of us. I didnt have the latch locked with anything other than faith that it wouldnt become unlatched!!!! Im not the smartest guy youve ever met...trust me.I have no problem admitting this. So, sitting on the shoulder of an on-ramp to the I-10, I, as quickly as I can,raise the tongue up and back onto the balldouble check everything, and "tape a screwdriver" into the lock hole of the latch...figuring that would get us tothe next exit that is only about a mile up the road...close enough that I can actually see it.
We get there with no incident, I get out,step to the rear to remove the taped on screwdriver...and of coarse...its already gone! I half expected it to be gone. Irun into this truck stop to grab a lock for the latch....its amazing how much more locks costs when your on the road at a truck stop in the middle of redneckville. Well, $14 is a bit much for a lock...considering I can get one at home for 5 bucks. I buy a Keychain for 3.99 and it does the trick just fine. We head to the house, figuring everything is secure and safe...and we're all good.
We make it to Mandeville, our exit off of I-12...we're 3 minutes from home!!! Its been an eventful but good week. We're turning onto our street...2 stop signs to go. Here's the first stop sign....BAM BOOM SLAM!!!!! AGAIN?!?!?!?!?! Again. this time, its obvious that I didnt have the tongue all the way down on the ball judging by the gash ripped into the to pof the ball. This time the safety chains got eaten up pretty good...and the wiring was grinded in two. All easy fixes,no dents to the truck...no visible damage to the camper....but JESUS....what if this had happened on the hiway????/ And WHY DIDNT IT HAPPEN on thehiway? As UNLUCKY as I am.....I GUESS Im, at the sametime...AS LUCKY AS THEY COME!!!
We hook it up....get it home.I back it into the drive way with 2 cars on one side in UNDER 5 MINUTES!!!!! Im getting better with the backing in than I thought I would.
My clothes are STILLin the camper...I havent opened it upyet for fear that the interior may be destroyed from slamming into the back og my truck not once, but twice. I feel like everything is ok in my mind until I know differently...and I dont need to know differently until I need my underwear!!! This could be weeks!
I'll let you guys know how the inside is by Sunday.
Lake Fausse Point State Park, Louisiana.
Not a bad campground....but you must bathe in insect repellent!!!
Our site (#44):
The rear of the site, some great views:
Our own pier:
Some random shots from the nature trails(Bring mosquito spray, and lots of it....it you have a machine gun, the mosquitos may be more responsive to that!!!)
Hidden deer in the red circle:
9-10 foot gator in the center(cell camera...sorry!)
This lady was giving birth right on the trail!! (She was quite the hisser)
local wildlife:
One of the parks playgrounds:
This parks Comfort Stations are pretty darn clean, although old as the hills. There is a great splash area/water playground for the kids, the sites are nice enough...but the real draw of this campground are the nature trails....ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!! (if you can see through the mosquitos), and there are tons and tons of gators in the lakes and bayous.
Now....when first arriving,we were charged for 4 nights instead of 3. I brought this to the attention of the staff member who booked us.....it took 45 minutes and 3 phone calls for her to refund my $18 dollars!!! I dont know or care why......but by the time I finally walked out of the Park Office I was furious enough to kill!!! Gina and the kids were "trying" to wait in the truck because the office is relatively small....but in that 45 minutes...nature called for all 3 of them (Gina, Tori,and Kenzi), on one of the trips back into the office to let one of the kids use the bathroom...Gina trips on a tree root and hits the ground!!! No real injuries....just some frustration!!
Since it took a full 45 minutes to refund my money....its obvious that we weren't dealing with any genius' here......there were 2 campers waiting to check in....and,yup.....this was no quick, organized routine that they could knock out in 10 minutes.....it was a good 20 minutes for each camper to get checked in....which added another 40 minutes to my original 45 minutes because I was nice enough to move my truck from the check in lane so as to not hold up traffic!!!!Now Imat the back of the line!!!!!! I JUST WANNA GET TO MY SITE PEOPLE!!!!!
Ok...now we're in....it takes me 3 tries to get the camper backed in to the site....not too bad....I was expecting this to take me close to an hour, but I got it done in under 15 minutes. Its 207 degrees in the shade..if the breeze was blowing! I get the camper unhooked, raise the top, lower the stabilizers slide out the beds and turn on the AC.......um........the AC......I TURN ON THE AC!!!!! ***??????? THE AC WONT COME ON!!!!!! IM MELTING!!!!!LITERALLY!!!! AAAUUUUUGGHHHHHH!!!!!
I forgot, in order to slide the king size bed in,the AC had to be unplugged because the track for that bed slides across where the AC cord drops down to the plug....after 5 minutes of crying in a fetal position, I remembered this important little fact and jumped for joy that I was retarded enough to not remember this!!! I was happy because I realized I was stupid!! So I plugged the cord in and WA-LAAH............WA-LAAHHHHHHHHHHH..........I said WA-Fricken-LAAHHHHHH!!! ***???? Its broken!!! Its broken,my tripis ruined,my worlds falling apart and Im sweating like a ***** in church on Sunday!!!! Apparently, when the idiot who unplugged the AC cord didnt turn the AC OFF before unplugging it. WHat a MORON!!! So I figured out that the breaker was tripped, flipped the switch...and THANK GAWD...the AC WAS FINALLY BLASTING!!! This trip has been ANYTHING but relaxing up to this point!
Ok, so the ACs on, the beds are slid out, the top is raised, the stabilizers are down. We're good. Right? Right. Except.....why are there 1000s of caterpillars everywhere??? They are falling out of the sky like some biblical plague!!! Every tree surrounding our site is FILLED with caterpillar nests!!!! They are harmless, and relatively cute....but,Im sorry....when I look down and see a caterpillar on my cheek...I tend to freak out a little(its a manly kinda freakin out!) regardless of how fuzzy they are and knowing they dont sting....it still sends a shock down my spine! So, I learn to get over it,or deal with ot....or at least shop flailing my arms and screaming like a little beyotch everytime one lands on or crawls on me!
