Sherando Lake VA

October 26 thru 29, 2006.
We decided on one last camping trip before we head of on our cruise. We camped with our neighbors Carl and Suzie and their 4 children. They in their popup and us in our rig. We used our truck to carry the bikes for the kids.
Larry's Golden Age Passport got us 50% off the camping fee.



This picture shows our site on the left and theirs on the right while Larry takes Logan for a walk. The fall colors were very vivid on the west of the blue ridge.
The sites in this area, C, as well as area B have 20/30/50 amp service but no water or sewer. The shower house is near by and we had water very close to the site. We did tank up when we entered the camping area and then added about 5 gallons on Sat.

We enjoy a "mountain man" breakfast which we prepared in our dutch oven. It seemed like our 10 year old Kingsford charcoal has lost some btu's since the breakfast took way to much charcoal and to much time. The tempature was in the low 50's to hi 40's. Just as we were finishing breakfast it began to rain.



A look down the stream that was behind Carl and Suzie's camp site.









A view of the lake, lower Sherando, from the Dam.

Lake Anna overnight

September 17-18, 2006 we decided to spend a night at Lake Anna State Park and give our new kayaks some fresh water time.
We arrived in the early afternoon on the 17th and after getting set up we went to the boat launch are to put the yaks in and spent about an hour and a half paddling around. Being a Sunday there were many boats and them PWC things. Some of the PWC "captains" think everyone on shore wants to watch them do doughnuts.

After we had dinner we had our first campfire. We don't seem to fit the mold of other RV'ers who seem to have a campfire every night.

On the 18th we spent about 2 hours exploring the lake and one of the islands near the state park. It was nice to get out on the water when there were few other boats.

Logan also enjoyed his time camping.

A little about our rig

We have a Forest River Flagstaff 827fls which is about a 27' drag behind camping trailer. It has a single slide out for the dinette and an RV Queen bed aft. We call it the boat.
Here are some interior pictures.

Logan on the Queen bed
Suzette relaxing on the couch.
The breakfast bar and galley area.

Maine and Lobster Run

We came to Maine to visit with some WOTI, Wings On The Internet , friends and eat lobster . We extended our stay to allow some vacation in Maine and eat more lobster. We succeeded. The KOA in Bar Harbor had us right on the shore of one of the many bays. We explored Acadia National Park and of course the LL Bean outlet in Ellsworth.

When we were at Sanford ME we took a trip to Freeport and purchased 2 kayaks and new PFD's.
Next stop is Old Sturbridge Village in MA. where we meet with good friends from Vermont.

We met the Steins at The Old Sawmill Campground. We arrived about 20 minutes before they did. They had a caliper lock up on the RV. It was their anniversary so we cooked dinner for them and visited.

The next day we went to Old Sturbridge for breakfast and on the to village. There were many demonstrations, vertical sawmill , carding mill , grist mill . All were working with water power and the folks giving the presentations were very good. Many of the other areas, pottery, blacksmith, etc. had folks doing things or just there to provide information. All in all a very good time.

On Saturday left and headed home while the Steins continued their adventure.

Following are some pictures of our "vacation".

Under the carding mill.

In the grist mill


Steins and us at Old Sawmill Campground


Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse Mount Desert Island. 9/09/2006


paddling new Kayak's on western bay in front of our KOA campground site in Bar Harbor Maine.


Maine Lobstah the way it was meant to be eaten. Trenton Lobster Pound.

Another of the fantastic views along the park loop road.

A view from Cadillac Mt. on Mount Desert Island Acadia National Park. 09/04/2006
Our camper at Yellowstone Park Sanford ME. Ours is in the background. 9/4/2006
A bay on Bailey Island Maine. 09/03/2006

Nubble Light York Beach Maine. 09/04/2006 Portland Head Light Portland ME. 09/03/2006 Larry, Suzette and the gang eat Lobster at Newicks in Dover NH. 09/02/2006
Atlantic waves break at Lands End Bailey Island ME. 09/03/2006

Our WOTI Motorcycle friends at Newicks, Dover NH 09/02/2

Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Swap Meet @ White Rose

This is the first meet of this type we have attended. Basically 2 days of folks selling stuff, stuck engines, good engines, junk bikes, good bikes and everything in between. This was the 18th annual meet at White Rose Motorcycle Club near Jefferson PA which is near Hanover PA.



The Bike show assistant chief judge looks over my 1969 CL350. It enjoyed the ride in the truck

Several of us gove our bikes a ride.

The Hillclimb hill is in the background

I'm sure one of our club members wanted this but ...

I didn't ask if it ran.

