Longest Camping Trip Yet

We’ve been easing our way into the whole camping thing. When we picked up the RV in Kentucky, we stayed in a campground for one night on the way home. Then, back in September, we spent two nights at Merry Meadows in Maryland, just south of the Pennsylvania state line. Last week, we spent three nights at Pocahontas State Park in Central Virginia.

We would have stayed longer if we could have gotten reservations over the weekend. Fall, however, is a very popular time to camp. For good reason. The weather was perfect. The days were sunny and pleasantly warm and the nights were cool enough to be able to actually enjoy a campfire.

We don’t have a car that can be towed along yet. That will come soon. We are hoping to get a cute little convertible that will include a tow kit so we can hook it directly to the back of the coach using a tow bar. Hubby says a car towed along in that fashion is commonly referred to as a “toad.”

Belle is 13 now. I’m happy that she is still with us and able to also enjoy our new adventures.

Belle actually likes riding in the coach. She has mixed feelings on car travel in general.

 

 

Don’t you just love the colors in that leaf image (above)?

 

 

The campground was fabulous. The sites were nice and private. We were sandwiched between two other campers, but they were nicely screened from view by trees.

In the above image, you can only sort of see our neighbor.

 

 

 

We could not see the lake from our site. I captured that photo when we went on a bicycle ride.

 

 

It won’t take me long at all to get used to retired life.

 

 

 

All in all, it was a great trip. The park is located about 25 miles west of Richmond. It only took us about two hours to drive there, which was nice.

The park is a lot hillier than I expected, which is fine except when bicycling. I am quite out of shape, unfortunately, so didn’t enjoy riding as much as I could have. One day…

I’d love to go back to Pocahontas, but there are a lot more state parks to discover. I have no idea where we will go next, but hopefully we’ll get to stay longer.