We will be heading to http://www.oceanlakes.com/ on
the 4/15-4/19 for our annual spring break trip.We have never seen another Barth.
This time it will be with only our youngest child
as the others are too "busy".
Next year we may be going by are self .
Looking forward to grand kids one day.

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Looking forward to grand kids one day.

Careful what you wish for ........

Our 4 g-kids are 4-6 years, including twin boys....We take them often. My bride says it's obvious that I enjoy the weekends, but I reserve the biggest smile for the trip home

Ocean Lakes is great,we know alot of folks who go there and love it. Sherrie's Mom's place is only a mile or two from there and we go to her place alot. We pick up our seafood to cook at the house from Harrellson's Seafood or Murrell's Inlet Seafood, both in Murrell's Inlet. About 5 miles south of were you will be staying. Harrellson's also cooks lunch from 11 - 3.

Have fun,
Bill

Lee, how do you handle car seats for the little ones in your Barth? Our triplet grandkids are without a doubt, a blast! I'd rather hang out with them than do almost anything else. At the age of 4 years 7 months, they are just plain fun.
Jim

Jim and Tere,

About 3 weeks ago, I made provisions for 3 car seats for my 2, 4,& 5 year old boys in my Barth.

I added 3 seatbelts on the drivers side couch to secure them. I'm a big believer in seat belts and car seats....recently I had a client with a rollover accident with their Tahoe and all their children were fine due to their car seats.

I secured my seats belts to 12" eyehooks that I installed behind the sofa that went down through the compartment below....

(There are different theories on installing seatbelts)

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Lee, how do you handle car seats for the little ones in your Barth?

Hi Jim,

My forward facing dinette bench is the only seating area with belts. I drop the table so it's flush with the seat height, set them on their booster seats and buckel'em in. The seat height to the table top height is now about 8 inches, just right for their leg length. The extra cushions go along the sidewall and double-up on the rear-facing bench back.

Nat'l. Safety Council may poo-poo the concept, but we feel confident enough that we've maximized the kid's protection, i.e.: curb side location, belts, ancillary padding, daytime only, 50-55mph......

Now to just find a way to mute the nonstop "Bampa, are we there yet??...."

Well we drove down Saturday the 16th during the storm. We thought we missed it but ended up driving through it. The wind made driving the old Barth a hand full. My son was driving behind me and said the Barth was leaning over so far he thought it would flip over. We made it to the coast just in time to park and hunker down. I hooked up the cable TV and watched tornado warnings inch closer to us. We ended up going to the club house figuring it would be safer than the Barth. The storm ended up going just north of us and hitting NC. We got a lot of rain and wind like what I drove though. The campground was full and with only a hand full of campers concerned like us in the club house. There had to be thousands in the campground at the time, just think if it would have hit.
The rest of the week was perfect.
Just another adventure in the Barth.