Stratman RV Resort & Tiki Bar -- Cincinnati, OH

We've been home for over a month now.  We sold our house - had to be packed and out by the end of the month so the blog has been on the back burner.  So, going back to after a week in Goshen at Keystone having our trailer worked on, the Stratman RV Resort & Tiki Bar was just what the doctor ordered!

The Bickford's are coming!!!!!

Our campsite was a spacious level concrete pad with electric and a leaky water hose all for free. 

The 24 hour/day Tiki Bar (and pink flamingo decor) earned this resort "best campground on our TinCanTour"

Purveyors Ron & Julie Stratman

In addition to serving up free cocktails at the bar, we enjoyed big breakfasts and great cookouts at the hands of master chef Ron:

Between meals we were treated to live entertainment:

This campground allowed unlimited guest - the Hasselbecks stopped by to check out our tincan & spacious campsite:

There was a momentous day of golf when not only did Steve Pisani see this coyote's head move (note the stick holding up the coyote) but even more incredible was that Ron beat me (yes, bad) without any excuses on my part!  There's a 1st (and last) for everything!

Later that day we did a little off-roading while exploring a near by development in process:

Note the Stratlet boys in the back seat

The Taylors visited our campground one afternoon.  I could only take so much of watching this sad performance before I had to show these Midwest boys how to play their own game:

Sad cornhole display by Tim & Ron

Fortunately there's still hope as the kids were showing the Dad's how to do it:

Of course the kids showing Dad how to throw may account for the frustration you see here as Tim insist that the boys were using an illegal hold on their bean bags:

Meanwhile the ladies say "the Tiki bar is open":

All day and all night Lacey entertained everyone by plucking a frisbee out of the air:

Lacey reminded us of our Alaska friend Spaz!

Master of fire Tim Taylor demonstrates to Katie & Eva how to precisely toast the marshmallow for the best smores:

while the Taylor boys get some height in night swinging:

but the Stratlets (with home field advantage) get some serious height!

We managed to round up all of the Stratman's for a group photo (and after only 3 tries):

Katie, Eva, Julie, Matt, Ron & Tom Stratman

and the Taylor's:

Sam, Julia, Luke, Tim & Madelyn Taylor

We had a great afternoon and evening hanging out with the Taylors and Stratmans!  The next morning Suze discovered the Tiki bar is also a coffee bar:

Meanwhile Ronnie is whipping up breakfast inside . . .

Thanks again to our campground host Ron & Julie for making us feel at home!

We also spent some quality time at the Taylors sports complex and entertainment center.  No matter which sport it was, Luke displayed the best style (technique & wear - note that's a red sox shirt too, although now is probably not the best time to point that out).  In addition he took home the 1st place in around the world:

Luke's also a Patriots fan!

A not even close but still 2nd place going to Sam:

Pretty good form for Reds & Bengals fan!

And demonstrating her superior volleyball jumping height (while in flip flops) and finesse Madelyn pulls off a close 3rd place:

Not even worth mentioning was me and Gimpy Taylor's poor display (but we'll show Tim as I had the camera):

Note the air he doesn't get . . .

Later that evening the Taylors hosted a "Stock the Tin Can" party where we saw many of our "old" Cincinnati friends.  Early in the evening . . .

The Up to no good and caught . . .

Meanwhile our lovely wives looking all beautiful without even trying:

Cornhole heats up again at the Taylors house. Check out the intensity, form and focus (possibly frustration too - Ron is smirking behind that arm):

Note Tim has not only switched to lefty putting but cornhole too!

Michael getting a good seat by the fire pit early on:

Later in the evening the party on the back deck  . . .

while things were a little more laid back on the front deck:

Just like the old days we all gathered for a group picture:

Thanks again for the wonderful parting gifts for the final leg of the trip back home but more importantly it was really great to see you all!!!  Good thing the bar closed at 2am because in another hour Christy & I would have been heating up the dance floor just like the old days!   Thanks again to the Taylors for hosting a great time!!!

We packed a lot of fun into a short visit to Cinci!  Once we get settled somewhere in our new place you'll all have to come visit (just not all at the same time, we're downsizing).

So our tincantour sadly comes to an end (for now).  We look forward to going back on the road again some day!  We'll have one more blog posting with a collection of stats, lessons learned and best practices.  Hopefully that won't take as long as this posting did!