Sounds Like a Fun Tradition; Glad We’re Going to Miss It

I started noticing a lot of reservation tags all ending on October 19th. Some were on empty sites.

In some sites folks had brought in a trailer and set it up and then left.

I also saw quite a few sites with Halloween decorations.

Not only did these folks have a mask for their trailer, they also had a lot of camp chairs and a huge pile of wood. They were getting ready for something.

And I think they rented the site next door to them, too.

These folks look like they might have been waiting for a looonng time.

I was seeing more and

more decorations.

The guy from this site was out adding to his decorations so I asked him if there was a contest or something. He said there was a tradition for folks from the area to come and camp, then Saturday evening, the 18th, all the kids would go trick or treating.

Obviously people get really into it. I asked the lady with this display if I could take a picture. She invited Matey and me to walk through.

There were several motion activated figures.

I thought Matey would be frightened, but he wasn’t.

I guess he can smell that they’re not alive so he wasn’t worried…

no matter how big they were.

I talked to the park host about it. She said people come from all over to trick and treat here. Last year there were over 800 people and they parked all the way around the lake, so some had to walk a mile to the campground. One of the campers told her he’d bought $300 worth of candy for this year.

So although it sounds like spooky Halloween fun for the kids it would be a nightmare for us and I’m glad we moved on today. I was happy with my preview minus the 800 trick or treaters.