Monday, September 5, 2022 This Labor Day morning we watched as almost all of our fellow campers packed up and exited the campground. By checkout time (11:30 am) there were only three RVs left in our section which had been full when I got out of bed. Jane & I […]

Sunday, September 4, 2022 This morning, following a leisurely breakfast, we headed to the southern end of the Conewago Recreation Trail. This is a short five-mile long trail that connects to the longer 18-mile Lebanon Valley Rail-Trail. Interestingly both trails are part of the September 11 National Memorial Trail that

Saturday, September 3, 2022 This morning, just as Jane was getting up, Nancy and John dropped by our motorhome to say goodbye and pick up some cheese they had stored in our refrigerator. Jane made a delicious breakfast from leftovers, cheese and spinach scrambled eggs with fried haddock. We then

Friday, September 2, 2022 I felt reenergized from yesterday’s biking upon arising this morning. Anticipating that Jane would sleep late, I set off for a walk. Without a plan, I crossed the creek behind our RV site and was soon walking through a swampy area blazing through waist-high dewey plants.

Thursday, September 1, 2022 We slept late this morning enjoying the bed’s cozy warmth against the chilled morning air. After arising and eating a hearty breakfast, we packed up the toad and left for a bike ride.  Our route to the trail took us through the park along Little Pine

Wednesday, August 31, 2022 Yesterday’s rain ushered in a cold air mass so we slept our last evening at Sned-Acres Family Campground with the windows open, no AC. The cool morning air felt delightful and matched our expectations unlike the usual relentless heat we had been experiencing. When we first

Tuesday, August 30, 2022 Today we went to Buffalo to visit Jane’s and Nancy’s Aunt Phyllis. Jane drove us from our campground to the Riesling Cabin arriving around 10 am. We loaded into Nancy’s car and John drove the two-hour trip to Buffalo stopping at a Mennonite grocery store to

Monday, August 29, 2022 Jane woke up late this morning (about 9:30) to the dinging of incoming text messages. Nacny was inviting us over to their Riesling Cabin at Buttonwood Grove Winery to spend some time with Cathy and Pat before they had to leave for their jobs in Buffalo.

Sunday, August 28, 2022 After breakfast, we drove less than two miles to the Van Riper Conservation Area and parked in the trailhead parking lot. After a gently-descending hike through hardwood forests for about 0.5 mile, we arrived at the shoreline of Lake Cayuga. We found a bench on a

Friday, August 27, 2022 Before departing this morning, we decided to explore more of Little Buffalo State Park. We drove back alongside Lake Holman and past the Visitor Center to a parking area for several trail heads. We walked to Shoaff’s Mill, crossing Clay’s Bridge along the way. Shoaff’s Mill

Friday, August 26, 2022 We left the Charlottesville campground around 10:15 and only stopped to fuel up, again eating sandwiches that Jane had prepared along the way. Much of the driving was along I-81, one of our nation’s truckiest highways. After traveling through Virginia and West Virginia and finally entering

Thursday, August 25, 2022 Today, we left the campground a bit before 9 am and arrived early for our 10 am tour of Monticello. We presented our tickets and were scanned at the Rubenstein Visitor Center from which we took a short bus ride up to Monticello or “Little Mountain”,

Wednesday, August 24, 2022 We departed home today around 10 am and drove the 3.5-hour route to Charlottesville, VA, non-stop, eating sandwiches that Jane had prepared for lunch as we rolled along. The drive was pleasant taking us through serene Piedmont country with little traffic. In North Carolina, we traversed