Exploring With Intuition

Van Camping and Sailing in North America

Month: July 2025

  • PA to NY on I-84

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    31 July 2025 – Thursday  (Catching up on 2025 travel) On our way to Maine, today we stop in Pennsylvania and New York. 0935 71,646 Leave Hershey, Pennsylvania 1201 71,741 82°F Belfast Pennsylvania Stopped for lunch at the Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center. If it wasn’t going to rain, we would have explored more of the…

  • Staunton Station Stop

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    We leave the Blue Ridge mountains to stop in Staunton, VA to see the historic station. From there we hop on I-81 and travel to Hershey, PA where we driveway camp and troubleshoot with another Pleasure-Way Lexor owner. 30 July 2025 – Wednesday (Catching up on 2025 travel) 1000 71,391 74°F 1810′ Leave Sherando Lake…

  • Sherando Lake Camping

    29 July 2025 – Tuesday 0946 71,216 83°F Leave home, heading towards Maine 1105 71,270 88°F 396′ South Boston, VA 1244 71,333 92°F 825′ Lynchburg, VA 1436 71,390 82°F 1,810′ Sherando Lake Recreation Area, site C16 We climbed to 2,600′ feet crossing the Blue Ridge Parkway, just before descending into the campground. 1944 80°F Walked…

  • Remembering Mark Ellis

    S/V Magic Paws was a Nonsuch 26 designed by Mark Ellis and built by Hinterhoeller Yachts in St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada Nonsuches are Catboats, easily recognized by their freestanding mast and wishbone boom. Mark Ellis designed these wonderful boats. He passed away this year, so we wanted to add to the chorus of tributes to…