tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673685505549336578Tue, 09 Mar 2021 20:59:33 +0000Garden VeggiesPop Up RenovationOther stuffCampingPop Up Camper ModsTravel Trailer Mod'sFlowersCoachman 192RBSVinyl DecalsCamping KNK FilesDecalsDutch OvenFort Desoto ParkPop Up Roof RepairStrawberry2 weeks2013 Veggie garden4 weeksAnastasia State ParkBlog Header PicturesCOBB GrillCabbageCamper SignCanvas Campers ForumCochlear Ear ImplantCucumberDremelEG Simmons ParkFruit TreesGiant Recreation World ReviewHomeRight Command Max SprayerKNKKeystone Bullet 243 bhsKitchen Shelf ModLoving MemoryManatee Springs SPNew BeginningsPotatoesRV SatelliteRV World of LakelandSWC'sSalad TableSebastian Inlet State parkSlide IssuesSquashSquirrelSt. AugustineThermal Cooler ModTomatoe'sWeed controlWinegard Pathway X2ZucchiniEvery thing from Camping,Camper Repair,Flower,Fishing and Gardeninghttp://campingandgardening.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Sharon)Blogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673685505549336578.post-223812865341849913Sat, 25 Mar 2017 15:00:00 +00002017-03-25T11:00:09.848-04:00RV SatelliteWinegard Pathway X2OMG! This is the best way to get Satellite in your RV, Travel Trailer, 5th Wheel, or anything else you camp in. I know, I know!  Many don't watch TV in while camping. We don't if just camping a weekend. But we always camp for a week at a time. And like to relax after a busy day and catch the news.Okay! On to this amazing thing.  If you read my story of how we came to buy this and why, you will http://campingandgardening.blogspot.com/2017/03/rv-satellite-winegard-pathway-x2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sharon)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673685505549336578.post-8632403782231505496Sat, 25 Mar 2017 01:31:00 +00002017-03-24T21:31:24.341-04:00Keystone Bullet 243 bhsIf you have been following my blog! You would see that we had a number of issues with our then brand new 2014 Coachman Freedom Express! After so many problems with the slide! Truly a designer flaw.  With the last repair having welded arms on for support.  Giant Recreation world in Winter garden Florida (Where we bought it) did the warranty work on the slide this time. When we finally got it back http://campingandgardening.blogspot.com/2017/03/no-more-slide-issues-new-travel-trailer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sharon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673685505549336578.post-2441867668064723798Sat, 25 Mar 2017 00:51:00 +00002017-03-24T20:51:21.748-04:00New Beginnings It's been awhile since I have posted to my blogs. A year really!  I really miss it and going to try and get back into it since I now have a lot of free time. This has been a crazy year! My husband has worked for the same company for 31 years. He started right before we got married. His job has supported us well over the years of raising our children. In Sept of 2015 he was notified that he http://campingandgardening.blogspot.com/2017/03/new-beginnings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sharon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673685505549336578.post-8372899177950259201Thu, 25 Feb 2016 21:45:00 +00002016-02-25T16:45:42.290-05:00Slide IssuesWe love our little 2014 Coachman Freedom Express 192 rbs. But let me tell you.  The slide has been a real pain in the behind!We have already had to have the whole slide mechanism replaced right after we bought it. And have nothing but issues with it since. We have had it exactly 2 years this valentines day.  And that weekend we took it to our family's house about 80 miles away. And the slide http://campingandgardening.blogspot.com/2016/02/slide-issues-again-ugh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sharon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673685505549336578.post-3716142358396400376Mon, 29 Jun 2015 04:01:00 +00002015-06-29T00:01:27.812-04:00Anastasia State ParkSt. AugustineOur 30th Anniversary trip! We decided to go to St. Augustine.  I have lived in Florida all my 48 years, but never been to St. Augustine.  My husband had only been once. So this being a all new trip. We stayed at Anastasia state park also a first.  It was awesome and beautiful.  Im loved seeing St. Augustine and all it has to offer and seen as much as we could in the 5 days we were there.  But http://campingandgardening.blogspot.com/2015/06/anastasia-state-park-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sharon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673685505549336578.post-5581908732745912578Sun, 12 Apr 2015 00:55:00 +00002015-06-28T20:59:17.020-04:00COBB GrillI was at a thrift store Friday.  