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RVing NYC
NYC is not exactly a top RV destination, but there are a couple of options, and we found one that worked well for us. Croton Point Park, situated between the Hudson River and a Metro North station in Croton-on-Hudson, has reasonable rates and full hookups. From there it’s an hour long train ride to Grand Central terminal. Just don’t take an RV on any road labeled a Parkway, which most seem to be in this area. They aren’t allowed. Also, cats aren’t allowed at Croton Point Park, so we had to sneak Cody in. There are a lot of cute historic towns along the Hudson River. One day we walked…
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Historic & Colorful St. John’s, NL
St. John’s, the capital of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador (and yes, both doggos are from there), is Canada’s oldest and easternmost city. Roughly 1/3 of the province’s 500K population live in St. John’s and it felt completely different than the small communities we’d been visiting. It was extra busy while we were there because they were hosting families from all over Canada for the Canada Games, which are for the country’s top high school athletes. Wildfires weren’t on our Newfoundland bingo card, but we had plenty in St. John’s. We’d planned to boondock on the Avalon Peninsula, but the wildfire I mentioned before continued to grow so we…
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Family Trip to Prince Edward Island & Nova Scotia
Continuing our vacation week with Michael’s parents, we left Bar Harbor early for our 385 mile, plus a border crossing, beeline to Prince Edward Island. It was a long day but the windshield views were great and we made it without any issues. PEI is connected to the mainland Nova Scotia by the 8-mile Confederation Bridge that only opened in 1997. It is the longest bridge in the world that spans an ice covered body of water. As soon as you get to the island the landscape turns to peaceful rolling hills of farmland. As we made our way to Cavendish on the north central coast, we said “Hey, this…
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Skidaway Island State Park & Savannah, GA
Is there a sweeter place than Savannah in the Spring? I doubt it, but let us know so we can check that out too! We spent the last week of March at Skidaway Island State Park, 15 minutes outside Savannah. Although the road to our campsite was narrow and curvy, this campground is pure perfection. We loved the trails at Skidaway. We had a marathon weekend day exploring and eating our way through Savannah. We started with a morning coffee walk through the Bonaventure Cemetary where the azaleas were popping! Then we moved over to Forsyth Park to walk around the historic district. Savannah is laid out in a grid…
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Alaska Bound: Cruising Through California
Since the beginning of our great big RV adventure, I thought Alaska would be our last state visited, if ever. But here we are, 37 states and 4+ years later, and we’re on our way! We’ve just spent the last 5 weeks traveling through California. The time has flown by without too much to report, so just one blog post. I’ve resolved to be okay with not doing a whole lot on our way to Alaska. Just getting ourselves there (and back in the Fall) will be the adventure. Back in early March, we returned to Sunbeam Lake RV Park in El Centro for a night. I forgot to mention…
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La Paz & Balandra Beach, Mexico
After Loreto, we moved to La Paz, the capital and largest city in Baja California Sur. We stayed at Campestre Maranatha, an RV park that rivals any nice RV park in the US. It had a pool and an onsite cafe but my favorite amenity was the onsite laundry. One afternoon we drove into town to walk along the Malecón. We were excited that we were in town during the first half of Carnaval, the week-long celebration leading up to Fat Tuesday. Then we were disappointed to find out that the parades and main events were only during the last 3 days when we’d already be gone. We also walked…
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Visiting Family & Friends in Chicago
The most exciting stop on our way east this year was seeing Michael’s Aunt Mary & Uncle Roger and my college friend, Erin, in Chicago! We got to see everyone twice which made it a very wonderful week. We arrived in downtown Chicago on a Saturday afternoon and had a 24-hour reservation to stay in a truck marshalling lot for the McCormick Convention Center. This was probably the craziest place we’ve ever towed and parked the camper but it sure was convenient after we got there. We were about 3 miles south of where we wanted to walk around so we took an Uber up to Millenium Park, where The…
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A Little Bit Of Albuquerque, NM
We were parked at High Desert RV Park in Albuquerque for a month starting the second week of April. We needed to be near an airport and plan to spend the summer in the Rockies, so Albuquerque suited our needs perfectly. Albuquerque is a big city but somehow doesn’t feel too crowded. The Sandia Mountains are just east, Spanish for watermelon because of the color they turn at sunset. The Rio Grande runs through the middle, with miles of multi-use trails that we didn’t get to take advantage of this time around. We did make sure to visit historic Old Town which is a lot like Santa Fe, except that…
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Austin & San Antonio, TX
Michael’s sister told us about the Texas bluebonnets years ago and we timed our visit to Austin to see them! We stayed at McKinney Falls State Park, just 15 minutes from downtown Austin. The campsites were large and had water/electric hookups. We were at McKinney Falls the second half of March and over those two weeks watched the bluebonnets bloom to peak, followed by the appearance of Indian paintbrush. These fields were inside the state park, so we got to see them on our daily walks. In addition to all the wildflowers, there were also trails around the falls. We noticed right away that Austin seemed like a very nice…
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New Orleans, LA
We couldn’t imagine driving past New Orleans without stopping. We had visited before for our friend’s wedding and wanted to experience it again. There are two state parks within easy commuting distance of the French Quarter, Bayou Segnette and St. Bernard. We chose St. Bernard because, although a little farther away, we were able to reserve a full hookup site. Even though we were only 30 minutes from the French Quarter, the area felt pretty remote. We didn’t find much to do during the week. We went to New Orleans twice during our week-long stay. While looking for a place to listen to some of the city’s live music, I…
