The Frolic’s third rally: Southern Indiana Vintage Trailer Rally

Well, we made it again! Since the beach was closed, we brought our caterpillar barrel train for kids. We gave lots of rides and again had a water balloon fight and did temporary tattoos.

My husband was interviewed about vintage camper trailers and later quoted in the Tribune Star (see http://www.tribstar.com/news/x1396890860/More-than-the-classic-Airstream ).

This year I added the picket fence hitch cover and made cushions for the wooden chairs including two child size ones that used to be my dad's.

Plus I acquired an old wooden ironing board, retro clock, old pipecleaner flowers, flamingos, and a Coke crate. I glamped up a camper bird house and an old toolbox, changed out my flower box flowers, got a cutlery carrier at Christmas Tree Shops, and I found a bag for my rug. I got a metal drying rack that works for now, but I still want an old wooden one!

At the rally I got some camper jewelry, towels, and potholders, and two more thermoses. I also made more shirts for us, but this time I just printed our camper illustration onto inkjet iron-on sheets.

The kids had fun meeting friends and roaming in the great weather, attacking each other with water balloons, fishing, touring campers, petting dogs, riding the barrel train and their bikes, and getting hosed down.

We had a nice pitch-in dinner Saturday and the weather was awesome!

For next year, I need to find a shower caddy that can hang on a shower door, a vintage wooden drying rack, another outdoor small folding table (or bring more picnic baskets), make small hanging flower pots to go on the picket fence, a long vinyl tablecloth, and a garden flag pole. I might also make a suitcase fairy garden with camper and/or a scene with gnomes and flamingos.

The Frolic’s second rally: Southern Indiana Vintage Trailer Rally

Thursday through Sunday we went to the rally at Fowler Park outside Terre Haute. Before going, my husband worked on cleaning and resealing the outside of the camper (not a small feat with kids). I refinished an old deck chair in my turquoise material, revised my suitcase chalkboard, and made my daughter two camper tees. I also displayed some of my trailer art. My kids again enjoyed making friends at the campground and loved the beach, though my neighbors might not have enjoyed a terrorizing 3-year old and our constant corrections ;) Must-haves for next rally are a picket fence hitch cover, a small cordless vac, a free-standing drying rack for towels, a chalkboard paint pen, a cutlery caddy, and a canvas bag for my shedding rug.

Here are some pics:

A close-up of the new writing on my chalkboard suitcase sign.

My son in the turtle raft getting ready to head to the beach.

New friends playing by the water.

New friends enjoying root beer floats (inside another camper).