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Camp-Inn Campground upgrades

Cary Winch

Cary Winch

Camp-Inn Staff
Fun news at Camp-Inn! At the Camp-Inn factory we have a small campground that our customers use when they are picking up their camper, here for service or just passing through the area. The campsites are nice and pleasant in the woods with campfire rings (with plenty of firewood), picnic tables and access to a bathroom with a shower. But until this week no hookups. The campground now has power and water in the campsites! Now you can run your air conditioning or electric blankets and heaters when staying in our campground. Water faucets at the posts too, these are seasonal.




 
Cary Winch said:
Fun news at Camp-Inn! At the Camp-Inn factory we have a small campground that our customers use when they are picking up their camper, here for service or just passing through the area. The campsites are nice and pleasant in the woods with campfire rings (with plenty of firewood), picnic tables and access to a bathroom with a shower. But until this week no hookups. The campground now has power and water in the campsites! Now you can run your air conditioning or electric blankets and heaters when staying in our campground. Water faucets at the posts too, these are seasonal.




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Yeah!
Thank you!
 
JohnC said:
Cary, is that still a pull through? That picnic bench looks in the way.
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John,
It never has been a pull through, both campsites are back-in. When you were here it only had campsite #1, campsite #2 was built two years ago. When you camped you simply parked in the driveway area in front of the campsite, back when it was a single campsite it was common for campers to simply set up wherever. The driveway is a teardrop shaped loop. If you look at the picture you have of your camper in our campground note that it is parked between the wood pile and the campsite.

Couple years back we decided to also open up the campground to the public through the Hipcamp site. We built campsite #2 and relocated the campfire location of campsite #1 so that there would always be a campsite open for our customers. The Hipcamp earnings paid for the material to put the electric and water in the campground, bought the material late last year. Finally got it all installed.

Cary
 
Cary Winch said:
John,
It never has been a pull through, both campsites are back-in. When you were here it only had campsite #1, campsite #2 was built two years ago. When you camped you simply parked in the driveway area in front of the campsite, back when it was a single campsite it was common for campers to simply set up wherever. The driveway is a teardrop shaped loop. If you look at the picture you have of your camper in our campground note that it is parked between the wood pile and the campsite.

Couple years back we decided to also open up the campground to the public through the Hipcamp site. We built campsite #2 and relocated the campfire location of campsite #1 so that there would always be a campsite open for our customers. The Hipcamp earnings paid for the material to put the electric and water in the campground, bought the material late last year. Finally got it all installed.

Cary
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I just remember you showing me how to drive through and not having to backup. I was quite relieved. LoL!

Here's a couple of photos from then.

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I have a couple pics of me driving thru the snow in my Alltrack, packing a way in and out if ok to camp in winter...

(sadly "too big to download" as attached file or the itty bitty picture icon says the xenforo host software...)

wait, there is a workaround, upload to Media...then link...



I was thinking of camping first nite but chickened out despite kind offer of key to get in and use of shower.

"A late departure and big blizzard on the way" was my lame excuse for instead wimping out and driving some 20 some miles to the nearest hotel. Craig and Cary refused to let me leave until every detail was sorted, in spite of my late arrival and dripping melted crap all over the shop floor...


Turns out the friendly front desk lady at hotel knew CampInns and the folks at the Nest, so I was in good hands- she could recognize my first timer nervousness and gave me a good spot to park out back, out of the way for first night.

I may have had a glass of wine or two in celebration too, plus good breakfast next morning which helped me get over my shame as I was sadly unprepared for first night and to cook breakfast in the snow.

I was able to check out a neat area and pose some more, for humble brag to soothe ego,






With time to get home and just barely beat the next blizzard behind the first...(ground blizzards are mostly blowing snow and not uncommon in the windy Dakotas and eastern minnie-soda...) so not a big deal if you take it easy.


I will say the Autobrakes brakes on CI I'd had the Nest backfit to my old 2010 560 and the AWD on Alltrack combined to track like a champ on bumpy frost heaved WI interstate and more snow and ice further along...towed like a boss with no swaying in the gusts and 30 kt wind on the nose.



Next time!
With POWAH!
And lots of free firewood!
Do we OG CI owners get a deal on HipCamp?
Free showers?
Free Tours of Timms Hilll Fire Tower?

Just planning ahead...
 
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Tour 931 said:
I think I’ll sell the farm and live at the nest permanently. Or are visitors like fish that need to be thrown out after three days.

Seriously Camp-Inn is getting cooler every year.
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I agree.

I think it would be very cool to create a network of small minimal support (power and water) places to drop in and stay, say a max couple weeks with a focus on teardrops.

Sort of the other end of the spectrum from the big rig parks and chi chi Airstreams, by default on the size available...

Maybe not so expensive as HipCamp in a winery...

Market it as ...
GlampCamp!

@Sweeney ever check back in with the owners of The Captains Hideaway?
 
The Postman said:
I agree.

I think it would be very cool to create a network of small minimal support (power and water) places to drop in and stay, say a max couple weeks with a focus on teardrops.

Sort of the other end of the spectrum from the big rig parks and chi chi Airstreams, by default on the size available...

Maybe not so expensive as HipCamp in a winery...

Market it as ...
GlampCamp!

@Sweeney ever check back in with the owners of The Captains Hideaway?
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I’ve actually thought of that. Maybe have four to six covered campsites. All sized for a teardrop and maybe have restrooms with a shower and a communal kitchen.

I have the perfect spot.
 
Tour 931 said:
I’ve actually thought of that. Maybe have four to six covered campsites. All sized for a teardrop and maybe have restrooms with a shower and a communal kitchen.

I have the perfect spot.
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Our township allows up tp 4 RV campsites on private property and I have a 5 acre field that I have thought about making a little campground for teardrops only. I have a bathroom with shower in the basement that I could allow campers to use that would be separate from the rest of the house. We can have a Camp Inn network of campsites around the country; I am all in...
 
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