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Feasting With Friends

written by Amanda August 5, 2015

Over and over we’ve discovered that the best adventures in this RVing life are those that evolve organically. Take these last two weeks for example. After ending up at the Narrows Too Resort when every other campground in the area was full, we enjoyed spending time with our friends so much that we extended our stay another week. And then Jen & Deas came back from Canada early and our group of 6 people and 3 dogs grew to 8 people and 6 dogs!

Friends

Nancy, Betsy, Robin, Jeremy, Tim, Jen & Deas

Friends

Nikki (with Jake behind), Shorty, Spirit, Hank, Rufus

The second week was just as much fun as the first. As tends to happen when a group of RVers gather, our social time revolved around eating and drinking. So much eating and drinking. One night we had everyone over to our site for a taco night potluck. The taco theme is perfect for a potluck style meal because pretty much anything can go in a taco. I gotta say though…we might have taken taco night to a whole new level. Not only did we have all the normal tacos fixings like homemade salsas and guacamole, but we also had tequila drunken shrimp, fresh lobster, fajita style chicken, spicy black bean and sweet potatoes, chipotle coleslaw, and even homemade chips that Deas whipped up in his mini deep fryer! To top it off we slurped down margaritas and polished off a fabulous Key Lime pie made by Nancy. Yum!

Feasting

Taco night feast

On our last night in town we went down the road to the Sweet Pea’s Cafe for some tasty wood fired pizza (and more drinks of course). Both the food and the service left a little to be desired, but it didn’t matter because we were outside on a beautiful evening with some great company.

feasting

More eating…

We have long anticipated returning to this area. In my mind our stay was going to be all about hiking, biking, exploring the park, and doing the tourist thing in Bar Harbor. Instead we only went into the park once and avoided Bar Harbor all together (no big loss – been there, done that). We leave with no disappointment about what we missed out on though. We can go hiking and biking anywhere, but the opportunity to spend an extended amount of time with six fun, interesting, like-minded people doesn’t come along everyday. We’ve found that it’s really easy to meet new people on the road, but turning those meeting into true friendships requires more than a single evening around the campfire or a chance meeting once a year.

Friends

Silliness in the Nealy’s taxi-car (photo credit: Live, Breathe, Move)

So we leave the area with no new hikes checked off the list, no tales of summits conquered or views found. Instead we take with us memories of good times spent with good friends. Good friends who we hope to catch up with again this fall and winter. See you all down the road…

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14 comments

Kerensa August 5, 2015 - 11:18 am

Love it! We still need to actually visit Maine, so I’d want to get a little more hiking, etc in, but I’d have a hard time with everybody there! It sounds like our time in Topsail with most of them. I hope we cross paths soon.

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Amanda August 10, 2015 - 3:28 pm

Yeah, it’s hard to motivate for a hike with those crazy characters around :)

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Kat August 5, 2015 - 1:02 pm

How fun! Now to work all those fun calories but well worth it.

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Amanda August 10, 2015 - 3:29 pm

:)

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Robin August 5, 2015 - 7:19 pm

Awww…we miss you guys! What a great post. Couldn’t agree more!

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Amanda August 10, 2015 - 3:29 pm

We miss you too! Hope to catch up this fall/winter.

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Jen - Nealys on Wheels August 6, 2015 - 11:01 am

It was such a fun week! So sad to see your site empty now. Love the pics of all the pups – the one of Shorty especially cracks me up!

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Amanda August 10, 2015 - 3:31 pm

That Shorty was really into that bone :) Hope to see you guys in VT.

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Jodee Gravel August 6, 2015 - 10:45 pm

Sounds like such a great time for all of you – isn’t it the best when things just come together and you can extend the fun!

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Amanda August 10, 2015 - 3:32 pm

It reminds us how much we enjoy just letting the plans go and seeing what happens.

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LuAnn August 7, 2015 - 2:43 pm

Lots of laughs with friends and good food, what more could you want? :)

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Amanda August 10, 2015 - 3:34 pm

Not much! Well, the wine was important too :)

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Ron Hogan August 10, 2015 - 12:01 am

My wife and I are thinking about full timing in the next couple of years and are looking forward to having those experiences too. We have a 32′ Outback 260FL trailer pulled with a 2012 F-250 Super Duty Lariat but are thinking about going to a fifth wheel for easier pulling. I am just starting a new blog, the site was listed in the comment sign-up http://www.olderbutbetter.net which will focus on how we got to where we are now and our camping adventures so far and into the future. Hope everyone will check it out once it gets going so we can keep everyone up on our experiences. Keep up the great blogging and safe travels.

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Amanda August 11, 2015 - 9:18 am

Hi Ron, thanks for sharing your blog and happy travels!

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