Thursday, April 16, 2015

Spring Campout - Zooland Campground, Asheboro, NC

Our club just returned from it's first campout of 2015. Five couples camped at the Zooland Campground in Asheboro, NC beginning April 8th through April 12th. Two other couples came into the campground on Saturday, April 11th, to spend the day with us.

We started out with the Holmes and the Hales (the campout hosts) coming in early on Wednesday. They socialized the day away and went out to dinner that night. The next day, Thursday, the Morris's and Branson's (both new couple members),  and the Calkins, arrived.  We all socialized around the Hales RV on and off during the day and then the Hales hosted a welcome "Mexican Fiesta" meal in the campground club house. This was followed by a couple hours of socializing. On Friday we all split up, with some going to the Asheboro Zoo, some going into town to sight see and shop, while the others just lazed around the campground. That night we got together in town for a dinner followed by a couple hours of bingo and card games back at the club house. On Saturday the Snow's and the Browns came into the campground to visit with us and stayed for the nights festivities.

Saturday night was a pot luck at the club house. All the dishes were excellent, and as usual, we had way to many desserts - but they were sure good. Our meeting followed, then a card bingo game, with two very happy winners. We followed this with a small goodies grab bag giveaway, one to each couple. Then each member was forced into committing the crime of theft, of one item, from another couples booty pile. A Tiffin visor cap became the most coveted item - with four thefts before it finally found a home. Then came the grand door prize drawing, which the Snow's won - this grand prize included several larger assorted items, including another Tiffin visor cap, which made Pat Snow, an earlier visor cap theft victim, very happy.



Sunday morning found most of us standing around saying our goodbyes and getting off to a late departure. Hope everyone made it back home, or where ever, safely. See you all in June, from the 11th through the 14th, at the Mayberry Campground in Mount Airy, NC (note the change of location).