Apr 19, 2013 - Virginia

Sunday, April 14, 2013 Myrtle Beach, SC After breakfast we stopped into Camping World to buy a new entry rug because the old one blew out of the back of the truck on the way. We also had to buy some silver Dicor roof tape to repair the fender again because the foil tape wasn’t holding. Checked out the Coastal Grand Mall Then went over to the entertainment center “Broadway at the Beach” to get a Hard Rock pin for our collection. This is a great area full of famous restaurants, bars, and interesting stores. At North Myrtle Beach we bought a...

Oct 14, 2012 - Skyline Drive and the Shenandoah Valley

Oct. 14, 2012-Today was a good day with a couple of exceptions. We woke up, like the rest of the crowd at Happy Hills, a little hungover and sleepy. But we got ourselves going with the coach jacks working like I hopes (I was worried that the kneeling and grinding the jacks did yesterday trying to get level would create a problem, but they were fine. We hooked up, made the turn, and we were on our way to the start of Skyline Drive in Front Royal. Our main concern was avoiding roads that had low bridges, and we had been advised to stop at a...

Jun 2, 2012 - Day Trip Blue Ridge Mountains

Hi All, We took a day trip through the Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia does have mountains, just not as majestic as the West. We had a pretty good storm yesterday late afternoon, today it was another beautiful day in the neighborhood! We will be leaving here tomorrow and taking the Skyline Parkway to our destination. It is through a National Park. Until Later, Jim and Kathy

Aug 28, 2011 - Thoughts on Irene

We are safe and had very little rain and wind from the storm. We are so thankful that we were able to travel out of harms way. Its hard to believe that it was only Tuesday when we left the beautiful Green Mountains of Vermont. We traveled through Western Massachusetts and New York...Eastern Pennsylvania.....as well as Vermont....all areas heavily hit by Irene. Have you seen the news pictures of Vermont? Devastating ! Every where we travels this summer in New England has been hit and hit hard by this storm. Our thoughts and prayers go out to...

Aug 27, 2011 - We are WHERE?

We spent two nights in Gettysburg, PA at Artillery Ridge Campground.....we were here in June when we explored Gettysburg National Park. This was suppose to be a rest stop. However, we had chores that needed to be done....laundry, fill a propane tank, some RV maintenance and cleaning.....so instead it became a work day. Ugh. We still needed to head south and west to get out of the track of Irene. So Friday we pulled out of Gettysburg. We travelled down highway 15 to US 340. Along this route we went through 4 states.....Pennsylvania,...

Jul 30, 2011 - Summer RV Trip to New England - (Waynesboro, VA)

Today was a little sad – we have enjoyed our week stay at Tom’s Cove Park on Chincoteague Island. Most of the packing was completed last night including dumping the tanks. This morning we were up before 8:00 AM and ready to pull out before 9:00 AM. We were both concerned about getting Arvy-2 out of the site – the front was guarded by a tree on the front door, forward space across the road was limited and someone came into the site behind us preventing departure in that direction. As we left our Canadian neighbors form the left side came and...

Oct 7, 2010 - Waynesboro, VA

/// Thursday – October 7, 2010 Low Temperature: 52 degrees High Temperature: 77 degrees. A Travel Day. The weather forecast for the next several days looks great. We departed Dogwood Acres Campground by 9:45 AM. Our route today was more of I-81. I found traffic to be fairly heavy in PA, MD and W. VA but once we entered VA the traffic cleared some and road conditions were much improved. I am surprised at the level of traffic on I-81. I experienced two new interesting driving phenomenas today. The first was the bumper to bumper traffic in...

Sep 25, 2010 - When it Rains, It Pours

Yesterday didn't turn out to be the relaxing day we anticipated. The morning went great, but in the afternoon we noticed the refrigerator wasn't working. At this point, that is all I can manage to say about that situation. We arrived safely in Waynesboro, VA this afternoon. There were a couple areas of construction along I-81, but no delays. All in all a pretty good travel day. This evening, I've discovered my computer doesn't want to connect to our WiFi. Gene gets on fine. One frustration after another. I'm not coping well. Maybe tomorrow...

Aug 6, 2010 - Blue Ridge Parkway Blues

Another one of life's little disappointments. Actually it was more like a big disappointment. We kind of rank it right up there with the Grand Canyon. I've always had this romantic notion that the Blue Ridge Parkway was an awesome drive. No longer. I have to admit it is probably awesome in the fall with the leaves turning colors. But right now, it was just another day of driving through the woods. It was no better than the Scenic Drive at Prince William Forest Park. Oh sure, there were scenic overlooks of mountains and valley. But again,...

May 25, 2010 - Back in Waynesboro, Virginia

We had an uneventful drive from Nashville yesterday. Traffic was reasonably light except around major cities, and even then we managed to avoid rush hours. I think the most stressful spot was around Roanoke, Virginia. I-81 northbound is in desperate need of repair. The road surface condition coupled with heavier traffic, especially big tractor trailer rigs, made this a most unpleasant half hour. We were all glad to be back in our own bed last night. I think we all, including Peanut, slept like logs. Peanut continued with that sound sleep...

Apr 27, 2010 - Settled in Waynesboro, Virginia

I think we are finally settled in at 340 North Campground. Our drive this morning was pleasant, for the most part. There was only one stressful moment. The worst stretch of I-81 from just north of Knoxville to Waynesboro was through Roanoke. Of course, the heaviest traffic we encountered was at the same area. We have always been impressed with the number of tractor trailer rigs on I-81 in Virginia. I’m not sure where they come from, but this morning they were all gathered in that one very rough spot at Roanoke. That just happened to be the...

Oct 3, 2009 - Fallin' for Virginia

Yesterday afternoon, we took a walk to explore the park area more. We walked down along the river that runs the length of the park to where there are waterfalls tumbling from hills on the property next door and above the park. I would imagine that in the summer months, this area of the river would be filled with kids and dogs playing in the water, but today, we had the spot all to ourselves and it wasn't enticing enough for me to go into the cold water. -- We walked up past the office and found there is a pool (now closed), miniature golf,...