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.

I finally got to ride along in the coach.

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.”

Pilot and furry copilot.

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

Entering Pocahontas State Park

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

Admiring the coach.

 

Beautiful sky view.

 

Fall

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

Hubby’s bicycle.

 

Reflective interestingness.

 

The street our site was on.

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.

We had a lovely campsite.

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

Our site from a different direction.

 

Campers, chillaxin’.

 

Chillaxin’ indoors.

 

Lake view.

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

Belle loves being outdoors with her people.

 

Another view of our street.

 

Stitching in the sunshine.

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

I LOVE campfire hotdogs.

 

We reserved our site in advance.

 

Artsy capture.

 

We checked in on Mike’s birthday.

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.

5 Replies to “Longest Camping Trip Yet”

  1. Nice photos! It looks like it was a relaxing trip. Having a car along is convenient and getting one that can be flat towed is preferred. Our Prius can’t be flat towed so we have to use a tow dolly…

  2. Beautiful and relaxing! I’m so glad you’re enjoying the RV life!

    Flat towing is why we traded our Honda Ridgeline pickup (couldn’t be towed flat) and CRV (could be towed, but couldn’t tow the MC trailer) for a Ford Explorer, which can do both. 😁 plus going fulltime, we didn’t need two cars.

  3. This is everything a camping trip should be. Nice site, great weather, water nearby and a quiet time. Awesome. Curious, what your choice of car might be.

    1. Sonja, I’m so sorry it has taken me so long to reply. I’m very hot and cold on blogging these days. I wish I could understand why. We’re looking at a convertible Mini Cooper. They’re supposed to be good towing cars and fun on curvy mountain roads. 😊

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