Category: Camping

Looking for a place to camp near  I-95 on a Saturday before Thanksgiving, Beth found the Altamaha Regional Park, outside of Brunswick, Georgia. Fifteen miles inland from the freeway, the park had small sites, right on the river, with full hook-ups for only $24 per night. It is a haven for fishermen and duck hunters. Even…

We made a discovery in Savannah last weekend. There is place for small RV’s right in the downtown historic district. The parking lot at the visitor’s center has spaces specifically marked for RV’s. The couple we talked with said it was $24 for 48 hours and the lot has a 24 hour security guard. It is adjacent…

A glimpse of the Foothills Before the Rain We’re relaxing after a quick trip to Asheville, NC. We were up in the mountains to tour the University of North Carolina at Asheville (UNCA). They have a Mechatronics major that interests Noah.  It is a combination of Electrical, Mechanical, and Computer engineering. We were going to…

On the way home we stopped for the night at Greenbrier State Park so Beth could visit a bead store with things she can’t find in Durham. Beth enjoyed seeing the beads in person at the Hagerstown headquarters of the Potomac Bead Company. We parked in the main parking lot downtown and wouldn’t recommend it. There was an altercation amongst…

Gettysburg is close to Hershey, so we decided to spend a couple of days there on the way home. The battlefield is a National Park now and contains over 1,300 monuments to the people that fought on both sides in this turning-point in the civil war. It was a somber place that pays tribute to the soldiers and…