The DisFort's Chit Chat Cafe

[Sjm9911]

Not good. Hope you get it worked out. They for lack of better works &^#%*.

 

[FtW Mike]

Happy National Pancake Day.
Side note. Once we saw this on our national morning show, Lucille picked and returned the leftover waffles from the other day and came back with the pancake mix. she was not impressed with new syrup I tried

 

[tiggerdad]

Someone please remind me to always check my camper before I leave the repair shop to make sure they actually fixed it Thought this place I had started carrying it to was better but I guess not.

Arc, I have found the best RV repair location is my own driveway. I've used 3 different ones in my camping experience and all 3 have failed big time in one way or another.

 

[Teamubr]

We made it to NC yesterday afternoon. Made good time from Lexington KY. Today was breakfast with friends and up to Beaufort NC for a boat ride around to Shackleford Banks to see the wild horses. Just watched the Cards beat the Cubs again fir their 16th win in a row.

The black and blue coach in the background is our friend's brother who went full timing last year. He just happened to be in the area after 6 months out west.



j

 

[bama_ed]

As FYI just made a 2 week reservation at Gulf State Park to try to attend the 2022 version of the Gulf Shores Shrimp Festival. The 2021 version was cancelled in early September when a pandemic surge was in our state so they made the decision to cancel. Wouldn't you know things have improved dramatically since then and case rates are falling across the state?

But what's done is done so they will try again in 2022 to hold the 49th Gulf Shores Shrimp Festival and we will try to attend it. The campsites along my favorite section of Live Oak near the lake were already pretty booked up. For you past Gulf DISMeet attendees, if you know the corner site that @tiggerdad typically (magically) got every year, I have the one to the RIGHT of it which was where @SouthAlabama5er sometimes was. So across the road from the lake but back against the mature tree line ( meaning "afternoon shade"). With the Comfort Station (updated) at my back.

The Shrimp dates are in the later part of my reservation window and I will trim days up front that I won't use but I'm psyched about possibly attending the Festival. Heard a lot about it, always wanted to go. I hope they offer $mall $ample$ to nibble on and something to wa$h it down with ala the Food & Wine Festival at Epcot.

The early/mid dates of April and October offer probably the best weather possible on the Alabama Gulf Coast (which is one reason why the Shrimp Festival picked that time of year nearly 50 years ago).

I'm gonna probably learn new ways to prepare shrimp while I am there.

This will be me (quite happily I might add):

Carry on with your future camping trip planning.

Bama Ed

EDIT - PS to add the the Shrimp Festival is always the second full weekend of October (but it starts on Thursday so 4 days long). So I was booking a year+ out to get a good spot at Gulf. I wasn't very clear on that above.

 

[Bishoparc]

Yours truly is DIS famous (haha, well maybe not famous.) But I did get photo credit - https://www.wdwinfo.com/disney-merc...ific-merch-land-at-disney-world-for-the-50th/

 

[Sjm9911]

Hey , i know them. Before they made it big! Good job!

 

[Stratman50th]

@Bishoparc, very cool, congratulations!

 

[tiggerdad]

Yours truly is DIS famous (haha, well maybe not famous.) But I did get photo credit - https://www.wdwinfo.com/disney-merc...ific-merch-land-at-disney-world-for-the-50th/

Brown noser!

 

[bama_ed]

Yours truly is DIS famous (haha, well maybe not famous.) But I did get photo credit - https://www.wdwinfo.com/disney-merc...ific-merch-land-at-disney-world-for-the-50th/

Use your new-found influence to see if those folks at Dreams will start providing quotes/packages for the campsites, Arc. It's not currently on their offering. Some of the campsites go for nearly $300 a night at certain times of the year. I know you might be able to lean on an agent and get a campsite quote if you are also buying Alani or Adventures By Disney, for example. But it's not the norm.

But good man on getting us some pub. Those Grand Floridian people are probably asking "where's OUR 50th merch"? You are bleeding edge, yes you are. The GF folks haven't been the same since @tiggerdad stopped staying there....

Bama Ed

PS - next time this oppo comes up, ask me to be your agent and I'll negotiate to get you paid by the "click". If I can get 20% for my efforts, that is. I'll gladly ride your coattails.

 

[Sjm9911]

Ok, so kido is having a halloween birthday party tomorrow, so i made extra meetballs to freeze for the disney trip. Will make 2 small lasagnas to freeze when the sause is done later. This will be dinner on park days when were exausted. Yea, i have planning problums.

 

[Part-Time Paradise]

Ok, so kido is having a halloween birthday party tomorrow, so i made extra meetballs to freeze for the disney trip. Will make 2 small lasagnas to freeze when the sause is done later. This will be dinner on park days when were exausted. Yea, i have planning problums.

Sure you made enough? Might have a camping trip in '25 you might need some meatballs for

Looks good.

 

[Sjm9911]

I left out the lasagna. Lol. When i make meatballs they dont last long.

Sure you made enough? Might have a camping trip in '25 you might need some meatballs for

Looks good.

 

[PaHunter]

I left out the lasagna. Lol. When i make meatballs they dont last long. View attachment 609161

I left out the lasagna. Lol. When i make meatballs they dont last long. View attachment 609161

Wow, you used up a whole cow between the two meal preps.

 

[jbrostek]

Wow thats a feast.



came to mind.

 

[Teamubr]

We headed over to Tennessee this morning after having a fun week in North Carolina. We are in a buddy site at Anchor Down. This is usually ranked one of the top RV Parks. Here is the view from our sites overlooking Douglass Lake. A great breeze to go along with the view.



And the view from below by the swimming area and play ground.



j

 

[garneska]

@Teamubr i was looking to stay at Anchor Down on the way home from PA. You said the internet was good so stay the week and work. The only problem is it is booked .

 

[Teamubr]

Kris,

This place books up a year in advance. We booked this buddy site in May of 2020 when we were here.

Wifi is really good if you are close to the AP. One of the sites we had last year was right next to the pole. Another site (we pieced together 3 sites for the week stay) was quite a way from the AP I could see. It was ok. Donna used it to work. I used my phone to hot spot.

j

 

[Teamubr]

Here are a couple more pics of our site..



j

 

[Bishoparc]

Use your new-found influence to see if those folks at Dreams will start providing quotes/packages for the campsites, Arc.

Ed, we saw Teresa today who is our DUL agent and confirmed she and several others do in fact book the Fort campsites.