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Late December - Holiday Travels

12/31/2023

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PictureHoliday lights at Pocahontas
With a little more than a week in Jacksonville before heading out again, we managed to squeeze in some Christmas festivities, before driving north for the holidays. This year, we put on the miles, going as far north as Pennsylvania before turning back south. After Christmas at Pocahontas, we made a short stop in NC and arrived in Jacksonville in time to welcome in the New Year. ​
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Tuba Christmas and more​

After our arrival in Jacksonville, we had to get squared away before we would head out again, leaving the RV behind. In between packing and tending to some tasks at Faith, we took advantage of the warming temperatures to enjoy an outdoor Christmas concert at the beach. But you wouldn’t find any stringed instruments or keyboards in this concert, it was all tubas, from the smallest to the largest. While this was our first Tuba Christmas concert, these events had been held for decades and repeated all over the country. Our main reason for attending was to support Nelson, the young man from Faith who manages the livestream each Sunday.  

PictureThe angel announces the birth to the shepherds at Church of Our Savior live nativity.
We also took in a unique live nativity at the Church of Our Savior on their grounds which back onto the St. John’s River. It was scripted as a short play, having us walk from scene to scene. We saw Mary and Joseph’s visits from the angels, and their journey to Bethlehem, through the entire Christmas story. While it was beautiful and well-done, the 90 minute wait was way too long. 

Now that we had kicked off the
 Christmas season, it was time to head north to spend much of it with family.

PictureDave and Neal work to remove the freezer from the pallet, while Pastor Barry supervises.
Faith Work

Being back at Faith meant that we no longer were doing all of our support tasks remotely, which meant there would be (literally) some heavy lifting. With the help of some strategic planning by a fellow camper, we managed to move 2 very heavy refrigerator / freezers into a room for Kim’s Open Door, as they made plans to provide more food to the families of the students they tutor.

​The next day, as we were helping load supplies for 2 of her events at nearby apartments, we discovered that Beyond 90’s holiday celebration was about to begin, and they needed help sorting through the dozens of boxes of toys received late the previous evening. An unexpected surprise gift from a local church. We helped organize the bounty so that their volunteers could find what they needed. And later, we worked with them to provide gifts for a family in need that Dave’s sister supports in PA. We were glad to be able to make the connection.

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Being back on site, we could take a closer look at the state of the internet after the fire damaged an ethernet wire a few weeks before we arrived. Once it was replaced, we took time to test it only to discover that it didn’t work. Cathy dusted off her tools and put a new end on the wire that looked most suspect. Her guess proved right and the connection worked again. This would prove to be one of the most valuable things we did. When the Comcast modem failed a few days after our departure, having that connection working meant that most of the campus was up and running much faster (over a day) than it would have been without it.
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When Comcast did replace the modem, an installation error caused another problem that prevented the office from using the printer. This created a lot of stress, since not 1 but 2 sets of bulletins needed to be printed for Christmas Eve Sunday. Dave spent at least an hour each day working with persons on site to finally get the connection restored. It didn’t help that he was kicked off his remote access software ( for using it too much ) for a few days in the middle of the problem.  ​

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​But there was one fun task that we took on for the church during our time away. We were asked to record the Christmas Eve candle lighting readings to be played for the evening service. After a few false starts, we managed to get it right, and were able to watch ourselves during the service that night. It was sort of like being there in person. 

PictureLunch with Linda and Steve and Steve and Sue at Jason's Deli.
Travels North
Our first stop as we headed north was a few days of relaxing in Hilton Head, before heading out just ahead of a huge storm that was working its way up the coast. We managed to stay ahead of it until we stopped in Hampton to see friends.  

PictureCrossing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in the rain.
​By the time we headed out after lunch, the rain was with us. We had decided to head up the Eastern shore en route to Pennsylvania, which meant crossing the long Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. By crossing on Sunday, we stayed ahead of the high winds that would follow the rain. Driving through flooded roads the next am, we finally emerged from the storm. Our route took us close to Crisfield, MD and Ranger Mark helped us order 2 Smith Island cakes to take north on our travels. We met him in a Salisbury MD parking lot, but the wind and rain forced us to make it a brief stop.  

PictureDave with Mom and sister Diane
We enjoyed a few nights staying with Dave’s mom, his sister Diane and Pam. We helped out a bit, enjoyed the company and some good food before packing up again for our next hop.



PictureGrandpa checks out Troy's set of tools.
​We turned south again back to Virginia, where we would spend a week at one of the nice vacation cabins at Pocahontas. Bringing lights and decorations, we made it feel like Christmas. We arranged a Christmas Eve dinner with Andi (former volunteer coordinator) and her husband Max, whom we hadn’t seen much in the last year. We enjoyed catching up. After spending Christmas with Bonnie and Troy and the kids at their place, they joined us for a meal at the cabin the next day. Carolyn had driven up Christmas night to have some time together with them as well. ​

PictureCathy with sisters Grace and Chris
By Thursday, our week was up, and we made our way to Raleigh, visiting with Grace and John, their girls’ families and Chris who arrived from Greensboro. Seeing everyone made the circle complete. After heading south again, we pulled into Faith on New Year’s Eve, and managed to just make it to midnight to toast the new year. It had been a lot of miles, but the trip was a good one.



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Cathy put together a look back at the year just ended, which we hope you might enjoy as well.    ​

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Late November/Early December - Slowing Down

12/4/2023

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PictureDave washing the RV at our stop in Georgia.
As Thanksgiving week began, we packed up with plans to head south shortly after Thanksgiving. After joining Bonnie’s family for Thanksgiving Day, we moved a few miles south to Emporia. Our plan was to help out with a project at Bonnie and Troy’s and then head to Jacksonville by month-end. It was going to be a slow trip south because of the towing speed restrictions on our new truck. However, we didn’t realize just how slow a trip it would be.

PictureJust like the song, we were trying to reach 500 miles.
How Slow Can We Go?