A new meaning for hard tail

We choose to camp at Codorus State Park and arrived on Friday. This is a large park that surrounds a lake. Very nice. As you can see we had a very wooded site. There is no water at the sites only electric. Most sites are 30A and there are a few 50A.

Westmoreland SP Virginia

Well I worked around the house for several days and needed a vacation. We decided to go to Westmoreland state park on what is called the Northern Neck of Virginia. It is about 2 hours away.

We decided to take Logan on his first camping trip. I also wanted to do some swimming in the Olympic size pool. Suzette want to do a little kayaking. Well the pool was closed because lightning had caused the pump to go out, rats.

We did take an evening guided kayak tour to fossil beach and searched for shark teeth among other treasures. Other than the kayak tour we took a few walks around the area as well as drive through all the camping and cabin areas.



One of the hikes with Logan took us to fossil beach and the yellow swamp. Logan liked the beach and frolicked in the waves, not very deep. He wanted to bite the wave caps as they came ashore.



To the left is a dolomite cliff as seen from Fossil beach. Below is the beach near the pool area.

We took a trip on Thursday which was our rainy day and visited George Washington's birth place. We also visited Colonial Beach which was devastated by Isabel 2 years ago. The area looked very good however one of our seafood restaurants, The Happy Clam, was never rebuilt. The Osprey, left, were on pilings at the restaurant location.

Honda Homecoming

July 31, 2006
Uneventful trip home from Coopers Rock. Well that said we did decide to get off of I68 in Cumberland and take Md 51 to PawPaw WVA. then state routes 29 and 127 to hook up with US522. We had ridden those rodes several times with our motorcycles and figured it would be a good way to go. Not bad and I t think we made about the same time.

I would say that overall we averaged 9 mpg while towing.

Good to be home.

July 30, 2006

Today is a travel day. We got on the road about 8:30 and slabed our way to West Virginia. At I68 exit 15 we got off to spend the night at Coopers Rock State Forest. The campsite had electricity only. This was my first right turn back in so it provided some entertainment for our next site neighbor. After we were all set but before the rain we took a drive to the over look. Impressive to say the least. It was overcast so the view was limited. There was thunder around and when we were out on the rock and saw lightning we decided it was time to leave.






Coopers Rock Overlook















Campsite at Coopers Rock








July 29, 2006

Today we visited the Air Force Museum in Dayton. Yeah they have a lot of planes. Of special interest to me was the B52 since I worked on that plane when I was in the service. Lots of walking on concrete. Very good displays and well worth the price, free. We did see an Imax feature Straight Up which was about helicopters. Man Imax is great.







This is a B52 which is one of the planes I worked on when I was in the Air Force











July 28, 2006

We met a group of internet friends, Wings On The Internet (WOTI http://www.woti.org) for breakfast and fellowship. After breakfast we went to the Homecoming and registered to win a Goldwing as well as a Honda Ridgeline. We looked as several exhibits and then left for the vendor area in Bellefontaine. We looked at toy haulers. Man the 38' 5th wheel is a House. Slide on each side in the main salon as well as one in the master bedroom. The ceiling is high enough for a ceiling fan. It also had a slide out pantry, http://www.rvwholesalers.com/inventory/view.php?ccode=114926201959073&startitem=&startpage=&endpage=&current=&category=Toy%20Hauler&make=All%20American%20Sport&model=&condition=

We also went to the Neil Armstrong Air and Space museum.


July 27, 2006

During our trip to Indian Lake State Park we stopped at the National Road, US40, and Zane Grey museum, http://www.ohiohistory.org/places/natlroad/. It was very interesting. There was a movie on Zane Grey's life and a number of artifacts of his adventures.

We have arrived at Indian Lake State Park in Ohio, http://www.ohiodnr.com/parks/parks/indianlk.htm. We only have electric hookup so we tanked up with water before setting up on the site. Once we were set up we left for the Honda plant to see what was going on and get a program. We arrived to late to sign up for anything but we did get a program and look at a Goldwing that the associates had taken apart. Their plan is to put it back together on Friday. We decided to treat ourselves to dinner out and, of course, visit the local Wal Mart super center. Well we did need a couple of things.

07/26/2006

We are on our way to Honda Homecoming from our home in Virginia. This is our first long trip with our new drag behind camper.






At a rest area in West Virginia.






We are at a KOA near Washington PA and just set up this blog.






At the KOA campground near Washington, PA.






I talked to a fellow and his wife that have a toy hauler and are on their way to a Harley event in Morgantown WVA. He has a Harley dresser and Honda Ruckus in his hauler.