Came across something in a big black bag with long handles.  It said COBB on top.  Well, I had no clue, So unzipped it.   And inside.  I see this cardboard disk on the lid.  You know, like when you buy a new pan and there is a piece of cardboard attached to the top knob to protect it. So I lift the lid and see all these books and papers and magazine articles http://campingandgardening.blogspot.com/2015/04/cobb-grill.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sharon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673685505549336578.post-5914893111128525041Mon, 16 Feb 2015 21:42:00 +00002015-02-16T16:43:57.793-05:00Garden VeggiesWe have been busy with working on the back yard. We needed to move the Red shed to the shady area so we can use the old space to make the garden bigger in the full sun area. These are a few pictures so far. We still have so much to do. To get the shed done, everything put back in and get the garden area ready. I will post more pictures later. Thank you for stopping by! Sharonhttp://campingandgardening.blogspot.com/2015/02/we-have-been-busy-with-working-on-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sharon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673685505549336578.post-3545021896094588951Fri, 19 Sep 2014 16:15:00 +00002014-09-19T12:15:24.441-04:00Travel Trailer Mod'sThe more you go camping with a new trailer. Whether its brand new or just new to you. Organizing it is always an issue.  So coming from a pop up that had tons of storage and going to our small travel trailer.  It has storage but its smaller compartments so it seems like its less but really it isn't. Its just spread out over more smaller places. So when we got it.  We added a shelf to the big http://campingandgardening.blogspot.com/2014/09/reorganizing-new-travel-trailer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sharon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673685505549336578.post-1630720323126337265Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:46:00 +00002014-09-19T11:46:54.667-04:00Blog Header PicturesDid you notice the new blog header picture.  Im looking to change up this page a little.  And started with a new picture. This is the picture from our most recent trip to Sebastian Inlet State park.  Love that place. You can read about our first time there in the post below this one.  And we will be going again for 4 days this time in middle of October and can not wait.  So here is the picture Ihttp://campingandgardening.blogspot.com/2014/09/new-blog-header-picture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sharon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673685505549336578.post-6748135178873593700Thu, 11 Sep 2014 23:27:00 +00002014-09-11T19:27:43.707-04:00Sebastian Inlet State parkWe just got back from our first time camping at Sebastian Inlet State park. And have to say, We are "In Love" with this place. It reminds us of our other favorite place, Fort Desoto. This is a little bit of a drive (3 hours) and is the farthest we have taken the Camper.  But the trip was wonderful.  We were able to take our 3 year old grandson with us for his first camping trip and he lovedhttp://campingandgardening.blogspot.com/2014/09/sebastian-inlet-state-park-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sharon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673685505549336578.post-707394704980444370Wed, 13 Aug 2014 14:50:00 +00002014-08-13T10:50:23.049-04:00We went and picked up the Travel Trailer.. Man, we have missed seeing it in the driveway when we pull up. They repaired the slide and put all new shear pins in and all looked good. So they pushed the button to bring it in and out and after the 3rd time.  All shear pins broke again.  So replaced all and tried again.  And after 3 times in and out. Same thing happened. So they called Forest River http://campingandgardening.blogspot.com/2014/08/got-travel-trailer-back-from-shop-next.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sharon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673685505549336578.post-7657594774826713547Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:41:00 +00002014-07-10T15:43:05.793-04:00RV World of LakelandTravel Trailer Mod'sBoy how things change! We had booked our first trip out in our new travel trailer when we bought her home in Feb. So we have been waiting 4 months to go on our first trip.  So here comes June.  