Having said goodbye to Joe on Monday of Thanksgiving week, we re-positioned our RV to another site at the park. This was our first time moving the RV with the new truck. We learned more about the truck’s trailering features, including camera views that aid in hooking up and maneuvering the trailer. The truck’s software also tracks the miles specific to trailering, which would prove useful. We would pull out again on Friday after Thanksgiving to move to Emporia for three nights. Then we would head out to Jacksonville on Monday. At least that was the plan. ​

Our new Silverado had just under 1000 miles, but more importantly, it had no towing miles. The owner’s manual requires that the first 500 miles towing should be less than 50mph. That is most of the distance to Florida from Pocahontas. Since we didn’t want to travel that speed on I95, we mapped out a route that took us off the interstate. And no matter what Google Maps says, our average speed on these routes was going to be less than 50, meaning this was going to be a slow trip.  

PictureCathy sleeps off her first day of Covid
However, all plans were off the table when Cathy woke up on Saturday feeling bad. And, to our dismay, she tested positive for Covid. We had dodged that bullet for almost 4 years. And it wasn’t much of a surprise when Dave tested positive the next day. That slow trip to Florida just got a lot slower. While we recovered from the flu symptoms in just a couple of days, the fatigue had us stay put for longer. That meant we were going to be in Virginia for some very cold temperatures (into the teens). We managed to get some groceries before Dave succumbed, and then after our symptoms had subsided, we were able to refill our propane tanks without getting close contact. The low temperatures were using up our propane at a fast pace.

PictureThe joke is pretty thin, but the campground at South of the Border was easy to get into, and we were grateful to be in for the night.
It wasn’t until a week later that we decided we were good enough to head out. Also, with the rising temperatures, we had less pressure to be plugged in each night, offering more options for stopovers. So, we had several bailout stops mapped out to keep from traveling too long or hard. Our first day had us travel through NC, bringing us to Camp Pedro in South of the Border. We were dragging, and on the fence about our next day’s travel. Possibly against better judgement, we headed out the next day to Walterboro, where we managed to parallel park in a crowded Walmart parking lot. Arriving in the early afternoon, we pickup up some food for dinner and then crashed shortly after.

PictureBack in Florida finally.
The next day, even though we felt more refreshed, we decided against heading for Jacksonville. We would arrive tired and still have to set up. Instead, we opted to stop in Brunswick GA at Coastal Georgia RV, an easy pull-through stop only 140 miles away. We even found an outdoor restaurant to get some local shrimp for dinner. Dave had enough energy to wash the truck and RV, which had become filthy from the rain-soaked roads over the last few days. So, we finally arrived in Jacksonville on a quiet Monday morning, after traveling only an hour. The whole trip set a record for being our slowest trip south yet.  ​

PictureGrandma and Taylor send a Thanksgiving greeting.
Thanksgiving

Before all of the drama of Covid and our trip south, we spent a nice Thanksgiving Day with Bonnie’s family. The food and the company were great. Troy smoked a delicious turkey and there lots of delicious sides to go with it.

After moving the RV, we returned the next day to help install panels on one open end of an shed. While Troy and Troy had already installed most of the frame by the time we arrived, we managed to lend some hand to install the highest of the long panels that would enclose the space. Luckily, the next panels went in without our help the next day because we weren’t in a good position to help once Cathy tested positive.  

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Late October/Early November - Cabin Work Week 2023

11/19/2023

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PictureWorkers strip the asphalt roof shingles from the 2nd of 3 roofs that were replaced with new composite shingles.
Another Cabin Work Week has come and gone – the 6th annual event, and we are in awe of the work accomplished with one of our smallest teams of volunteers.  ​

PictureSupply of primed boards positioned at the 2nd Branch work site
Unlike previous years, we had access to our work site well in advance of the project start, and its proximity to our storage building for supplies, made some of the logistics much easier to handle. But the talent and flexibility of our volunteers enabled the project to accomplish more than we could have hoped for as we sat down for the project kick-off meeting on an Indian summer Sunday at the end of October, down on volunteers and facing more termite damage than we had seen at any other site. ​

PictureCathy's sister Carolyn returned for another stint as a volunteer
The teams were a blend of returning volunteers, some that had been returning every year since the first project, and new volunteers – the newest of which were recruited only a couple of hours before our kick-off meeting. They blended their efforts and expertise, and we tried to fill in where we could to keep things running.


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Termite damage was addressed on five of the seven cabins. Instead of the 2 roof replacements that were planned, we managed to get enough help from volunteers and staff to get 3 roofs covered in the composite tiles that restore the cedar-shake look of the original construction. And a significant repair was done to a 4th. There were dozens of screens repaired or replaced and at least a couple of dozen shutters as well.  

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Completed cabin with new roof and repaired siding.
The teams also tackled some “special projects” that included replacing the steps on the lodge and putting a new siding look to the bathhouse along with more repairs to doors and access panels. We managed to have some fun as well, and benefited from generous donations for lunch.

​By the project end, we felt we had a lot to celebrate, not the least of which was that this was the 6th and final of the park’s remaining group cabin sites. We had made the full circuit over the 6 project events, and the completing the cycle gave all a lot of satisfaction.  
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Early October - Final Preparations

10/22/2023

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PictureDave and Joe take a break at 2nd Branch
This October like many before has been spent making final preparations for the next Cabin Work Week. However, we started the month helping our grandson make his final preparations before heading out for his road trip.



PictureDave "supervises" Joe's repairs to the shuttle garage
Cabin Work​

With Joe’s arrival just after the month began, carpentry repairs began in earnest. He put his efforts into a shed that has become the “garage” for the park shuttle golf cart that we use often during our stay at the park. The doors were sagging, and the front siding was in need of repair. Before the first day was over, the doors worked much better. However, over the course of a week, the front was transformed and the shed is now a sturdy (and clean) place to store the shuttle.

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Wood storage before . . .
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PictureSiding debris as the repairs begin on the 2nd Branch cabins
Back at 2nd Branch, we held a rescheduled cleaning day, which was badly needed to remove a year’s worth of dirt and animal activity. The enthusiastic team made a huge difference in getting the cabins ready for the project. We continued to paint boards and re-position wood and supplies from their storage in the Well House to the work site.  This was a luxury we didn't have in prior years, because we have access to the 2nd Branch Cabin site in the weeks before the project.  By the time our pre-week team arrived, the supplies were distributed among the site's now much-cleaner cabins, and this year's smaller team could focus on starting the work. 
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​Joe moved over to the cabin site to start replacing some damaged siding, along with Fred, a local volunteer. They made a big improvement on the first cabin, but their efforts uncovered more significant damage from termites that had been hidden. This caused us to look more closely at other cabins, only to find there were more that needed more repairs due to the insect’s boring.  

