Thousand Trails Forest Lake Preserve
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2017
- Stayed at a Thousand Trails campground for the first time ever and really enjoyed it! This is a park we would love to come back to! It was a short stay but we have to move on.
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Forest Lake Preserve
192 Thousand Trails Dr, Advance, NC 27006
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Great music choice. Let’s see more of those puppy’s. We need to fly the Mavics together
Nice and honest evaluation. Been thinking about going there but the complainers on Yelp kept me away. You video and evaluation helped me reconsider. Thank you!
Glad to help! We liked the park. And it was out of the way with lots of things to do. Was it perfect? No, but we don't expect any place to be perfect.
Absolutely fantastic opening drone shots with an excellent music choice. The shot following the person jogging beside the pool was great. I didn't know you owned a drone? You have definitely stepped up your game. Thanks for sharing.
+Captain Obfuscation thanks so much! Yes, the drone is a very recent upgrade and we're loving it so far. That was Lynn walking around the pool and that's one of our favorite shots too! Thanks for watching, and the comment
There’s a few you tube channels for convection oven backing and cooking We have one for output hone and haven’t used the reg oven since lol just takes a bit of practice on temps and time to cook. But also use instant pot and nuwave the most
+Roger K thank you for the feedback! Not sure why I didn't think to search UA-cam for help. Thanks again!
Shade sight here all day, I bought an rv to camp more comfortably not to park it in a wide open field lol. We're brand new to rv'ing and it's amazing how different the parks look on line or on a brochure then when you actually get there.
+AnglerX I think I'm cold blooded half the time as shade=goosebumps for me. I Just prefer full sun because then I'm comfortable haha I think the shade sites are far more beautiful though! We generally just take what they give us and roll with it. So far so good. We get a little of each😊 we agree that picture online sometimes aren't a great depiction of what you'll see upon arrival. A few certainly are through!
The Carolina's topography reminds me a lot of Western Washington and Oregon, where we are. Looking forward to visiting the other side of the country some day. It looks beautiful.
+ScottDLR pnw is an area we've been wanting to take our rv. One of my brothers lives in Seattle area. I've been to Oregon and Washington many times, but Mike has not. - Lynn
The convection MW works great in oven mode. Bakes very even because it spins like in MW mode. Doesn't heat the RV up like the oven does.
+Nomadic Native sounds like majority of people with them like them. Assuming it bakes like an oven (crispy) and not like a microwave (soggy) correct?
Wandering Wagners exactly correct. I was surprised by it & now that we are over the fear of putting metal in a microwave we both like it a lot!
+Nomadic Native thanks for the feedback! exactly what we were looking for. Hmm maybe it's not a bad choice then. 👍
A good sized oven is a must have for us as well as we use ours quite a bit. As for a convection oven we've had a couple and use it quite a bit. They require less heat and/or baking time so you'll have to get used to making those adjustments. The only down side is the fan makes them noisier than a conventional.
+George Reed thanks for the input! Would you consider a convection just as good at baking/ cooking as your conventional oven? Given the choice which would you use for best results?
I think they are just as good. You get used to the time/temp differences and adjust accordingly. For us deciding between conventional or convection is usually based on if we want to listen to the fan or not. If we can sit outside while baking the fan noise isn't an issue. But if we have to sit inside the fan can become a little annoying. As they say YMMV.
+George Reed again, thanks for the input. We really appreciate it!
I use a instant pot for my pasta meals which eliminates a lot of heat from cooking. Most TT campgrounds seem to be worn out and minimal or dysfunctional wifi. They also seem to favor annual renters too much.
We currently don't have an instant pot and don't really think cooking adds much heat inside. We do cook over the campfire too😊 maybe one day I'll get an instant pot haha
You're right there are a lot of worn out campgrounds that could be really great with a little love
We been there twice last time we were in C3 in the sun and close to pool area. The dirt road that goes to over flow area there a river.
+Karen Piszczek we enjoyed our stay and hope you have too!
I have 4 cook books just for the pressure/slow cooker. Ordered on line.
+Ron Spruill i think i have one but I never use cook books. I don't cook by recipe. Old school cook here haha
Convection cooking is easy. It's just like a regular oven, except it's faster. If a recipe calls for a baking time of 40 mins. in a convection oven, it will be done about 25% quicker. I like mine better than my regular oven.
+starlight9716 thank you for your feedback. Very helpful info!
All a convection oven does is blow hot air around in the oven with a fan for more even cooking. I have used a standard stove and oven for over 30 years. The trick is to set the cook temp at 25 degrees below normal. 350 would be set at 325.