At about 2pm,were are completely set up, and ready to relax finally. So we take the kids over to the pool......where's the pool...I know that I read online that there is a pool at this park. They must have it hidden in the rear of the park...wheres that damn park map?? There's no pool on this map, honey!!!! THERES NO POOL!!!!! THATS IT....I QUIT!!!! There is no pool...but there is a very cool little water playgrounf splash zone thingy....its nearly 612 degrees...so that little puddle in the middle of the park is lookin pretty damned amazing right about now! Theres another family there, but they seem pretty cool, dads about my age, he has tatoos and a shaved head....the kids are close to my kids'ages....I aint gonna try to act like anything Im not....so I lay down on the ground right under the best water spitting device there and dare anyone to tell me to move! It was blissfull! My fat ***...laid out on the playground, spread eagle, like a humongus retarded 9 year old bully!!!Things are getting better.
It was a seriously rough start to what turned out to be a really nice 4 day trip.Aside from the water being too muddy to actually catch any fish(didnt stop me from spending hours with a line in the water), and the mosquitos acting like a well trained military unit whose main goal,is to seek and destroy...and they were good at it...but I knew this when I decided to head to this park.Ive been here before as a cabin camper and knew the skeeters were relentless, so we brought PLENTY of deep woods repellent.
The days passed quickly,and Thursady morning came fast. Breakdown went MUCH smoother than set-up. it only took us about 45 minutes to be ready to hit the road after waking up. My only request to Gina was that they wait for me to take a shower after the breakdown and before we hit the road. fair enough request.I did allof the physical labor of packing up...she handled all of the throwing the luggage into the back of the truck....all of the luggage EXCEPT MINE!!! MY CLOTHES WERE LEFT IN THE CAMPER! The camper I JUST finished closing up(closing up a POP-UP means cranking down the roof....not the easiest thing to raise backup)...so since all of my clothes are locked in a folded down camper....I have no realreason to take a shower...whats the point in showering and putting back on my sweat drenched stinky clothes? So...on the road againand Im, FOR ONCE,....glad that I have no sense of smell...and that everyone elses noses work JUST FINE...SMELL MY ANGER.....YOU THOUGHTLESS FEMALES!!!!! I DO feel pretty gross though.
The trip home is good...the kids are laughing at nosense in the back seat...Gina's screaming at them tobe quiet before they cause me to wreck...me silently enjoying true quality family chaos. I love these bunch of dumbasses...they are MY dumbasses!!! About halfway home...they kids are craving Popeyes Mashed Potatoes...weirdos! So I pul loff the I-10 into some little no name spot that has nothing to offer except for a trucker casino, an odd named gas station (something like Luke's Pretty Petrol Hole or something ultra redneck like that), and....you guessed it....a POPEYES!!!! Yay!
We grub down...slurp the grease from our fingers. and get back on the road...as Im slowing to guage my entrance onto the interstated...BAM BOOM SLAM!!!!!!!! What the hell!!!! I jump out and I dont see any dead bodies...so Ive got that going for me! The damn trailer coupler slid off of the ball and into the rear of the truck...thank god for the safety chains, they caught it before any damage was done...but it did scare the hell out of us. I didnt have the latch locked with anything other than faith that it wouldnt become unlatched!!!! Im not the smartest guy youve ever met...trust me.I have no problem admitting this. So, sitting on the shoulder of an on-ramp to the I-10, I, as quickly as I can,raise the tongue up and back onto the balldouble check everything, and "tape a screwdriver" into the lock hole of the latch...figuring that would get us tothe next exit that is only about a mile up the road...close enough that I can actually see it.
We get there with no incident, I get out,step to the rear to remove the taped on screwdriver...and of coarse...its already gone! I half expected it to be gone. Irun into this truck stop to grab a lock for the latch....its amazing how much more locks costs when your on the road at a truck stop in the middle of redneckville. Well, $14 is a bit much for a lock...considering I can get one at home for 5 bucks. I buy a Keychain for 3.99 and it does the trick just fine. We head to the house, figuring everything is secure and safe...and we're all good.
We make it to Mandeville, our exit off of I-12...we're 3 minutes from home!!! Its been an eventful but good week. We're turning onto our street...2 stop signs to go. Here's the first stop sign....BAM BOOM SLAM!!!!! AGAIN?!?!?!?!?! Again. this time, its obvious that I didnt have the tongue all the way down on the ball judging by the gash ripped into the to pof the ball. This time the safety chains got eaten up pretty good...and the wiring was grinded in two. All easy fixes,no dents to the truck...no visible damage to the camper....but JESUS....what if this had happened on the hiway????/ And WHY DIDNT IT HAPPEN on thehiway? As UNLUCKY as I am.....I GUESS Im, at the sametime...AS LUCKY AS THEY COME!!!
We hook it up....get it home.I back it into the drive way with 2 cars on one side in UNDER 5 MINUTES!!!!! Im getting better with the backing in than I thought I would.
My clothes are STILLin the camper...I havent opened it upyet for fear that the interior may be destroyed from slamming into the back og my truck not once, but twice. I feel like everything is ok in my mind until I know differently...and I dont need to know differently until I need my underwear!!! This could be weeks!
I'll let you guys know how the inside is by Sunday.
The more trips you make you will get a system down to setting up and breaking down so you can enjoy that quality family chaos time together. The campground looked nice, but its not the Fort. Thanks for the trip report it was some good reading 
and brought back some memories of our first few trips.
