When my husband and I were on our honeymoon in Australia almost 20 years ago, we took a beautiful route with the camper from Brisbane to Sydney. That ultimate feeling of freedom, going and standing where you want and waking up in the morning at the ocean and seeing the dolphins jumping: we will never forget that for the rest of our lives. All those years the desire to rent a camper again and now with our 3 children remained dormant.
We also wanted to introduce them to this feeling of freedom; and thanks to Goboony, that wish finally came true.
We were given a beautiful 6-person camper that was equipped with all the luxury and comfort. From a nice refrigerator to a 3-burner stove, a toilet on board and 5 great sleeping places.
In Amsterdam we picked up the camper to then go and load everything in Soest; even though we were only going away for a weekend: a person still drags a lot with him…. Of course we had thought about what we wanted to do in advance.
We searched the internet for nice camper spots in the Netherlands, but there is so much choice that we didn't really know where to start. Are we going to stand by the water or just primitively at a place of Staatsbosbeheer? Do we want to do all kinds of things or just enjoy nature and peace?
With 3 teenagers you have to find something for everyone and that eventually worked out: the Uit-Je-Tent weekend turned out to be in the Noord-Oost polder, a weekend where you can sleep for €5 or €10 per night in places where that is normally not allowed and enough activities if we wanted. Nice in nature, but still with a bit of comfort, in short: our adventure could begin.
We started in Nagele at Op d'n Akker at a farmer in his meadow. After a warm welcome we were allowed to choose a spot ourselves, park, put out the awning and (almost) ready. Yes, because those teenagers don't want to be in the camper with mom and dad so a tent still had to be set up, at 30 degrees.
Anyway, everything was set up and unpacked, tent put up and then it was time for a cold beer in front of the camper; looking out over the meadows, between the horses…. Yes, that’s how it was all meant to be!
We could try out the space of the camper well in the evening as there was a considerable amount of rain and thunder. But even with 5 tall people we could eat in the camper and play a game.
After a wonderful night's sleep, breakfast was brought, which we had ordered in advance. Lovely breakfast outside in the sun and enjoying the crowing of the rooster and the bleating of the lambs. Today we could choose between meadow surfing (hilarious on a sail behind a draft horse through the meadows) or a beautiful canoe trip. We chose the latter!
The weather was beautiful, the surroundings were wonderful and we really enjoyed the peace and space around us.
Back at the campsite came the challenge: break everything down and clean up, because if we want to experience the camper properly: well then we have to go to the next sleeping place. Too bad because we had a great time here.
After an hour everything was ready, all the cupboards were locked again and we could go to spot number 2. Also a nice campsite, but still less nice than the first one…. And there we found out that we had no more bread, but yes the camper was already in its spot…. Luckily we had brought a bike, so we quickly cycled to the village to get bread….
We put the tent back up and extended the awning and then we were sitting comfortably again; we really had a great holiday feeling even though we were only gone for 2 days. Wonderful!
After all the activities we went to bed early and woke up on Sunday with a bright sun. For this afternoon a sledge ride through the Kuinder Bossen was planned so it was soon time to load the camper again and make sure everything was clean and tidy for the return trip.
After a wonderful horseback ride through the woods and through ponds, a wonderful weekend came to an end around 15:30. The children had settled in nicely with a DVD in the television for the journey. They loved travelling this way, lots of space, spacious chairs and a nice table where you can put all sorts of things.
At home we unloaded everything and then back to Amsterdam; thank you for this great experience! We had a fantastic weekend and we will definitely come back to you again
Kind regards Michel, Marion, Kayleigh, Timo and Kyra Bloemendal
August 2015
Response from Meike&Mark
Marion had de Facebook actie van goboony gewonnen en mocht als prijs en weekend weg met mijn camper. De camper kwam piekfijn terug en zelfs een paar kleine tips voor mij als verhuurder ontbraken niet. Geweldig! Bedankt Marion.