Tennessee Welcome Center We’re off on a month-long adventure to see new, to us, areas of the southeast. The plan is to go west to Nashville, travel the Natchez-Trace Parkway National Park, follow the gulf coast down to Largo to visit parents, continue south to Sarasota for a Pleasure-Way rally and then wander back north…

Our Site Learning that Beth’s sister & brother-in-law were passing through North Carolina gave us a good excuse to head for a meet-up in the mountains. With leaf peaking season coming up, we searched all-stays for a park near Hendersonville. Red Gates RV Park had an opening and was reasonable at $35 per night. This small…

Good friends, Wayne and Janet, let us boondock in their driveway for a couple of nights and showed us  some interesting spots in eastern NC. Wayne suggested we explore nearby Goose Creek State Park. We practically had the place to ourselves, seeing only two other people that morning. Live oaks provided shade while a breeze…

Driving north along North Carolina’s Inner Banks (IBX) leads to interesting small towns with nautical and historical flair. One of our favorites is Washington, referred to as “Original Washington” by the residents so as not to confuse it with the District of Columbia.  The Pamlico riverfront has free dockage, free parking, and an inviting boardwalk…

A few of us on the Bear Island adventure elected to camp at the nearby Cedar Point Campground in the Croatan National Forest. Large, partially shaded, sites with electricity were $30 a night including the transaction fees. The campground was full over the weekend, so reservations are recommended. A fishing pier and small boat ramp…