PictureOur ride for time being
Our afternoons often find us on the computer with emails, lists, project plans. Or we might be out shopping for supplies. We meet weekly with the park’s Chief Ranger for volunteerism to coordinate with the park on our efforts. One week that meeting resulted in a change of vehicle. We were given access to a GEM, which is an electric vehicle that has a bed for supplies and even a ladder rack. But there are 2 features that make it especially nice. It will travel at the park’s 25mph speed limit and the cab is fully enclosed. That will make our morning trips to the work site faster and much less chilly.  ​

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Powering up

As the time for Droz to move on approached, we were trying to assemble the parts he needed to create an electric system in the van that would support some basic functions from running lights and charging phones to running a heater. The parts were ordered, but we weren’t sure they would arrive in time to build the board before he left. A couple of days before he was scheduled to leave, Droz sat down with Grandpa to build what
he could with the parts that had come in. They made a lot of progress, and surprisingly most of the remaining parts arrived the next day in time for them to install them. While a couple of components were still needed to have everything complete, Droz felt good that he could assemble the final pieces.

The next afternoon, we bid goodbye and he headed out for his long-planned road trip, and we wished him well.

PictureNew tonneau cover installed
Covering Up
Our new truck needed one more upgrade to finish making it functional for us. That was to put a new tonneau cover over the truck bed. We had used a Truxedo, low-profile fabric cover on our Ram. However, this time we went with a Gator SRX that functioned almost identically, except that it was made of a vinyl material. The installation was as easy as the videos showed it to be, and we had it on in about 30 minutes.

And, of course, we still had a little bit more paperwork to complete on the truck. We needed a Florida title, which also meant paying Florida sales tax. Once again, we needed to get original documents to the Florida tax collector’s office. While our first set of documents actually arrived on time in overnight mail, the dealership had mistakenly had Dave sign the wrong box on the title application. So, we sent a 2nd envelope by certified mail to Florida. That didn’t go so well. After 5 days, we started calling the post office. This caused something to happen. Three times within 8 hours, we were notified that it had “left” the Richmond Distribution center. Finally, 9 days later and 1 day before our temporary tags expired, we received confirmation that all had been processed, and we could install our tags on the new truck. Way too much drama for a simple transaction. ​

Wonder how long it will take for the actual title to arrive?

PictureDave uses a stapler to re-attach some veneer
RV Stuff
We had time for a few small projects over the past couple of weeks. Over time, the veneer on the side of our bed support had come loose, and our attempts to fix it with the tools we had didn’t work too well. While at the park, we had access to the right tools, and the veneer went back on within a few minutes.
It was also time to have the roof checked out. We had a mobile RV service come to inspect the roof and re-seal the fixtures on it.
​And we finally found the fix to our backup camera, that had stopped working back in NY. It turned out to be the simplest fix of all. We simply had to re-pair the camera with the monitor, but the key was to turn the camera off and back on during the pairing process. Simple. And it helps to read the instructions sometimes.

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Parting Shot

Fall has come in all its glory to the park. It makes the long days go by faster to be in the midst of the beautiful fall colors

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Late September - Finally!

9/15/2023

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PictureOur new Chevy truck
After a 2 year search, we finally found and purchased a new truck. It was a 6 hour drive away, but over a long weekend, we drove out and back to get it. By the next weekend, our Ram was sold as well. As we pulled out for the trip, our grandson joined us in his recently-acquired conversion van, which needed a few more upgrades to make it more like home.  

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Truck News

Dave has been researching a change in our truck since shortly after we purchased our Cougar RV. His interest in switching to a 4-wheel drive truck stepped up a notch after our 2-wheel drive Ram was stuck in the mud at a campground in Indiana the next summer. And while we had accepted a longbed truck in 2018 when we were desperate for a truck, we never liked its lack of maneuverability and the space it took up wherever we went. ​

So, we were serious enough about switching that we ordered not 1 but 2 trucks in December of ‘21. They didn’t arrive until late July of ‘22 when we were 1200 miles away. Not surprisingly, we let those go. Successive attempts to order another truck last fall didn’t go well either. As the market was changing, we decided to start looking for trucks on the lot. Dave also had zeroed in on the 2024 GM trucks which weren’t becoming available until early summer. 

PictureThe long road to Clintwood VA
All summer long, Dave looked at dealers along the east coast, rarely finding a ¾ ton truck on the lot, and few that met our specific criteria even in the ones en route to dealers. So, in September we started calling dealers in Florida to see about ordering one now to be delivered before we left Jacksonville in the spring. It was then that Dave stumbled across a truck that was here in Virginia that met almost all of our criteria: short bed, 4x4, 5th wheel prep, double cab, with the large screen and cameras. But Virginia is a very big state, and we discovered this dealer was about as far west as you could go in the southwest corner of the state near the Kentucky border. Never mind the drive. We talked to the salesperson on Friday morning and were on the road toward Clintwood VA on Saturday. Stopping in Abingdon Va for the weekend, we took some time to sightsee in the area before heading out early Monday morning for the 90 minute drive to Clintwood.  

Bracing ourselves for the day-long ordeal at the dealership that we experienced in 2018, we were shocked when we were given a quick review of the costs (no dealer prep or other add-ons), took a test drive and had a short session of signing papers. We were on our way in about 2 hours, which included time to walk to the nearby bank for a cashier's check.

Leaving before noon, we set out in both trucks to head back toward Pocahontas.  (Since we had planned to sell our Ram to a friend, we didn't trade the old one in.)  We stopped a couple of hours short of the park for the night to break up the trip.  
PictureDave gives final tips to Jim on the Ram
Now that we had the new Chevy, we just had to sell our old 2018 Ram.  This transaction had more drama than it should have. We discovered that we had an electronic title in Florida. This would have to be turned into a printed title to complete the sale in Virginia.  And the only way to get a printed title was to show up personally at the Florida DMV or to give someone in Florida an original signed Power of Attorney document to request it for us or wait a couple of weeks for the mail to catch up.  Pastor Barry agreed to make the trip to the DMV, and we calculated that with next day mail each way, the documents should arrive a couple of days before we needed them.

