This year we headed Northbound, to visit New England and add more states to our camping map. We spent a week at Cold Springs Camp Resort in Weare, NH, taking many day trips to the surrounding area. We were given a great campsite right on the creek, in a section covered by trees. The site was huge for us to roll out our awning and set up all of our camper “stuff”. This was one of the nicest campsites we have ever had! Our first day was a bit unsettling to say the least. We left in the late morning to go eat lunch at a local joint called Nana’s Snack Shack and take a ride around Concord. The food at Nana’s was great, we were hoping to sit outside at the picnic tables, but the skies opened and there were torrential downpours. When we arrived back at our campground after driving around Concord, we almost had a heart attack. Trees were down, a few campers were toppled by the trees, there was no power, and flooding everywhere. Apparently, there was a very destructive micro burst while we were gone. Our hearts sank into our stomach as we were making our way to our campsite. We had no idea what we would find. Thankfully, our camper stood there intact however, it was covered by small fallen branches. We were extremely lucky. After cleaning up the debris, we set up camp. We laid out our mat and hung up our GEORGIA lights on the awning and instantly became the hit of the campground! Obviously, northerners are not into college football like the southern crowd is!
Our next day trip was to Wiscasset, Maine, a small historic village on the Sheepscot River. Of course, we wanted to see the scenery, but the real reason was to eat lobster rolls. We chose Red’s Eats for the lobster rolls, $20 each. The price was bad enough, but the hour and a half wait on line was worse. It was fun though talking to the others standing in line. To top it off, because our girls do not know how to act in public, we had to eat these delicious delicacies in the truck.
Providence, Rhode Island was next. Of course we ate more seafood, this time fried clam strips and New England clam chowder at Iggy’s. So good!
Our special visitors arrived for a long weekend. Tomasz, Jessi, Ela, and Julia drove up from Brooklyn to spend time “glamping” with us. What fun times we had! Swimming in the pools, fire engine rides, tye-dye shirts, Jiffy Pop popcorn, campfires, s’mores, and “adult” time when the girls went to bed left us with great memories! It sure was quiet when they left…
After New Hampshire, next stop was Colchester, Vermont. Driving through the forests and countryside north were beautiful. One of our day trips was a loop across to Grand Isle, heading north to the top of the islands in Lake Champlain, driving back through the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge, then south through Smugglers’ Notch, Stowe, and back to Burlington. We were disappointed in the Lake Champlain islands, expecting more upscale towns.
Leaving Vermont, began our trip back down south. Knowing we were approaching Labor Day and did not have campground reservations for the weekend we camped one night below Corning, NY before settling outside Pittsburg for the holiday weekend. This campground had 1000+ sites and was the only place we could find to stay for the weekend without a reservation. Oh boy, the campers were right on top of each other, packed in like sardines. Far cry from Cold Springs Camp Resort, but when you don’t have a choice, you are just thankful for a place to hunker down. Lesson learned.
Final stop on our way home was Mt. Airy, North Carolina. Just had to visit Andy Griffith’s town. Keeping with the theme, we stayed at Mayberry Campground. Another fun camping trip comes to an end, with us already wanting to plan our next trip…westbound!
