Just kidding! Went to Martha's Vineyard Campground this past weekend and even with the torrential downpours we had a great time. Rained Friday and Saturday night into the morning but the sun broke out both days in the afternoon and then all day Monday. Thank you Tynan19 for the tarp advice on the "tent advice" thread. Got the tents set up in no time but the rain started coming in as I was putting up the tarp but my old South Boston troop 210 experience must have kicked in. Took a little engineering because tree location was not exactly cooperating but we got it looking pretty good. Kids had a blast and we stayed dry, the tents were awesome. Cooked most our meals accept the last day, got the Camp Chef Weekender and it served us well, able to use a full size propane tank with 2 30.000 btu burners (actually it was kind of kick-ass). I was a little overwhelmed with how many campers were at the MV Campground, I didn't count but there had to be well over 150 campsites but the place was spotless. Bathrooms were never overcrowded but the bathroom stalls were a little on the tight side even after losing 40 pounds. The outside showers were spacious and awesome, only one temperature but was on the warm side they way I like it. Skunks would come around but only saw a couple at night. They said they won't spray unless attacked but remember this is a city kid writing this. I bought an old used Coleman Fuel lantern that lit up the site nicely, was very cool. The advice to get the two tents was spot on, it was great listening to the kids laughing at night, they said that was their favorite thing about camping. It has been a few years since being to the Vineyard and I forgot how beautiful it is.
Wasque update - the entire stairs and boardwalk have washed away since last August and we had to swim at the beach at Dikes bridge because of the dangerous riptides at Wasque.
No luck fishing but I made my donation to the local bait shops. Would realy like to make it back there for the tournament, but we will have to see what the fall brings.
Once again I want to thank everyone on the great camping advice, it saved my vacation.
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