Winter Excursion 11, Day 12

The goal was to be on the road by 1000. We made it by 0930. I can't tell everyone how nice it is to have electric dump valves, and automatic leveling/upleveling on this camper. It makes hooking up way easier and it sure helped me this morning.

The 300 mile trip to Claytor Lake State Park was uneventful, just the way we like it.

We did the bare minimum setting up and once again I was grateful for the amenities on this camper. Set up only took a few minutes with very little moving around and bending up and down to raise/lower jacks and stabilizers. In 30 minutes I was back in my chair with my foot up watching NFL football. My ankle is doing better and I'm sure after a few restful days it will be fine. The swelling is slowly going down.

We will be here at Claytor Lake for four days with no plans to do anything! I'll get a few pics tomorrow or the next day.

Winter Excursion 11, Day 11

Today is Saturday and we have to leave this campground tomorrow. I would have extended our reservation, but this site is not available. We decide to just move to our next campground.

I am finally able to hobble around a little, so we went to the store for a few supplies. I stayed in the truck, Cath did the shopping. One of the items she picked up was a set of crutches for me. They sure helped with my mobility.

We spent the afternoon in camp putting everything away for our trip tomorrow. I can usually get all the outside stuff done in 30 minutes, today it took three hours. All this moving around did not help my ankle and the swelling actually got a little worse.

Tomorrow we are on the road again! 

Winter Excursion 11, Days 8, 9, &10

I'm sure some of you noticed I've missed a few days doing the Blog. The day before we met our friends for dinner I tripped getting into the shower and tweaked my left ankle. The tweak turned into a nasty sprain with lots of swelling and pain to go with it. I've been "camper bound" for the past three days and for the most part unable to walk.

We had plans to visit Kristen and Family for dinner, but I was unable to get out of the camper and drive for an hour, so Kristen and the girls came to us. They brought a yummy dinner and we had a fun evening catching up. I was still in considerable pain and forgot to get any pics. We will see them on the way home in the spring and I'll get some pics then. The girls are getting big!
 

Winter Excursion 11, Day 7

We had a lazy day in camp. We put our outside stuff away as rain is forecast for tonight and tomorrow.

We drove over to some camping friends house to check out their new fifth wheel camper. It is really nice and I'm sure they will enjoy it.

We all went to a local TexMex joint for dinner and the food was really good.

Back at camp we watched a couple of movies and then hit the rack.

Winter Excursion 11, Day 6

We slept late again (sucks to be retired) and then had a nice breakfast.

We left camp around 1030 and headed to Colonel Denning State Park. It was only about 30 miles away, but I could not remember visiting when I was a kid in this area. Anyway we did the short drive and got to see the park.

It is a nice, small park with a nice trout pond. The campground is very small and hilly. Not suitable for our current camper. If you are a tenter or a pop-up-er, it's perfect.

On the ay back to camp we stopped at the Dutch Country Store. I had to have my Pennsylvania pickled egg/beet fix.

Cath picked up some black strap molasses. She says it will be used for ginger bread. I can't wait!

Back at camp it was campfire time again.

I forgot to post yesterday that we scored some cute butterflies from the elephant joint. They have magnets in them and now hang from our over-island lights.

It's been a fun time here. More to follow!

  

Winter Excursion 11, Day 5

We were lazy this morning after the time change. Cath made some super good French Toast for breakfast (or was it brunch)....LOL

We did some camp maintenance and stayed around camp. 

Early afternoon we left camp and went to Mister Ed's Elephant Museum & Candy Emporium. We have been there before and were able to stock up on peanuts and candy. They have all the old stuff we remember from our childhood.

Back at camp we enjoyed the weather and sat outside by the fire until dusk.

We did find these painted rocks near our site. Cath was scared of the eyes on the top rock! The other is supposed to be a flag. That kid will not be an artist!

We are going to do a little exploring tomorrow. Stayed truned for more fun!

Winter Excursion 11, Day 4

We left camp at 0930 (beat our 1000 as the latest departure time). Got on I-81 and drove the 270 miles to our new campground at Caledonia State Park near Chambersburg, PA. We've been here before and really enjoy the area. It's near where I grew up and went to college. We had some nice cloud formations on the drive.

We arrived around 1430 and called our camping friends, Bob & Marie, and made plans to meet them at a local joint for dinner. They are camping in Gettysburg, PA. about 20 miles from us. We had a great evening catching up as we've not seen them since June. The "local joint" was a joint, but nice. Beer was cold and the food was good! We will meet up again in Jun 27 at Ives Run Campground.

Back at camp we watched a John Wick movie. We are looking forward to Chapter Five.

Here's a pic of our new site. We are here for a week.

All is well in the Boss Camp!