Not so fast.

The southbound POA document was mailed overnight mail on Friday morning, but didn't arrive in Jacksonville until Tuesday evening. Hmm. . . Isn’t that 4 days? Barry wasted no time and had the title in the mail before 2pm the next day. This time, our “next day” mail arrived 2 days later on Friday. Luckily the buyer had delayed his arrival until Saturday morning, and the local DMV had Saturday hours. Of course, he drove through Ophelia’s fury to pick up the truck, but other than that all went well. And 2 days later, he was on his way in the truck on a long trip to Wisconsin.

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It all worked despite the nail-biting about late deliveries.

PictureDroz helps Dave install our running boards
Fitting out the New Truck​

The new Chevy had 4-wheel drive, but that meant it was even taller than our 2-wheel drive Ram. And one of the things not already installed on the truck were running boards. After only a few rides hauling ourselves into the truck, we had some running boards on order. Our grandson Droz was staying with us and provided some helpful extra hands to get them installed. They went on pretty quickly and make the first step up not so challenging.

PictureThe new hitch installed
One of the challenges of finding the right truck was finding one with enough payload rating to support the pin weight of our fifth wheel when it is loaded. Even with a good payload rating, we are still trying to be conscious of the weight in the truck. So, we took this opportunity to switch our hitch from a Reese to a B&W Companion. The Reese was heavy enough that we would never attempt to remove it from the bed. Also, to take advantage of the “puck” system (pre-drilled holes that accept and lock in a 5th wheel hitch) on the truck, it required a large metal square rail to adapt it. The B&W Companion would connect directly to the puck system and was significantly lighter. With Droz’ help to both remove the old hitch and install the new one, the installation went smoothly.  

PicturePlenty of clearance with the RV hooked up
​However, the real test was to hitch up to the RV. The truck bed was higher than the Ram, and the hitch looked like it was sitting higher in the bed than the Reese did. Would we even be able to raise the RV up high enough to hook up? Despite all of our concerns, the RV connected easily and was within a fraction of a degree of being level once connected. Droz was especially happy, since it meant he didn’t have to take the hitch apart to adjust its height.  

PictureNewly-stained deck at 3rd Branch
Cabin Work
​While the rain and wind that came with Ophelia made for a rainy day to sell our truck, it was a mixed blessing. That same weather caused us to cancel a planned workday that was scheduled for the same time that we were to meet Jim. However, the next week we were joined by one of our local volunteers, Kevin, staying in the park for the week. He helped us tie up some loose ends from last year’s project by staining a deck in the 3rd Branch cabin group that had been built during the final days of last year's project, and painting the back of another building that had repaired in the spring, but needed some touch up.  

PictureTeen group painting boards
​And we had another workday scheduled for the next weekend. So, Kevin and Droz moved enough boards to from storage to the work site to ensure the local teen volunteers weren’t likely to run out of painting work. Unlike the previous weekend, this Saturday was warm and dry. And we had enough volunteers that we not only had them priming boards and screen trim, but cleaning some of these very dirty cabins. 

With the responses coming in from recent emails and social media posts, we managed to increase our numbers of volunteers for Cabin Work Week. And the work on other fronts continued as we planned activities, purchased supplies, and continued other preparations for the main event at the end of October. ​
PictureDroz and Grandpa work on a project.
Sharing Space

After a summer of delays, our grandson was finally able to get his conversion van out of the shop and made a trial run in it to stay for a while with us at Pocahontas. We spent time together, helping him understand some of the ins and outs of living in an RV. We helped modify his mattress to fit the space, and Grandma made a cover for it. Grandpa helped him plan an electrical system for the van and mapped out the parts he would need. Then there were some leaks that Ophelia’s rains helped expose, and with some of Grandpa’s help were mostly sealed. 

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His help was appreciated when we had to clear out the bed of the Ram and assemble and install running boards and the new hitch. And we enjoyed having some time together, whether it be over dinner or around the campfire. ​

PictureCathy outside the Birthplace of Country Music Museum
Parting Shots

We did some exploring over our weekend in southwest Virginia, crossing into Tennessee to see the Bristol Caverns and the Birthplace of Country Music Museum.  ​

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Early September - Back in Virginia

9/15/2023

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PictureShari and Dave staining the Baker Building
We lost little time upon returning to Pocahontas to get started on preparations for the Cabin Work Week project. Being at Pocahontas also put us near our daughter’s family and our grandson Droz. So, we enjoyed reconnecting with them as well.



PictureAdvertising for Cabin Work Week in the park
Cabin Work​

The primary reason we need to be back in the park in September is to prepare an order for the rough cut lumber that we want delivered during the fall project. Since this year we will tackle the last of the 6 Group Cabin sites that remain standing, and our wood order is primarily for next year’s project, we needed to understand what 2024’s project would look like. After some discussion with park management, we worked out that plan, and were able to assemble this year’s order.

PictureSome of our younger recruits
Another focus of our time early in September is the recruiting of volunteers. We post flyers throughout the park, talk to our fellow campers, hikers, former volunteers, etc., and work with Max to respond to inquiries about the project that come into the park directly. But our most unlikely volunteers came about in a conversation with Twila and an 8th grader who was camping with his grandparents in the park. Thinking he might join a work day later in the year, Dave gradually came to understand that he didn’t want to wait weeks, he wanted to do something now. Never one to turn away a volunteer, we agreed to set up to paint screen trim at our site the next day. He quickly volunteered and recruited his brother to help. Just to make sure all was well, we stopped by to get their mom’s OK that night. Sure enough, first thing the next day, the boys arrived and began painting. Over the next couple of days, the boys finished enough trim for one of our 7 cabins, and they felt great about it, too.  

