Category: Camping

  • Walking Over the Hudson

    Monday 16 August, 2021 When we found ourselves suspended high above the Hudson River. Heading from the Delaware Water Gap to upstate New York, we noticed a sign for “Walkway Over the Hudson” State Historic Park. Intrigued, we decided to make an unplanned stop. The West entrance, in Highland, NY has a visitor’s center built…

  • Exploring the Gap

    Sunday 15 August 2021 Separating Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the Delaware Water Gap provides a welcome natural stop when traveling the Northeast. Click over to the official Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area website for detailed information. Once arriving, our first stop was the Poconos Environmental Education Center. It was a busy summer Sunday, so we avoided crowds…

  • Hershey – Not Just Chocolate

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    Today we travel from a Virginia Vineyard to a Pennsylvania Brewery Saturday, 14 August 2021 0830  35,919 miles   Leave Barren Ridge   74° Mist filled valleys in the Blue Ridge Mountains as we pulled out of Barren Ridge Vineyard and headed northeast. 1227-1313 Harrisburg, PA – State Capitol 80° Shortly after noon we found…

  • Birthday at Barren Ridge

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      13 August 2021 It’s Beth’s birthday and we are headed off on a new adventure. Even though the posting is seven months behind where we are today, we hope you will enjoy a new series of posts highlighting places on a 45 day trip to Maine, New York, and Wisconsin. Leaving home at 0830,…

  • Into the Swamp

    04 May 2021 Waking up at Trader’s Hill Campground, we found a message from, friend and fine bass, Joe Simpson letting us know that the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge was just down the road. Two of his former co-workers run Okefenokee Adventures so Joe encouraged us to stop by and say “hey” from for him. Always up for new…

  • Trainspotting In Folkston

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    03 May 2021 Today Beth is humoring me with a sidetrip to the Folkston Funnel to see some trains. At 0830 we left Cypress Grove Campground and Lake Santee in South Carolina behind to head south on I-95. Noon had us eating lunch in the van at Georgia Peach World. We checked out the parking…