And we are so excited to camp at our favorite place. Fort Desoto for a week. We check in on Sunday June 15 so hubby goes out on Wednesday to turn on the fridge so we can make sure its cool enough to puthttp://campingandgardening.blogspot.com/2014/07/new-travel-trailer-is-in-shop-for-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sharon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673685505549336578.post-8049202271289693700Sat, 26 Apr 2014 23:06:00 +00002014-04-29T18:46:43.093-04:00Travel Trailer Mod'sI made a new sign for our new Travel Trailer.   This one is more simple then the last one I made for our pup. It was bulky and made from wood and big pvc. This one is simple and light, easy to put to store. I bought the sign (poly corrugated plastic sign) it was about $5 and is size 18 x 14. Its in the hardware section where the yard sale signs are.   I cut the decal myself. What you http://campingandgardening.blogspot.com/2014/04/travel-trailer-sign.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sharon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673685505549336578.post-5946584034997024119Mon, 24 Mar 2014 00:40:00 +00002014-03-23T20:40:00.010-04:00Pop Up Camper ModsTravel Trailer Mod'sWe ran into a little issue with loading the new TT this past week.  We bought the Rhino Flex sewer hose kit.  and the connectors do not fit in the bumper on the TT.  And we do not want to have to disconnect them all every time we use them and worry about loosing one. So I did some searching and found this mod done by "Adventures with the Visa"   and the hubby and I liked the looks of this mod sohttp://campingandgardening.blogspot.com/2014/03/rv-sewer-hose-storage-mod.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sharon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673685505549336578.post-6562822910147336106Mon, 10 Mar 2014 18:57:00 +00002014-03-10T14:57:22.262-04:00Travel Trailer Mod'sWith our new travel trailer being on the small side.  It has very little storage.  Here is a picture of the kitchen area.  So I started with the Kitchen cabinet over the sink. Its pretty good size 16x16x31.  But why didn't they put a shelf in there.  So I went to Walmart and got a Expandable shelf for $7.46.  And the legs are short so what I did was cut 6 pieces of PVC to the length ofhttp://campingandgardening.blogspot.com/2014/03/travel-trailer-storage-mod-part-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sharon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673685505549336578.post-7818594603082736Mon, 03 Mar 2014 00:11:00 +00002014-03-02T19:11:18.383-05:00Coachman 192RBSTravel Trailer Mod's With the new TT in the driveway.  Our 2010 F150 wouldn't fit.   So had to park it on the side yard with the 1995 F150.   So the plan was to see if we could raise the carport roof to get the TT under it.  Now, Let me tell you,  It all seemed easy. But it was so much work.  We worked on it all day last Saturday, and got the front low carport removed.  That gave us 10 feet.  But the goal was to http://campingandgardening.blogspot.com/2014/03/carport-mod-for-new-travel-trailer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sharon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673685505549336578.post-9181896571936049210Sat, 22 Feb 2014 04:03:00 +00002014-02-21T23:03:32.022-05:00Coachman 192RBSGiant Recreation World Review Here is my "Review" for Giant Recreation World in Winter Garden, Florida.   And how we got to be the owners of a new Travel Trailer.  The hubby and I have been looking for the perfect TT (Travel Trailer) now that we decided we were not going the route of the HTT (Hybrid Travel Trailer).   Read post before this one to see the "TT" we bought.  We looked up different Manufactures and http://campingandgardening.blogspot.com/2014/02/giant-recreation-world-review-winter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sharon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673685505549336578.post-757159918561514480Wed, 19 Feb 2014 02:00:00 +00002014-02-18T21:09:42.362-05:00Coachman 192RBSI posted big things were coming!  Well, they have. And this past Saturday we picked up our new Travel Trailer. Are you as shocked as I am? Remember we sold our totally renovated pup. The 1985 Coleman Chesapeake. We loved that old girl. And have been really missing her. Used that money to upgrade out (TV) Tow Vehicle so we could get a Hybrid. And for the past year and half. We have http://campingandgardening.blogspot.com/2014/02/2014-coachman-freedom-express-192rbs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sharon)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673685505549336578.post-6556859498134056540Thu, 13 Feb 2014 03:30:00 +00002014-03-01T19:48:10.101-05:00CampingWow, can't believe its been almost a year since my last blog post.  