Camping
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Folding Towels and Full-Time RV Laundry: Choosing Your Battles
When I first sat down to write this, I was thinking about hand towels. Specifically, the ones from my childhood. My parents owned a hair shop and chose to wash all the shop towels at home. As a small child, it felt like a nightly ritual. The dryer would buzz, and out came load after
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Darien, GA – Brunswick, Jekyll Island -An Added Stop Seeking Better Weather
Wednesday, 4 February 2026: Our original plans had us heading to west Georgia for a week before turning north, but the weather has settled in at this latitude. So, we nudged a little farther south and found a new spot to call home for a bit. About two hours south of Yemassee, we landed at
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Yemassee! Savannah, Charleston, Beaufort, and Hilton Head
Since June of last year, we have looked forward to returning to Thousand Trails: The Oaks at Point South. From there, we are about an hour from Savannah and Charleston, about 35 minutes from Beaufort and Hilton Head. The drive was good and even better that it was only a two hour drive. You know,
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We Are Off – 2026 -Starting Point, Cedar Pond Campground, Leesville, SC
Wednesday, 7 January 2026: We arrived around 4:30 on Wednesday after turning what should have been a three-and-a-half-hour drive into a leisurely six-hour trip. We took our time, stopped at Cracker Barrel in Rock Hill, SC for lunch, ran Smokey through the Blue Beacon Truck Wash in Columbia, and then headed on to the campground.
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GMP One Last Time, Maybe?? Plans!!
We traveled back to Green Mountain Park to clear off our site. In January, we planned to head out on a long adventure and needed to decide what we were hauling with us and what we were storing or selling. Our plan was to be there for 33 days. If you want to make God
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Moody Bluff – Football, Thanksgiving, and Time with Friends and Family
We headed back to Moody Bluff on Friday. A wet morning caused some delay and a little bit of a reroute from the norm. Since we were traveling through Mountain City, TN we found lunch just across the state line, Sharpie’s. Kevin’s parents have talked about Sharpie’s for years, but each time we traveled through
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Back in Lenoir, NC for Family Visits and Winter Prep
We knew heading back the weather was going to be extremely cold this week, but the arrival was very pleasant. Of course, no changes at Green Mountain Park. The roads are still blocked off from the flood several months ago, so we go with what we have said for the last few years. “It is
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Back in North Carolina – Mount Airy in the Fall
Sunday, 2 November 2025: Smokey was overdue for a bath, and as luck would have it, our route took us right past a Blue Beacon Truck Wash. Quick service, friendly folks, and before long both Smokey and Goose were sparkling clean — ready for the next leg of our fall adventure. The drive was pure
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A Pit Stop with Friends
Thursday, 30 October 2025: We took advantage of an offer from friends between Chesapeake and our next stop, and arrived in Red Oak, VA, at Kennon and Denise’s place. Kennon has told us many times to come up, and true to his word, he made sure he could accommodate us. We let them know we’d
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From Endless Caverns to Chesapeake Bay: A Week of History, Wind, Water, and Exploring.
If you’re planning an RV trip through Virginia’s coastal region, make room on your itinerary for Thousand Trails Chesapeake Bay. From historic Yorktown and Gloucester to peaceful Bethel Beach, this weeklong stay blended work, exploration, and relaxation in perfect balance. Along the way we uncovered small-town charm, Revolutionary history, local flavors—and one unforgettable view over