+Ron Spruill we use our regular oven and haven't had any issues. Just turn the temp down because it's not a full size oven so temps need adjusted. No issues when i cook or bake!
Thousand trails was started many years ago by investors to be a time share for campers. Over the years the investors have pulled out and now the parks are somewhat run down.
+Ron Spruill I see a few people buy their passes and like them. There aren't many around us so we've never been to one until now. It was a nice park that we both enjoyed. Just needed a little cleaning, minor updates
My favorite cookware in the coach is the pressure/slow cooker. I do not know why people improperly call it an " instant pot ". It certainly is not. It can take up to 25 minutes or longer if food is frozen for it to heat up to make steam. I have worn out 2 of them and are on my third the 10 quart one which I have used to can also. You will love it once you try one.
+Ron Spruill instant pots are different than a croc pot. Instant pot is a fully sealed, fully insulated pressure cooker. That being said, I have and use a croc pot but haven't really used it in the camper yet, but if we're full time I'm sure it'll get more use!
Wandering Wagners you are correct on the Crock-Pot. They are pressure/slow cookers under pressure.
Wandering Wagners my other point was they are not instant
+Ron Spruill yeah, the instant pots are much faster than a croc/slow cooker but both are fairly slow (1 hr instant pot vs 4 hrs croc pot) but they make awesome 1 pot meals!
Ron Spruill"Instant Pot" it's a brand name of a pressure cooker.
I use the oven a lot. If you have a convection oven you need A.C. power. So no hook ups, no gen. No dice. You oven can run on L.P.. convection oven works well but you need to get used to it. About 20 to 25 degrees difference lower for convection. Your choice, i am old school though
+Todd Ramsay yeah that is something we've thought about (boondocking/ no power). Granted all of the motorhomes we've looked at have had on board generators, but our on board gens have had issues in the past too so it's something to consider. I love my regular oven and have baked everything from twice baked potatoes, to peach cobbler and pecan pie in it so I'm mainly wanting to know if I can still do all of that with convection IF we only have it to cook with. I'd prefer both but very few have both.
Wandering Wagners yes you can do anything in a convection oven as you can with the classic, you just have to get used to it and adjust time to cook. It will cook more even than the R.V oven because of the fan.
Been thinking about turning some of our land into a place called "Boondockers Anonymous". No hookups, no sites, park where you want, $10 for an overnight stop. Wouldn't be for camping, just overnights.
+Nomadic Native thats a great idea! I bet some would like to stay more than overnight but it would be perfect for passing through! 👍
I really like the videos. I have friends camping at Fort Wilderness paying $135.00 per night.
We've paid a lot for a campsite, but never that much! But compared to hotels down there, that is cheap haha thanks for watching!
If y'all feel that way then why rate a 4. Sounds like it was a pretty good fit with the way you camp. You just have to state why.
+Todd Ramsay funny you say that because after Mike edited it and I listened I said I should have rated it higher! Oops - Lynn
if you liked the camp ground but rate at 4 ?
4 out of 5
Would you consider giving your advice for first time rv' buyers? You two are real..
+John Shipley of course! Send us an email or message if preferred. We're on Facebook messenger as well
Hi Guys, Just wondering if you are Thousand Trails members since you quoted such a high price?
No we aren't members. This has been the only thousand trails park we have ever stayed at.
@@WanderingWagners Thanks for such a quick reply, safe travels.
About a 15 minute drive from that campground is an awesome place called Childress Vineyards. The Bistro has great food there.
+The Camper Couple thanks for the info!
If you never leave the campground, what's the point of going out of state? Might as well stay in the closest campground to your house.
+RV SERIOUS ??!!?? Sometimes we like to enjoy everything the campground has to offer vs going out looking for activities, especially if there's no need. While we were in Gatlinburg, we left to go hiking etc but here in North Carolina we didn't want to travel 30 miles just to do it. Especially with dogs we like to do as much as we can with them. At this campground they had several hiking trail entrances from the campground itself. Which is what we enjoy doing most with our dogs. It was away from cities and busy noises and very peaceful. Why pay for a campground if you don't intend to enjoy it as well. 👍
Where's the beef! Haha
+TheKeatons4 on the farm haha
Thank you for the CG review. Lots of folks are loosing interest in Thousand Trails. Now you know who pays for the free camping, for members. Ted
+twdenman1 I don't think we'd pay for a membership. Not unless we were in a place for months and it made sense, otherwise we'd stay a few nights like we did here.