PictureCabin Work Day volunteers in front of the newly-stained Baker Building
And we did a little work ourselves too. There are many historic buildings in the park, not just in the group cabin area. They are in the day use area, the CCC field and even in Maintenance. The focus of a few weeks of effort was the Baker office building in Maintenance. The entrance had a small platform approached by a couple of stairs and a ramp. This needed resurfacing. Maintenance started the work, and a pair of our long-time volunteers called out of the blue and volunteered to finish the ramp and stairs. Greg, who runs monthly work days when we are not around, pressure-washed the building, and set up a work day to stain it. On that Saturday, we joined Greg and his volunteers to stain the building. The 7 volunteers made short work of the building, and left it looking better than it had in years.  ​

PictureDave works on a fallen tree limb over Cabin 4 in 2nd Branch. Ironically, this porch roof had a couple of holes repaired in last year's project.
​Back at the 2nd Branch cabin site and at one of next year’s buildings, we took a saw and some loppers and moved branches back off the building, including a large one that had fallen on a porch roof, luckily doing no damage.



PictureGrandpa Dave, Droz and Grandma Cathy at our Labor day weekend picnic.
Family Fun

​Camping at Pocahontas gives us free passes to the pool, and arriving just before Labor Day, we had only 3 days left to use them. So, we invited Droz and his hosts for the past few months, Brian and Jessica and family over for a swim and picnic on Saturday. We had a few errands to run, so we sent them up to the pool while we set up for the picnic. It was a beautiful day for a picnic, and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. It had been several months since we had seen Droz and much longer since we had been with the Mounts.  

PictureTaylor solves a feline felony.
Unlike Saturday, the following Monday was going to be scorching hot, so we gladly accepted an invitation to visit with Bonnie’s family for some good food and good times together. Grandma Cathy and Taylor went several rounds solving Cat Crimes, and Troy tried to match his virtual road racing vehicle to Grandpa Dave’s truck. It was a great day, and we were glad to get the time together after so many months apart.​

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Parting Shot

This guy visited us and posed for a photo one day at our site. 

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Late August - Travel's End

8/31/2023

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PictureCathy and Pastor Barry on East Broadtop Railroad
Pulling into Pocahontas State Park on the last day of August, we had ended our summer’s travels. We spent much of our last 2 weeks in Amish country, but finished the month at Shenandoah River State Park, our first time there. With Pastor Barry’s help, we managed to discover 2 new railroad excursions, after we rescued him from the side of the road in nearby Ronks, PA.  

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Dinner with Friends

Leaving the Poconos for Amish country, we moved to another campground near Manheim PA, with plans to explore the area for the next 10 days. After a relatively easy set-up, we sat down to relax when we got a call from Pastor Barry, who was vacationing nearby. Since we already had plans to meet him the next day, we weren’t surprised until we heard the reason for the call.  

PicturePastor Barry says goodbye to his car
His car had been rear-ended, and while he was OK, he could use some help getting to his rental car. The timing was nearly perfect for us to help out, so we made our way to his location near the Strasburg Railroad, arriving shortly before the tow truck. However, since it was too late to make it to the rental car agency, we joined him for supper and agreed to pick him up early the next day.    

PictureDinner with friends at the Shady Maple
On a beautiful Saturday morning, we made the run to the Enterprise agency with Barry, and left in time to still make our lunch date with Nomad friends Barb and Mike Druck at the Shady Maple, an Amish buffet. Seated in a nearly empty section of the restaurant, we were able to talk, having a great time catching up and enjoying some great food. While buffets are pretty rare treats for us these days (which is a good thing), we do make the exception for Shady Maple.  

PictureDave surveys a long line of coal cars at East Broadtop RR
Riding the Rails​

Being a railroad buff, Pastor Barry clued us into a couple of excursion trains in central PA. He had plans to see one of them, the East Broadtop, the day after our lunch together. It was going to be a long trip, so we hesitated at first, but finally signed up to join him. Meeting him very early on a Sunday morning, we drove an hour to Carlisle for the Carlisle UMC early service. By 10:30, we were pulling into the East Broadtop depot in Rockhill PA, another hour west.  

PictureEast Broadtop excursion train
East Broadtop is an all-day event. This narrow gauge railroad served the iron ore, coal, and timber businesses from the mid 1800’s until the 1950’s, when the last worker walked off the site, leaving much of the site intact. A roundhouse, line-shaft driven machine shop complete with tools and machines, engines and rail cars were all left behind, and with investment over the past decades have been telling the story of this town’s rail history. A short excursion train runs behind one of the original steam engines. A tour through the shops includes firing up the line-shaft drive and some of the machines it powers. And there is also a trolley museum included with a trolley ride. ​

You can take in much of what we saw in our videos from that day.

PictureMa and Pa Railroad tickets
A week later, we found ourselves an hour south, near the MD border at the tiny town of Muddy Creek Forks, PA at the Ma and Pa Railroad Heritage Village on their WW II encampment weekend. Once again, we got to take a ride on their excursion train, which is currently using the utilitarian work cars that took rail workers out to repair the tracks. This railroad has much more of the original village preserved, with a general store, mill, and several more houses and outbuildings. And a small but enthusiastic group of WWII re-enactors were camped on the grounds for the weekend, which enhanced the experience.

PictureBaked Alaska sundae at The Jigger Shop in Mt Gretna
Hiking to some Ice Cream

We had some opportunities to explore some different trails during our latest travels. In the Lebanon Valley, a rail-to-trail that led from the nearby town of Mt. Gretna to Lebanon and beyond gave us a chance to get some exercise on a mostly level shaded path. We hiked several miles around town, and were given a little history lesson of Mt. Gretna thanks to an eagle scout project with signs and recordings that told the story of failed amusement parks, excursion railroads and a nearby National Guard encampment. But one of the rewards of getting all that exercise is the treat in Mt. Gretna’s Jigger Shop Ice Cream. A local favorite for their elaborate sundaes, we made a few stops there to cool off with some of their creations.  

PictureView from Culler's Overlook at Shenandoah River State Park
​When it was time to move on south, we pulled into Shenandoah River State Park near Front Royal VA on the last Monday of the month. This beautiful park gave us the chance to hike by the river and along the ridge, enjoying the soothing sound of the water and the breathtaking view of the valley below. Making our way along the trail to the park’s Visitor Center, we enjoyed its interpretive displays and cooled off in the patio with a view of the valley and, what else, some ice cream. 

