RV Adventure of a Life Time – Final Installment

After returning to Colorado to enjoy the city’s fireworks displays from a campsite in Cheyenne Mountain State Park.  The third installment is about our most fantastic RV Adventure to the southeast and the entire east coast. Nope, we had never ventured to the East Coast.  We planned, saved , and finally it was time!

Mid-August of 2024  hubby, I, Mystic, Taco, and Sammy, took off for a three-month RV Adventure, across the south-eastern United States, then covered the north-east all the way up to Bar Harbor, Maine.  What fun experience in our 38-foot fifth-wheel pulled by our one-ton Dodge Pickup.

We traveled through Kansas and Missouri. Stopping in Branson, MO. Boy was it hot. Visited  Dolly Parton’s Stampede. It’s a dinner club and show venue. Thank goodness it was cooler than the 104 degrees outside.

Spent a couple of days in Sumer, Mississippi visiting friends. What a spread they have, land, pond, and home.  Their pond has fish that eat mosquito larva, so no mosquito problem.  We sat on their back porch, sipped iced tea and had a nice visit.

Then on to Georgia for a couple of days to visit with Kathy and her bird, Reggie celebrating his 27th hatchday. Taco and Reggie enjoyed corn muffins. Sadly in April 2025, Reggie recently passed away from a stroke

I had two book signings during our RV Adventure.  One at Mystic’s Chow Chow Breeders, D & M Farm Kennel, reunion at the Cherokee/Smoky Mountain KOA in North Carolina.  It was so much fun, almost fifty people, lots of very well-behaved chows over five days.

Then it was north to Carthage, NC to see friends.

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Mystic Connecticut we had the best Pizza we’d had in our lives at Mystic Pizza. You remember Mystic Pizza from the movie with the same name.

 

We stopped at Virginia Beach KOA and encountered an interesting situation.  When we arrived, the person who checked us in and showed us to our site, said nonchalantly, “Oh by the way, the Hell’s Angels are staying with us for a few days. But don’t worry, they brought their own security.” Not that we are phobic or anything…but that isn’t something you hear when you check in usually.   Ten or twelve members return from partying one night at 1:30 a.m., was disconcerting. Other than that, it was uneventful but their presence was felt all over the campground.  Our dog even wanted to check out their bikes.

 

 

 

 

Salem was a blast. Buskers (street entertainers) were on or at every corner or storefront, juggling, singing, magic, playing instruments, and the stores were full of fun. The streets were soooo narrow, so we took the trolly. Saw the Witch’s house and the house used in the movie Hocus Pocus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Majestic Niagara Falls, there are no words. Such a feat of Mother Nature.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Having never been to Maine, we didn’t know what to expect. Cape Cod had beautiful sunsets with great seafood.

 

 

 

 

Bar Harbor was more of the same. Our trailer site was right on the shore with several fantastic sunsets! Loved the sound of the waves crashing on the shore has we slept.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The second book signing was in a small town in upstate New York with Carol Henry, another author from my publishing house. I love visiting with readers and other authors!  We enjoyed dinner out with Carol and her hubby, Gary. What a blast.

Finally, sadly it was time to head towards home. Had to stop in Ohio to see more friends.

Then we hightailed it home arriving just days before a multi-day snowstorm dropped 20 inches at  home in Colorado! Next Sunday we’ll have the regular Sunday Snippet!  Please stop by!

 

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