I guess I haven't been in the posting mood since we sold our pup. But we did take a camping trip this past July. With several family members. As we were headed to two family reunions. One was in Iowa, and with us living in Florida. We drove in 2 cars with 7 of us.  And we stopped half way there at Baily's Point. OMG! That placehttp://campingandgardening.blogspot.com/2014/02/blog-update-new-things-go-come.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sharon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673685505549336578.post-928094517031513181Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:55:00 +00002013-04-01T16:57:47.806-04:002013 Veggie gardenGarden VeggiesIt's been a rough start for the garden with this crazy Florida weather we have been having. I loved our raised beds we did the past two years.  But they were falling apart so we took them apart and burned the wood.  And finally got the tiller running after taking it all a part and cleaning the carburetor.  It is running like brand new.  So we just tilled the soil from the raised boxes in to the http://campingandgardening.blogspot.com/2013/04/2013-spring-garden.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sharon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673685505549336578.post-7620546941579677590Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:56:00 +00002013-03-14T17:56:46.646-04:00As most of you know.  We sold our Renovated 85 Coleman Chesapeake back in July, Right after our last camping trip. We decided, although we loved our (NEW) pup after all the work we put in to it. That it was just to much work for the Hubby and I.  We both have a lot of medical issues and it just seemed to get harder and harder every time we took it out.  On the last trip after setting up. We http://campingandgardening.blogspot.com/2013/03/still-camperless.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sharon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673685505549336578.post-2869904973364084034Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:08:00 +00002013-03-11T16:08:23.383-04:00HomeRight Command Max Sprayer Its been a long time since I posted on this blog as we still don't have a camper.  But the garden is under way as of yesterday. So will be updating on that soon but in the mean time. I thought I would post here about this sprayer as I do a lot of working on other things and painting a lot of them.     It's been cold, Windy, Overcast and some days Rainy.  So with this weekend being beautiful http://campingandgardening.blogspot.com/2013/03/homeright-command-max-sprayer-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sharon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673685505549336578.post-8302977887109278864Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:29:00 +00002013-01-08T19:29:13.819-05:00Wow, It has been a while since I posted.  A lot has changed. We did go on your camping trip to Fort desoto and it was awesome as always.  We had sever thunder storms all 6 days.  Most of the beach got washed a way.  The whole north point we used to go to was GONE!.  Just so sad. While setting up camp.  We made the decision, its just to much work for us with both of us having several health http://campingandgardening.blogspot.com/2013/01/long-time-no-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sharon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673685505549336578.post-2234087496559947713Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:43:00 +00002012-11-08T14:43:18.164-05:00Check this out.  I got a email today that my blog had won this award! Why Campingandgardening.blogspot.com? Because SnippetFact.com is a project designed to improve the  quality of online factual content, we want to promote and  encourage this on other websites too!  Campingandgardening.blogspot.com was awarded  for one or more of the following reasons: Accurate and precise http://campingandgardening.blogspot.com/2012/11/my-blog-won-award.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sharon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673685505549336578.post-6339017196733988318Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:09:00 +00002013-01-28T13:02:59.865-05:00Pop Up Roof RepairWe did a total roof tear down and repair when we bought this old 85 Coleman Chesapeake Pop Up.  As we started to look in to things it got worse and worse.  So figured it would be better for every ones health to do a total restore.  So this slide show will show you what we did. If you have any questions.  Just EMAIL ME and I will be happy to help you out with some information. Sharon http://campingandgardening.blogspot.com/2012/04/pop-up-camper-roof-repair.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sharon)5