PictureSpraying our work clothes with insect repellent
Getting Ready for Cabin Work

Since our next stop would be Pocahontas, we took some of our time at Shenandoah River to spray our work clothes with Permethrin, hoping to keep the ticks and chiggers away both on our hikes in the park and when working around the cabins. The need to keep the bugs away was reinforced by Cathy’s recent bite during the East Broadtop visit. A painful yellow fly bite turned into a minor emergency when her arm began to turn red and swell. A week’s course of antibiotics did the trick, but a little more prevention is always a good thing to avoid a repeat trip. ​

Dave continued to communicate with Pocahontas about on-going work and planning for the fall project. We ordered some replacement hoses for the Cabin Work days and arranged from some deck work on one of this year’s buildings.

PictureBack in Virginia
By month’s end, we were on our way to Pocahontas State Park, which would be our home for the next few months as it has been in the fall for many of the last few years. Time to start working on the Cabin Work Week preparations in person. ​

PicturePoster from the East Broadtop RR excursion trains
Parting Shot

The East Broadtop railroad carried passengers as well as freight. One of its summertime destinations was the nearby Methodist Camp Meeting in Pogue PA, where there would be “Excellent Sermons by Prominent Ministers".    

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Early August - Friends and Family

8/17/2023

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PictureWe reconnected with Pat and Fred at the FMCA rally.
By attending our first FMCA rally during the first few days of August, we got to reconnect with friends. Shortly after, we left NY, moving south to Pennsylvania, where we got to spend time with Dave’s mom and sister.

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FMCA Northeast Rally – Herkimer NY ​

Although we weren’t FMCA (Family Motor Coach Association) members, we made plans several months ago to attend the summer rally in Herkimer NY, because Pat and Fred planned on attending. Over the course of several conversations with the NE area president, Dave signed us up serve as Safety Officers for the event and managed to convince Fred and Pat to do the same. It would work well, he thought. We would have little scheduled duties and access to a golf cart. Pretty sweet. In the intervening months, he reached out to Mary and Angie, friends we had met at Pocahontas who now lived near Syracuse. They decided to join the event as well, and signed up to do some volunteering as well.  

PictureThe calm before the storm. Set up by ourselves at the Herkimer County Fairgrounds.
So, as we pulled into the nearly empty Herkimer County Fairgrounds on the Tuesday before the event, we were looking forward to spending time with friends and taking advantage of the offerings of the rally. We were welcomed, shown our parking place and given an overview of our duties as Safety Officers. We did some golf cart training and checked out the various venues for fire extinguishers and clear exits. Got a copy of an incident report, and we were good to go. Well, sort of. We also had a “minor” duty to ensure no rig was parked closer than 5 ft from another to comply with fire regulations. This proved to be a wildly unpopular role.  

PictureThe campground filled up with 160 rigs.
The next day, we were asked to each drive golf carts to guide RV’s to the parking attendants, checking for distance compliance when necessary through the day. But confusion reigned, and we found ourselves sitting around much of the day, looking to help but not getting much direction. We did manage to guide Mary and Angie into a spot near us and then Pat and Fred to one on the other side. And there was the occasional distance problem that was reported back to the head of parking. However, when we were just about ready to call it quits for the day, we suddenly learned we had a new responsibility. The state inspector had arrived and given several new requirements that needed to be communicated to every rig. We split up - Pat and Cathy in one cart and Fred and Dave in the other. We stopped by each rig and repeated our spiel – awnings 5 ft away, open flames 10ft away. After making the rounds, we were glad to call it a day.  ​

PictureVendor Fair
With all of the RV’s parked, we figured the next day would be pretty quiet. However, Pat and Cathy found themselves manning the “pumpout” sign-up table, which was pretty mild duty considering Dave and Fred ended up spending 5 hours following the propane truck around the campground from mid-morning to mid-afternoon. However, we didn’t miss too much because the 3 seminars slated for the morning session didn’t happen because the speakers failed to show. Without recounting the details of the rest of the rally, to say it went poorly is an understatement. Probably the lowest point was spending another 4 1/2 hours behind the pumpout truck.  

PictureDave and Fred
But the opportunity to spend time with our friends did materialize, and we had a great time with Pat and Fred and Mary and Angie. Despite our enhanced duties, we had lots of time to socialize and we really enjoyed the reunion. While we don’t see an FMCA membership in our future, the event did give us this time together which was the best part of it. ​

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General Clinton Park – Bainbridge NY

Leaving Herkimer later on Sunday after most RV’s had left, we headed south to Bainbridge NY and the town’s General Clinton Park. This was our 2nd stay at the park. Pulling along side our neighbors, we struck up a conversation and learned they were musicians and would be playing that night at an ice cream social fundraiser. It was at the Maywood Depot in the tiny town of Sidney Center, and was originally the site of a wooden trestle bridge for the NY O & W RR. The foundations can be still be seen in the valley below the historic depot.  

PictureJim performing tunes at the Maywood Depot Ice Cream Social fundraiser.
So, that evening we found ourselves looking over a scenic valley, enjoying some homemade blueberry pie a la mode, accompanied by Jim’s music. It was a hidden treasure we would have missed had we not struck up that conversation.

PictureFetish Lane performing at General Clinton Park
A few days later, we were enjoying a different style of music. The park had a local band playing to an enthusiastic crowd, with a nearby food truck feeding the patrons. We learned later that at least 2 of the performers were local high school teachers. Maybe that explained the range of ages in the audience. We certainly had a good time.

PictureIn our site at Silver Valley
Silver Valley Campground – Saylorsburg PA​

The next morning we headed out for Pennsylvania. We would be staying once again at the Silver Valley Campground. Since we had been there before we weren’t too worried about our route. However, that changed when we turned down the road toward the campground and saw a “5-ton limit” sign. Apparently a bridge had been restricted since last year. Since we weigh closer to 9 tons, this wasn’t going to work. Calling the campground, we worked out another route, but it meant we had to turn around on this road. We were lucky that there were 2 open paved driveways that were available for us to back into and turn around. We made our way around to the campground using the other route successfully.  

