First Trip Out with New Camper

Holiday Trav-L-Park- Virginia Beach,VA

Our first trip of the season usually takes us to Virginia Beach. The campground has a variety of sites for everyone and the prices are very reasonable for all the amenities it offers. It has multiple pools, mini-golf, 2 camp stores, live music, a cafe, playground, and a humongous dog park. We have had several years worth of family and friend adventures here.

This year we visited the aquarium just a few blocks down. The video below is of my daughter, sitting in a mock osprey nest they had outside.

a tunnel inside the aquarium

Virginia Beach is home to several military bases. I found this little sailor hanging out in the aquarium gift shop.

The campground has a hay ride on the weekends that goes around the entire property.

Beach fun- last year it was a smiley face!

Looky What We Got

Did I mention we bought our first camper this year? It is a pull behind 1993 Prowler. We got a really good deal on it from a family that was downsizing everything and starting over. Boy I'll tell you, we have really graduated! We went from tent camping, to borrowing a short little 16 feet pull behind, to owning.

We were so excited when we decided to start looking and ran across this deal. Our little family is still growing. We got a puppy this year, right around April. He is already half the size of my large dog. We knew there was going to be difficulties fitting the teens and two bigs dogs with us on our camping trips, which prompted the purchase.

Here it is, all set up at our last campsite.