Adventures including visit(s) to National Park Site(s)
10 Nights in Titusville-time with Aunt Carolyn and Cousins! Last time we saw Gail’s Aunt Carolyn (and 2 of her 3 cousins) was on our 2018 Georgia-Florida Winter Trip, when we camped in Carolyn’s back yard! This time we camped 24 miles north, but still had lots of visits with Read more…
Right off I-95, 1 mile north of Florida We’re camped just outside St. Mary’s, Georgia, the gateway to Cumberland Island, Georgia’s largest and southernmost barrier island. Much of it is a National Park or National Wilderness. And outside of Jacksonville, Florida, only 30 miles south, are 2 more National Parks. Read more…
After a lovely 4 weeks at home We flew back to Charleston last Sunday. By Monday afternoon, we’d reunited with The Beast, picked up Lizzy, and were camped in Mount Pleasant (north of Charleston) for 4 nights. Mark spent some time testing various aspects of our refrigerator, and determined that Read more…
Two Short Stops After one last stop in North Carolina, enroute to Myrtle Beach: Visit to 1 new National Park Site: We had 3 nights in Myrtle Beach, where we enjoyed time visiting friends in the area: We each had some personal time with our respective friends, we had a Read more…
Who Knew? New Bern was the 1st capitol of NC! We learned this when we googled New Bern the day before arriving! We’d planned a short, 3-night stop here, so we could do a day trip to Cape Lookout. It was also time for The Beast’s 95K oil change/tire rotation. Read more…
First visit to North Carolina! We’ve driven through a few times, but this is our 49th State to “really” visit together, our 34th state to camp in! And where did we start? In Rodanthe on Hatteras Island, in the middle of the Outer Banks. We could watch the sunrise over Read more…
Ten days in the Hudson Valley, MOSTLY at RSEi! We stayed in Averill Park, NY (southeast of Albany & Troy) for 7 nights, followed by 3 nights in Rhinebeck, an hour south along the Hudson River. We spent MOST of our 1st week in Troy, MOSTLY at the Rensselaer Society Read more…
OR…Leaf Peeping from Vermont… …as we were camping at Quechee State Park in Vermont, on the border with New Hampshire, and spent our time visiting places in Vermont and New Hampshire. We drove & walked through some spectacular fall foliage (cover photo taken from the Easy Over Gondola at Stowe Read more…
All around Katahdin We spent 6 nights camping just 8 miles south of the Baxter State Park South Entrance. Baxter State Park, among many other things, is home to Katahdin and Mount Baxter, the end of the Appalachian Trail. The first day, we visited Katahdin Woods & Waters National Monument Read more…
…Point, Town, Campground, and Lighthouse! We have spent the last 5 nights at the Easternmost campground in the US (Sunset Point RV Park), in the Easternmost town (Lubec, Maine), home of the Easternmost Lighthouse (West Quoddy). We’re also in the land of high tide ranges, i.e. close to the Bay Read more…