A peek at Life on the Road
Author: John W.
Day 3, Thursday 4/27/2023, Pine Creek Rail Trail The pine Creek rail trail runs north-south for 60 miles on the eastern side of the Pennsylvania Wilds, a less developed mountainous region located north-central PA. The upper section of the trail starts near the “Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania”. The lower section of the trail where … Continue reading Pine Creek Rail Trail, PA
Day 2, Wednesday 4/26/2023 A National Geographic guide describes Rickets Glen as an undiscovered gem of Pennsylvania Parks! It is situated in the Allegheny uplands at elevation from 2,400 to 1,300’. The campground has around 120 camping sites, and 25-30 FHU camper sites. The park trails feature 22 named waterfalls amidst craggy shale ledge cascades. … Continue reading Rickets Glen State Park, Pennsylvania
Tuesday 4/25/2023 - Day 1 RV Loop, PA and NY The first day is a 5 state drive day, NH, MA, CT, NY, PA. It is easy in the northeast to cover a number of states in a day because those founding states are rather small. Most of the drive was straight forward interstate … Continue reading April, 2023, Destination = Pennsylvania and New York
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5/5-8/2022 The shortest distance between 2 points is a straight line, lucky for us there is an active ferry line which travels the straight line from Cape Henlopen Delaware to Cape May New Jersey. The land route around is many miles. The cost to float the camper is actually reasonable, $40, then add $8 … Continue reading Cape May, New Jersey
05/04/2022 There is a fabulous air museum located at the southern edge of the Dover Air Force base, the Air Mobility Command Museum. We were greeted upon entry by one of the many informative volunteers, who are mostly retired service personnel. On the tarmac there is a large collection of Airforce planes, with a … Continue reading Air Mobility Museum, Dover Delaware
05/04/2022 There it is, at a prominent location a beautiful totem pole, I think that must be,… Rain showers are forecast, it’s a good afternoon to tour down the Delaware coast to the parks on the narrow barrier sand. Passing this large carving, I need to stop on the return north and find out … Continue reading Trail of the Whispering Giants, part 2
Cape Henlopen, on the northern tip of the Delmarva (three state Delaware, Maryland, Virginia) peninsula, was used by the military to fortify the entrance to Delaware Bay. Eleven observation towers, height 39-75’, were built as lookouts for potential seaborn threats. Clusters of gun emplacements are located around the property, as are ammunition batteries, Fort … Continue reading Cape Henlopen, Setting & History
5/1-4/2022 Today, Cape Henlopen is a Delaware State Park with a great seashore campground, bike and hiking trails, unspoiled beachfront and dunes, and a couple of freshwater ponds. The bike trails have a great mix of scenery, and are a great draw for the campers and day trippers. The campground has areas for tenting … Continue reading Cape Henlopen, DE
4/30/2022 Ohiopyle is a large park, with other protected forest lands nearby. In the center is park headquarters, and the village of Ohiopyle. An active dual rail track runs past the village following the Youghiogheny (Yough) River Valley on the river’s north side. Another track previously followed the south side, and is now part … Continue reading OhioPyle, PA
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