Welcome Sisters on the Fly
podcasts, and felt bolder again. I attended
a Camper College event at Southland
RV in Norcross, Georgia that started to
demystify all of these things, and I started
thinking about how it would be to really
do this! I went to the Country Living Fair
in Atlanta, Georgia and talked to Sisters
on the Fly members, and they said: “You
should join! You don’t even need to own
a tent, much less a camper, but you can
find out everything you need to know for
when you’re ready!”
Finally, even though I didn’t even own a
humble tent yet, I joined the SOTF group
and decided to attend my very first
camping event: Sisters by the Sea on May
4 – 8, 2017. One of the members, Denise
Lee who is a vintage camper enthusiast
and the owner of a gorgeously restored
teal blue vintage camper, was the hostess
for this event. I’d met her and several
of the other
northeast Florida sisters
for getting-to-know you
events at an antiques center,
and a tea party, and they were
all just the kind of women
that I’d hoped they would be:
Really genuine, spirit of adventure,
fun people, and upon hearing
about my lack of a tent (much less
camper) sister Keely Sanders kindly
invited me to share a tent with her for
the weekend!
I arrived Friday evening at the Anastasia
State Park campground near St.
Augustine, Florida, with a borrowed
sleeping bag, a pair of shower shoes (for
what I remembered about campground
bath houses) and a spirit of adventure!
What a beautiful location these women
had chosen to circle their ‘modern
Catie Blue’s 2017
T@b Outback
Maureen Carnevale’s
2015 Riverside Retro
Inside Maureen’s
Riverside Retro
Carolyn Mele’s 1972
Fan Lee Liner
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