PictureBlue Ridge Winery wine selection
With more time in the area this year, we enjoyed a few more activities at the campground, including a wine tasting, music and dancing one Saturday night. There were also a wine tour and tastings at the nearby Blue Ridge Winery, along with some wood-fired pizza that we enjoyed on their outdoor patio. As an extra bonus, we were given a boxful of corks to give to Dave’s mom and sister who are using them for their crafts.    

PictureCathy with part of dead branch that hit our neighbor's RV
That night, a storm blew through the campground, and when we woke up the next morning, we had new neighbors. A large branch from a dead tree had punched into their roof overnight and they had moved in the middle of the night to avoid any more damage. Dave worked with them to offer tools and supplies to make some temporary repairs, sharing our experience with some similar damage on our old RV.  

PictureDiane and Dave repair a hose
Family Time

The main reason for our stay at Silver Valley was to visit with Dave’s Mom, sister Diane and Pam. We spent several days with them over the next week, catching up and working through a number of tasks to help them out. We trimmed trees, powerwashed a fence, repaired a hose, and helped move and set up a queen bed for one of Diane’s friends, and lots more. And, as always, there was a lot of computer work.  

It was great to see them and enjoy time together.  

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Losing Weight​

No. This isn’t about our daily checkup on the bathroom scales. We have been concerned about the weight of the RV as we continue to search for a new truck, trying to ensure we can match our weight with a new truck’s payload. We have made considerable efforts over the past year to cull out extraneous stuff and reduce our overall weight. Since the rally took place next door to a truck stop with a CAT Scale, we decided to see how well we’ve done. The good news was that we have lost weight. The bad news is that with all of our efforts, the combined weight was just 20 lbs less than the last time we ran across the scales 2 years ago. Maybe we need to work more on that number on the bathroom scales instead.  
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Late July - In-Between Time

7/31/2023

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PictureSunset from our campsite at Adirondack Gateway Campground
​Enjoying more of our in-between time after seeing Jayden off, we stayed in the Central NY area while seeing some sites and taking it easy. Our stop at the Utica RR station had given us some ideas, and we were back to take an excursion train north to Tupper Lake. There are a lot of creeks and canals in this area, and we enjoyed one by boat and the other by tube. And the weather cooperated throughout all of them.



PictureFirepit by pond on campground hiking trail
Adirondack Gateway Campground​

We found this campground to be one of our favorite stops on this trip. It was easy to get into, had a beautiful setting, and had more to do than we expected. We enjoyed their hiking trails and a swim in the pool each day. They even had an arcade with a few free games, such as hoops, which was a fun distraction. We didn’t choose to take advantage of the driving range, but it was huge. 
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PictureLois, Cathy and Dave at Tupper Lake after riding the Adirondack Scenic Railroad
Riding the Rails Again​

Utica has a devoted group of railroad enthusiasts who have been organized and working for more than 30 years at restoring the rails and rail cars to take passengers from Utica up into the Adirondacks. This past February, the Adirondack Scenic RR opened its longest route to date, traveling round-trip to Tupper Lake. When we saw that our timing was right to take the trip, we jumped at it.  

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By coincidence, Dave’s cousin Lois was at her place in Tupper Lake as well, so we got a chance to see her briefly on our midpoint stop. It was beautiful weather and we thoroughly enjoyed the trip and the hosting by the volunteers who made it happen. As we have done with all of our rail trips lately, we made a video of this excursion for you to enjoy. 

PictureCathy on West Canada Creek
Tubing on West Canada Creek
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On a hot summer day, what better way to cool off than float down a lazy river? We found just the place at nearby West Canada Creek Campground. They run a tubing concession on the creek that borders the campground. We chose to join the “4-hour” float trip. Loading up with lots of water and sunscreen, we made our way to the shuttle at the campground. Driving a short distance upstream, the shuttle carried us and another group to the put-in point along the river. We each picked up a tube and gingerly climbed down a short, but steep path to the water.  

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The river carried us past a fly fisherman, a few houses on either bank, around some islands until we approached the campground where we had started. The river flow was peaceful, but we had to be off the river by 4pm, when the flow would increase by 3 times its volume due to a release from the dam upstream. And at the end of day, we could walk to the Li’l Red Caboose ice cream store on the property for what locals described as the best ice cream in the area. Does it get any better than that? You can travel the river with us in this video.

PictureOur Canal Cruising boat seemed to have traveled as far as we did.
10 Miles on the Erie Canal

While we have traveled the western part of the Erie Canal, we hadn’t been on the eastern portion at all, which is generally following the Mohawk River.. While waiting for our RR trip, we discovered literature on a canal cruise in nearby Herkimer that would take us through an historic lock over a 90 minute cruise. The route followed one of the land cuts along the Mohawk, in this case bypassing the rapids between Herkimer and Jacksonburg. We lucked into a gorgeous day for the trip, and really enjoyed the captain who was an entertaining and informative tour guide as well. Here’s a video of our trip.

PictureSpruce Creek
We ended the month at another private campground in the rural area north of Herkimer. From Spruce Creek, we visited a nearby covered bridge at Salisbury Center. 

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Then we picked a couple quarts of blueberries at a nearby Amish farm, shortly before heading to the Herkimer County Fairgrounds for the FMCA Rally.​

PictureOur replacement spare tire ready to be re-mounted.
Truck Stuff​

When we found our tires spinning in the grass at a campsite a couple of weeks ago, Dave started looking more closely at the truck tires. He finally concluded that he would upgrade the rear tires by buying a new tire and pairing it with our full-size spare. Since the tires being removed still had life in them, we had the best of them mounted as the replacement spare tire. Watching the service tech remove the spare tire was very enlightening, and made us hope we never have to repeat the process on the side of the road.

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Service techs removing the truck's spare tire.
Lightning Strikes Twice​

Just when we thought all was back in service for Faith’s internet, a violent storm took out the church’s power and created a number of failed devices in the church’s network. We first were alerted to the problem when Pastor Ricardo called with a problem one Sunday evening. But we didn’t fully understand the scope until the next day. Nelson was recruited to help us walk through the network and get it working again. But between the 2 outages this summer, we were running low on switches, so it was time to order more. Fingers crossed that we can survive the rest of the summer.
PictureTaste of Lebanon sampler plate
Parting Shots

Looking for a quick bite after our train trip, we lucked into a Lebanese food festival in Utica. We enjoyed a sampler plate of goodies while listening to a live band. Nice end to the day.

