Author: Mark Haskell
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Gettysburg and Dingmans Falls
Off on another trip today, this time to northern New York for a high school reunion. Our first stop for fuel was next to “Pickle Bob’s Ice Cream” in Haymarket, Virginia. Beth always does a good job, with the help of Gas Buddy, planning the best places to stop for diesel fuel. In this instance,…
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NC to Michigan Family Visit
A new baby in the family was cause for a trip north to Michigan. Heading north, we stopped overnight at Rocky Fork Ranch Resort in Kimbolton, Ohio. Beth had won 30 days of free camping from Travel Resorts of America at the Hershey RV Show last fall. We paid for it by sitting through a…
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Improved Thermostat
The Atwood thermostat that controls our propane heat was a pain to turn on, difficult to read, and cycled through a large temperature range. Someone posted on the Pleasure-way group that it is easy to switch out the analog thermostat for a digital one, so we ordered one and installed it today. If you know…
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Cumberland Gap and Home
Wilderness Road Campground at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park had a quiet wooded site for us. Sites are first come, first served with a charge of $20 for electric or $14 without. Crossing the main highway into the town of Cumberland Gap, the park service had an informational trailhead with sculptures of historical users of…
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Mammoth Cave
We’re in one of those three states where they meet at the Cumberland Gap National Historic Park campground. We luxuriated in hot showers here where no coins were needed. We worked up a little sweat earlier in the day on the Domes and Drips hike in Mammoth Cave. The tour dropped three-hundred steps down into…
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Paducah and Quilts
Narrow Mississippi River Bridge Up early and on the road to Paducah, Kentucky, Bufffy led us across both the Mississippi and Ohio rivers before lunch. Carriage rides offer tours of Paducah Flood Wall and open gate from the Ohio river Downtown Paducah Beth checks out the high water marks Murals on the town side of…
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