Campground Pages

I decided to go easy on the colors because

well - the pages were UGLY.

Coyote UGLY.

So I had already gessoed it and went with that.

 Finally USED that CACTUS.

Woohoo!

We really enjoyed this camp, our friends Paul and Sharon

camped there and we had a lot of fun.

 After 10 days we moved to the Pio Pico

and that is a lovely camp, just a lot of hoop 

jumping to get there.

 Lots of leftovers and washi tape.

Guess who didn't let the writing dry before

slapping their arm on because she

decided that a doodly border was needed.

We're gonna be here for awhile exploring San Diego.

Fun stuff already.

Mixed media MacMillen RV Park

Texas campgrounds are very bare bones.

And that's okay, we just needed a place to hang for a 

few days. 

Crazy winds were a-coming and high profile

vehicles were asked to lay low for the next few days.

So we did.

Not a lot of embellishes in this park but

we had a full hook up and I was more than happy with that.

But basically it was a parking lot.

We hunkered down, and I had a lovely visit

with my cousin Patty where we stayed up way late

and caught up on family and exchanged a bunch of

ancestry stuff. 

Very fun, and now I have ancestry stuff to keep me busy.

Dylusions, Studio Calico.

Went a bit crazy with the paints.

I'm not sure why because it was awhile ago, but

I know I had a really good reason.

Or maybe I was playing because I was tired of being

boring. LOL.

Anyway, using some Dylusions I added

quite a few colors to an otherwise white page.

I fussy cut out the map and did a lot of stamping as well.

Well isn't it supposed to be messy?

Nailed it!

This turned out to be a favorite camp because it was

so unique. Very fun camping in the sand.

And it wasn't as crazy as I thought it would be.

Sand did not get everywhere.

My thought was I took pix of this camp because it was different

and fun. Why did I not think of adding a photos

to the other camps, hmmm?

It would be helpful in the future when we're looking at

returning to some of the camps we enjoyed

to explore further.

Well DOH. 😮

A sort of junque journal

Maybe. I purchased this 8x6 kind of arty/journal book

that lays flat. Had one prior and retired it.

Way too much bulk.

So I'm bringing my new found knowledge to bear

on this journal book.

My problem is this.

I believe I'm having trouble rolling from scrapbooking

to junque journal. Because well, it looks like a

scrapbook page and I couldn't help myself. 

LOL.

 My thought is to make this little album about

the campgrounds we stay in.

Put in their information, in a random chaotic way,

and maybe give a critique or two.

And then to do it as we go.

Like live.

We'll see how long that lasts LOL.

So to kick it off, I traced this US cork thing I had

and then drew the state lines. 

It's not so much about accuracy. Just sayin...

And well what better background than the flag.

I was a tad impatient in the drying, or lack thereof, process.

I believe I also used every.single.one of my "on the road, journey

road trip stamps" on one page 😉using random

things and not very geographically correct in any way, shape or form.

 But Fun!

Anyhoo, Yogi Bear's Yellowstone Park is up first.

It's were "Our Odyssey" started.

Tom came up with that and I'm totally stealing it.

So I gessoed the next couple of pages (too) and

honestly being TOTALLY NEW in the Junque Journal

end of things I didn't do anything else to the page.

It's just gessoed.

 But using my matte gel I did the whole

page and then matte gelled over everything to

adhere it to the page.

 Not too many embellies and added journaling

which was tough over the gesso/matte

because I don't think I waited for it to dry.

Next we stayed in Boomtown as you can see

and because it was a casino campground I went a bit

wild with the colors.

Dylusions to be exact. 

For my RV pals out there - casinos can be your friend.

A lot of them have RV camps inexpensive and sometimes comp'd

which not only was out camp comp'd (say that 3x's fast)

so was the buffet and what a delicious buffet that was.

I also got to use some crazy green colors I've had stashed.

Tonight we are in Vicksburg, MS and what a cool town.

We were here in 2017 and totally loved it here

and the history will just blow you away.

 This is another casino campground and we stayed

here in 2017 and it's a lovely camp.

Quiet with some green stuff around.

So I got to use some crazy green things in my stash

with the paperwork from Ameristar.

So there's gonna be some ugly stuff going on til I figure it out junque

and scrapbooking LOL.

I'm okay with that because I really want to

document the campgrounds. We stay in so many and it's

hard to remember things about them unless they're truly remarkable.

So after I make a fun Junque Journal - I'll probably make

just a boring list for quick referral.

I should probably just make the list - 

but where's the fun in that.

Gettin' in more scrappy time in again

I wanted to add some "routine" and hobby photos

in this album to show what we do on the road.

Contrary to popular belief, we do not party day and night. LOL.

So here's my darling sweet hubby with his "hobby" or passion I should say

in roasting coffee. His coffee is delish and sadly, I can't drink

it if its caffeinated. He bought some decaf green beans

on line and roasted some today.

Decaf-Guatemalan coffee.

It is sooooo delish.

 I also like to put some of our campgrounds in and

since we'll be staying here for a month,

and we have a great view with some livestock

swimming about, it helps if we want to return to said campground

in the near future.

 And of course my scrapping on the road, this is

my third time doing it.

I love having a completed book when I return

and then make bigger pages if the story calls for it.

Then my other "love" is crossfit.

I go everyday when I'm at home and it pays

in keeping the ole bod moving right along.

The trips we took in the past, either we didn't stop long

enough or I was too chicken to drop in a different box.

Well I finally found the guts and I'm so glad I did.

I feel great having my routine and keeping up.

Not exercising for a long period is really like starting over

and that's really tough. So now when I get home

I'll be right in the swing of things. 

Mostly.

It'll be a couple weeks which is better than 8 weeks.