As I mentioned in our last post, the news that we were told that we had a unit was available to us in Stoneridge at the Park caused us to make a drastic change in plans. While we were still in Lansing at the Cottonwood Campground, we said good-bye to some of our friends from the area. We ordered our ReloCube from U-Pack. Some of our stuff, mostly photographs, was at my sister’s house in Canadian Lakes, neat Stanwood and we drove there to pick them up and spend some time with her. From there we drove to Irons to see some friends from our old church Roger and Darcy, and Stan and Betsy. On Septem ..read more

We had completed our RV caravan to the Canadian Maritime Provinces and were finalizing our plans to travel to Florida for the winter when we got a call from Stoneridge at the Park in Tacoma, WA. Several years ago, we put our names on a waiting list to rent a unit in this 55 plus community. The call was to advise us that a unit was available for us with a move-in date of November 1st. This was the first vacancy they had had in the last ten months for the type of unit we wanted. We would  have preferred to go to Florida this winter and move to Washington next spring or summer but there were ..read more

The Road Home When we had our breakdown and had to stay behind as our caravan continued their travels, we hoped that we would be able to catch up to them at some point and finish this journey with them. When it became obvious that we would not be able to do that, we looked at exploring some of the scheduled stops and sights on our own. Unfortunately, our forced stay in St. Anthony went on too long. We did enjoy ourselves, had some great experiences, and met some absolutely wonderful people, but we were ready to get back to the USA. After we left St. Anthony with a short stop at the dealer in D ..read more

Every RVers Worst Nightmare – Part Two The next week another Fantasy RV caravan came into the park. It appears that our predicament had been communicated to the Wagon Masters and some of the travelers stopped by to express their sympathy. The Wagon Master invited us to join them on a whale-watching cruise and we jumped at the chance. The weather was nice and we saw a couple pods of porpoise in addition to two whales that we watched for quite a while. They would stay near the surface and occasionally would dive deeper, lifting their tails in the process. It was a great time and a good opportuni ..read more

Every RVers Worst Nightmare We departed Port Aux Choix on July 4th. We were on our way fairly early as we had a long drive ahead of us. I thought the engine had been running a little rough and had some intermittent oil pressure warnings. I had called a GM dealer in St. Anthony, near our next stop to take the truck to them and have it checked out. I had checked locally but couldn’t find any place to have it checked in Port au Choix. We were part of the way there when the engine made a grinding noise. I lost all power and coasted to a stop on the shoulder of the road. I couldn’t restart it. We p ..read more

We rolled off the ferry in Port aux Basques in the late afternoon of June 30th. It had been a long, but easy crossing, about seven hours. Our first stop in Newfoundland was the Grand Codroy RV/Tent Camping Park. The park was located on a small lake that had an amazing sunset. It looked like you could see two suns at the same time. The next morning we loaded onto a bus for a tour of Port aux Basques and the Codroy Valley. Our tour guide was one of the owners of the campground. She started giving this tour when a guide scheduled for an earlier Fantasy RV Caravan did not show up and she has b ..read more

Pre-Caravan – Bar Harbor, ME We arrived at Hadley’s Point Campground in Bar Harbor, ME on Monday, June 6th. When we left Key West in mid-March, this was our ultimate destination. We were scheduled to meet the RV Caravan with Fantasy RV Tours here to continue into the Canadian Maritime Provinces on June 9th. On Tuesday we drove to the Acadia National Park Visitor Center and then onto to the trailhead for the North Ridge Cadillac Mountain Trail. This was a neat hike, starting in pine forest and then breaking out into more open, rocky terrain. As we climbed the mountain, the scenic views of the A ..read more

We found a lovely campground near New York City, Croton Point Campground. It is a Westchester County park on a peninsula in the Hudson River. The sites are nice with electric, water, and sewer hookups, it appeared that most were 30 amp and some 50 amp service. They are good-sized sites with level gravel pads. There are walking trails in the park and a bicycle trail that follows the Hudson River. It was a hilly area and challenging for bicyclists, but we had several enjoyable rides while we were there. There is a train station two miles from the campground and we took advantage of that when we ..read more

If you have ever enjoyed a Hershey Chocolate Bar, then this is a place you should visit. Hershey, PA is truly the Chocolate Capital of the World. We had no idea what we would find in Hershey, but we were not disappointed. We stayed at the Hersheypark Camping Resort. This is a part of the Hersheypark system. We were there prior to the summer season and the park was very quiet. The park is well maintained, but a bit old. The sites were not on an angle, which always makes backing into the site more of a challenge. The camp store had plenty to offer and we were able to purchase discount tickets fo ..read more