Life Adventures

Reedy Creek Park We've traveled to Concord about twice a year over the past few years to attend the dog show.  The closest park to the trial site (at Cabbarus Arena and Event Center) is Frank Liske Park.  There's a lake to walk around and a nice trail that runs the perimeter of the park.  Great for strollers, easy walking, and running.  There are also picnic areas, playgrounds, and ball fields.  It's a large park.  Opens at 8am though, not before.  A couple years ago we found this alternative park, Reedy Creek.  All wooded trails and not too crowded. There is also a couple lake/ponds to walk around.  We take the Sassafrass Loop to the Sierra Loop Trial.  From there we take the South Fork Trail towards the Nature Center.  From there we take Dragonfly and go around the pond, and then circle back to Sassafrass.  Takes about an hour and a half walking with dogs.  We backtrack around the pond sometimes and then back to Sass...

Sometimes it takes a little nudge to get you to try an experience you've forgotten you enjoyed so much.  That nudge was an invite to a big shindig for my friend Jenna's 40th birthday. It gave us the opportunity to plan a RV trip to Camp Hatteras, and I haven't visited there in over 13 years. Jenna's husband rented a 28 bedroom house in Corolla, NC.  Russ and I hadn't even been through that area for about 6 years.  Good thing didn't know the distance we'd have to travel when I made the plan or else I might have thought twice about it. Hatteras Island looked how I remembered.  The untamed Pea Island refuge area still carries that feeling of complete isolation from the rest of the world.  Just you and the beach.  It's here where I used to take Phinny and Noel to the beach so they could run off lead, chase the frisbee, and play in the water.  Only memories now.  They are never with us long enough. We pulled into Camp Hatteras campgro...

We took the 95 N route to Bar Harbor KOA from NH. Weather was much cooler in Maine. We arrived at the KOA Bar Harbor Oceanside, site 272 the best site in the campground.  Right on the water. I would say the campground in total has a typical KOA campground feel to it.  But, if you luck out to get a nice site on the water, the campground takes on a completely different feel.  The campground is not far from the town of Bar Harbor.  The cost of the campground is really for that water view and the proximity to Bar Harbor.  We headed into town and mom and dad got crabcake and lobster roll sandwiches from our favorite fresh seafood place Peekytoe Provisions. Russ and I got fresh Scottish salmon to put into a salad. On our next trip to Peekytoes we ate the amazing crab cakes and crab bisque for lunch. The bisque was amazing and we recommend paying the $2 extra for more crab meat in the bisque. We were here last fall and had a cafe we loved for popove...

River Rock Gorge Left Hershey on Friday at 6am.  Traveled I81 N to I84 east and then to Saco River Campground. We chose Saco River as its near hiking on Kancamagus highway.  Also, it's an easy in and out, good place for walking dogs, and organized campground. Lots of rules though and I have never seen a speed limit sign that says 5 1/2 miles an hour. Also charges $4 a day/dog. Yet, we will stay there again when up this way.  Don't need to state preference for sites because all are pretty good. We stayed in site 43. We met up with my parents who we haven't seen since last summer. It's their first time in New England. Kancamagus Highlights: We think it's nicer than the Blueridge parkway for a couple reasons; 1) easier scenic points to access on foot, and 2) lots of interesting topography with rivers, gorges, ledges. The places to see are: 1) Sabbaday falls - easy .6 mile hike to spectacular falls, 2) River Rock gorge - easy short hike to gorge view, ...

The Hershey Thousand Trails Campground was the first stop on the long trip to Maine.  It's the second time we've taken the trip to Maine in the RV. The first trip was September 2015. With a road trip of this magnitude, and going into some heavily populated areas, I did my research and followed the sage advice to avoid NY and I-95 north. I made a plan to go through Hershey PA and continue on I81 N to I84 E from there. Loop B The Hershey Campground is good for a few nights. We prefer loop C, but have also stayed in loop B. Loop A is up on a big hill. It's usually full, but not sure why people prefer it up there....perhaps satellite which we don't care about.  We usually seek a level site, easy in and out, and some decent space between sites. Older picture from our first trip to Hershey Campground There's a nearby restaurant in Elizabethtown we like called Maja Maja's, a nice local place. Decent prices and food. It's a BYOB place for those interes...