Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Road trip NY



 Many many miles. Through Virginia

to our first campsite - a private house that was listed on HipCamp. The surroundings were heavily wooded.

Day 2, the C&O canal path and the railway at Point of Rocks. Our lunch stop.

Point of Rocks - Rocky Point. Just sayin'...

That night we ran out of steam before we could get to our next HipCamp site, so we found Otter Creek Campground.

Day 3 we did the Walkway Over the Hudson.

And drove some more

to Crystal Grove Campground where you can dig for Herkimer diamonds.


It rained. Really really rained.

But we still drove some in the Andirondack Park, and saw some sights.

Then spent some time at a little town's ArtWalk.

Day 5 the weather cleared. We were able to do some diamond mining before packing up.

Drove oh-so-many miles back into PA. Lancaster County (Amish country) was the most beautiful place of the trip, and I would go back to spend more time there.

This was Hickory Run State Park in PA, where I got to look and feel like an idiot trying to get the trailer into the spot. It's an amazing campground though, with the most blooming Mountain Laurel I have ever seen.

Day 6 was PA to just south of Richmond VA, where we stayed at Pocohantas State Park. Another beautiful campground that we barely had time to enjoy.

Day 7 was all through VA to home.

This is what the back of the truck looked like at the end. I kind of gave up trying to keep it neat. If I was going to spend more time in it, I would have taken everything out to air out, and then re-organized.


Monday, June 3, 2019

Rob and I went camping again last weekend. Two in a row! This time we stayed in site 1 - the first site we made, at the top of the first hill. It's small, but so accessible!


Rob rented a little excavator and made major progress on the road to the top/back of the lot. The ground is clay, and packs like cement, but will need gravel when we can afford it.


 We were able to drive all the way up! Yuuuge big deal. Really great. This ridge is the highest on our lot, and drops off to the creek. It's got all the breezes.

And while Rob was playing with machinery, I headed up to the BRP to do a little hike. I ended up picking up a hitching AT thru-hiker and driving her 2 hours up the parkway. Good luck, Small Slice!
I did get in a tiny hike and an amazing view.