RV travels around the USA
This is our final part of the continuing series of our 2-week stay near Medina, Ohio. We visited with family and saw some very interesting places. These two places are about as diverse as you can get from several standpoints. A study in contrasting cultures. One a very basic 1700’s like environment and the other a resort with all the indulgences.
Continue reading “Ohio Part 3: Amish Auction in Danville Oh & Put-In-Bay, Oh”
This post continues with our nearly 2-week stay in Ohio. We ventured into the big city of Cleveland a couple of times and were very impressed with the ability to get around and the many things to do. The downtown area mostly looked great and it was evident that the older building were well cared for and many thriving businesses were present. Continue reading “Ohio Part 2; Cleveland Art Museum and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park Railway”
This post is a jump forward to real time (Aug 24th) versus my blog updates that are about three weeks behind. I am looking to get them caught up soon. We are currently camped at the Prophetstown State Park located near Lafayette, In. It is a real joy to be back in a state park after camping in a few private parks the last few weeks. We just love the acres of green space, wide enjoyable campsites, the miles of trails, and all the natural beauty. Continue reading “Prophetstown State Park and Biking Trail Ride”
We packed up from the Erie, PA area and drove about 4 hours to a small town south of Cleveland, Oh. The 150 mile drive was good except for the usual summer road construction underway. The drive from the interstate 271/71 around Cleveland was on a few small state or county roads, but they were all big-rig accessible. My Garmin RV GPS did not like the small roads as it kept trying to divert me to other routes, but I used the campground recommended roads after checking them on my trucker’s atlas. Continue reading “Medina OH; Pier-Lon Park & Family Visit – Part 1”
We left the Youngstown NY area after a great week. The awesome Falls and some delightful towns to explore made it difficult to leave, but it was time to sail back south again. Weather wise it is still too early as there will certainly be some hot weather remaining, but we have some appointments that are driving the schedule. Continue reading “Erie PA; Erie Maritime Museum & Presque Isle State Park”
Wow! What an awesome sight that we experienced in viewing the Niagara Falls. It is difficult to really prepare for the massive size, the roar of the sound, and incredible water volume of the falls. When you are walking the path up to the falls you begin to see the top of the water, but cannot see the entire falls until you walk right up to the steep ledge and then it is almost more than you can comprehend. Continue reading “Niagara Falls U.S. & Canada”
This was a nice short commute of about 65 miles to a state park near Youngstown, New York. Folks, this park is on the extreme northern border of New York right smack on the shore of Lake Ontario. Talk about some fantastic sunsets and cool and quiet nights for sleeping. Our campground shoreline had a western exposure. Interesting to have a water front sunset when not on the gulf coast of Florida. Continue reading “Four Mile Creek State Park (New York) and Old Fort Niagara”
We moved about 125 miles on this leg of the journey and stopped in Byron NY for a midway stop on our way to Niagara Falls and Canada. A good short distance without any driving issues with the big 5th wheel. Our campground was the Southwoods RV Resort in Byron NY which is in the north west section of the state. While they had some very nice facilities, we were in an overflow lot with way too many other campers jammed into the space. We were there for two nights – July 14 & 15th. Continue reading “Byron & LeRoy New York”
We moved from the Kutztown, PA area to a new park in the north central part of Pennsylvania. The park/campground is near Tioga, PA and was built by the Corps of Engineers as a flood control reservoir. This 200 campsite park is built on the shores of Hammond Lake with tons of green space and boating/kayaking opportunities. We had a level full hook up site, so life is good! We were only able to stay 5 days because they were full at the weekends due to others having booked it up some 6 months in advance. Continue reading “Corning New York and the Ives Run Corps of Engineers Park (COE) in Tioga, PA”