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We got up early on day 3 and packed up to move on down the road, but not without some excitement. We had a sewage hookup at the site but for reasons unknown my gray water tank would not drain out the hose. It would …

Blue Ridge Parkway Days 1-2

Posted on 09/14/2020 in misc • Tagged with Camping, Virginia, Hiking, Blue_Ridge_Pkwy, Travel

Trip: 7
Total Nights: 15

We started our week long adventure on Labor Day. While everybody else was headed home to go back to work, we were headed west to the Virginia mountains. We entered the Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 0 near Waynesboro VA. The plan for day 1 …

Journey is not just a band

Posted on 09/13/2020 in misc • Tagged with Camping, Virginia

Journey is not just the band that produced one of the greatest make-out albums ever.

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In other news, the six night trip down the Blue Ridge parkway was amazing. Several blog posts are coming...

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Ascape 6 - Beach Camping at First Landing State Park

Posted on 08/31/2020 in misc • Tagged with Camping, Virginia, Travel

Trip: 6
Total Nights: 13

The weather forecast a week out looked fabulous, mid 80s and sunny all weekend. Then Hurricane Laura set its sights on the US and once on land made a sharp right and beelined for the Mid-Atlantic area. I was checking the forecast several times a …

Ascape 5 - Wet Weekend at Douthat State Park

Posted on 08/16/2020 in misc • Tagged with Camping, Virginia

Trip: 5
Total Nights: 11

We got to our campsite at 6:30 PM on Friday. It started raining at about 7:30 PM. It stopped raining about 8 AM Sunday morning. You are not really a camper if you haven’t toughed it out through a washout weekend, and …

Ascape 4 - Shenandoah KOA

Posted on 08/02/2020 in misc • Tagged with Camping, Virginia, Hiking, Travel

Trip: 4
Total Nights: 9

We took the Ascape out for the 4th time this weekend, this time a father-son trip to go hiking. On the drive up there must have been traffic on the Interstate as Google routed us on US Hwy 33 all the way from Richmond to …

Ascape 3 - Teddy's First Camping Trip

Posted on 07/20/2020 in misc • Tagged with Camping, Travel, Virginia, Hiking

Trip: 3
Total Nights: 7

Our third trip in the Ascape was a weekend camping trip to Fairy Stone State Park. 30 minutes before we left I looked at Michelle and said, “Let’s take Teddy.” Teddy is our Jackshund (Jack Russell / Dachshund) who at the moment I said that …

Ascape 2 - Lexington VA Camping 2020

Posted on 07/06/2020 in misc • Tagged with Camping, Hiking, Virginia

Trip: 2
Total nights: 5

This was our 2nd trip in the camper. This time it was me and my son. We spent 3 nights at the KOA Natural Bridge / Lexington.

This particular KOA is not my favorite campground. The campground staff is not taking the threat from the Covid-19 …

Covid-19 doesn't exist in Natural Bridge VA

Posted on 07/06/2020 in misc • Tagged with Coronavirus, Camping, Travel, Virginia

We spent the weekend camping at the Natural Bridge / Lexington KOA. As I pulled up for curbside check in the employee/manager/owner was masked, but she made a snide comment as she checked me in that made it clear she didn’t think she needed to be masked. That …

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