Exploring With Intuition

Van Camping and Sailing in North America

Category: Camping

  • Brookville – Biking or Ice Cream?

      25 June, 2022 …begins a few relaxing days as we travel from West Virginia to Indiana with a stop in Cincinnatti to visit a long-time friend. About two hours after leaving Beckley’s Exhibition Coal Mine Campground, we were ready to stretch our legs. Beth found this boat launch in Nitro, West Virginia.  Boat launches…

  • West Virginia Coal Stop

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    24 June 2022 Off we go on another summer adventure. This time it will be a return to Lake Superior to finish the circle route we started a couple of years ago. Heading north from NC, we often drive through the Virginia mountains and notice this shot tower from route 77. Only a short detour…

  • Pleasure-Way Owner’s Groups

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      East and West Clubs at the Pleasure-Way Connect Rally in 2018 2022-6-20 Meeting a few new owners recently, we wanted to give them places to learn more about their rigs. So… here’s a list of groups we know about. Nothing beats getting together with other owners. Join a group and attend a rally. If…

  • Newest National Park

    Designated in 2019, Indiana Dunes National Park is the newest US national park. Only 71 miles from where we had our new Air Conditioner installed at Truma in Elkhart, it sounded like a place we should explore. Dunewood Campground has 66 sites arranged in two loops. Although there are no hook-ups, it is a bargain at $25…

  • Fishing Birds at Kerr Lake

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    The day after Memorial Day, we headed up to Kerr Lake on the Virginia/North Carolina Border. Being man made, the lake is contained by John Kerr Dam which offered a spillway attracting fishing birds. Here are a few handheld shots on a sunny afternoon.  Osprey The Osprey were having good luck fishing. Bald Eagles were…

  • Santee National Wildlife Refuge

    Early on a cloudy January morning found us looking out over Lake Marion from the top of this Indian Mound in South Carolina. How did we end up here? Just across the water is Santee State Park’s Cypress Grove Campground which has become one of our favorites. It is a pretty and inexpensive ($21 with…