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Early July - Family time

7/16/2023

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PictureJayden, Grandpa and Grandma at the Albany train station
Arriving in Massena on July 1st, we spent the next 2 weeks visiting with our grandson Jayden, helping him start his college search and setting him on his way for a long train ride to Missouri to see his dad. ​

PictureAt Robert Moses State Park
Robert Moses State Park

As our plans developed to visit our grandson in Massena, we knew we needed to make reservations at the nearby Robert Moses State Park. Given that it would be July 4th week, we were a little late to get one reservation to cover the entire 2 weeks. So, we ended up having to move 2 times while we were there. Situated on the St. Lawrence River, the park is close enough to Canada that our cell phones kept telling us we were in Canada. That also put us closest to the Canadian wildfires, so the smoky haze covered us for several days while we were there.  
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PictureJayden (behind those sunglasses) at SUNY-Canton
Jayden joined us for several days at the campground. We also hit the road with him to Potsdam and Canton to visit colleges that were on his list of possibilities. His mom and siblings joined us for a picnic one Saturday, and we even managed to get him to an eye exam, which was much harder to arrange in this small town than we ever thought it would be.  ​

PictureHeading south on I-87
Changing Plans

We had been working for several weeks on making travel plans that would connect several events – a birthday party, a train trip and a campground within reach of both. With some coordination between family members in 4 states, we had a plan. We would move from Massena to a Boondocker’s Welcome host near Utica on Friday, the 14th. On Saturday, we would drive 2+ hours to Lake Peekskill on the Hudson River for the birthday party. On Sunday, we would drive north to Albany, where Dave and Jayden would board the Lakeshore Limited headed west. While Jayden would travel its length to Chicago and then on the Southwest Chief to Missouri, Dave would get off in Utica. Cathy meanwhile would drive the truck to meet him and we would complete the circuit back to the RV. It looked like it would all work.

Until things changed.

First, one of the birthday girls (Dave’s mom), couldn’t make the trip to Lake Peekskill. While the birthday party would continue, we decided that it didn’t make sense for us to travel so many hours over the weekend, when we would be able to spend more time with Dave’s mom and sister in August. We decided to change our campsite from Utica to one nearer Albany. We found one about 45 minutes away. It should work well. ​​

PictureAt a rest area on I87 near Lake George

Next, it rained. A LOT. As we studied the route options from Massena to Albany to Lake Peekskill, some of them were skirting road closures due to washouts. The deluge was making the national news with forecasts of more coming as we moved south. Also the tracks from NYC to Albany had been flooded, impacting one half of the Lakeshore Limited, which was actually cancelled for a few days while the tracks were repaired. We decided to take a longer route south to go around the Adirondacks, so we wouldn’t risk encountering a sudden road closure with the trailer in tow, and we would watch the weather, hoping it caused no more problems for the train.

But all that rain would create one more problem.

Since we had chosen a longer route around the Adirondacks, Dave had a long drive from Massena to the tiny town of Galway near Schenectady NY. Arriving after 2pm, we tried to set up on the grassy site, which was slick from the recent rain. As the tires started to spin, we had visions of getting stuck again as we had 2 years ago in similar circumstances. We managed to make adjustments and decided we could make this work. We completed our set up and all was well.

Until the power shut down.

Our Power Watchdog was detecting low voltage and kept turning off the power. Since our site had no shade and the outside temperatures were rising, leaving the AC off was not going to fly. The campground came to analyze the problem, but concluded the only solution was for us to move sites. While it was a short hop to the new campsite, the site was muddier than the one we were in. We were going to try it anyway, but our attempt to hookup the truck did not go well. The wheels spun as Dave had to maneuver over a large lip at the forward edge of the site and align perfectly to hitch up. When we were finally hooked up and off the site, we decided to keep going, leaving this campground for the next one on our itinerary. It was 90 minutes away, but we could pull into our site 5 days early and stay put.  

PictureOur site at Adirondack Gateway Campground, next to the soybean field
We pulled into the Adirondack Gateway Campground north of Utica at 7pm. Thanks to the long summer days, we had enough daylight to set up, and the pull-through site was easy to enter. This was a grass site, but the gravel underneath meant it was solid. We were finally set after a very long day.


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PictureJayden's train arriving at Utica
All Aboard

With our unexpected move, we were now 2 hours from Jayden’s departure point at the Albany Amtrak station. Although his train didn’t depart until 7pm on Sunday evening, we left around noon to make the trip, with a few stops along the way. We picked up a few last-minute travel items and got some dinner before arriving at the station late afternoon.

Grandpa had given Jayden a lot of advice on packing for the train, but most of that fell apart when we discovered he couldn’t check his bag, since his destination had no baggage service. So, Cathy left Grandpa and Jayden with his bags at the station and headed to Utica, a little over 2 hours up the highway.  

PictureLakeshore Limited cars combining in Albany
The Lakeshore Limited has 2 origin points – Boston and NYC. The 2 trains combine in Albany. Due to a fortuitous stroke of luck, Dave and Jayden got to board the train early before the trains were joined. They got to watch as the 2 sections were coupled together. Heading out about a half hour late, the Lakeshore Limited had a few stops before reaching Utica, but never made up the time. The NYC half of the train was missing the cafe car, so as soon as it opened, there was a bit of mad rush. By the time the train arrived in Utica, Jayden had just made it up to the counter, but Grandpa missed out. We waved goodbye to Jayden and drove back to the RV, grateful all had started out well for Jayden’s trip west, but glad to be at the end of another long day. We uploaded a video of Dave’s portion of the trip here. ​

Monitoring the train’s progress, we ensured all went well with Jayden’s transfer in Chicago and on to Missouri the next day.  

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Parting Shot
Although the sites at Robert Moses State Park had no water at the site, the third of our 3 sites sat next to one of the water fills. The campers in the site the week before us had used that to advantage, running a slip ‘n’ slide and having lots of water balloon fights. While they did a good job cleaning up early in the week, they didn’t do such a good job later. This is the pile of balloon remnants Cathy collected over our stay.  

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