Moderators SeaDawg Posted December 13, 2008 Moderators Share Posted December 13, 2008 I PMd the Kiefers, too. Anybody else in Florida that week? 2008 Ram 1500 4 × 4 2008 Oliver Elite, Hull #12 Florida and Western North Carolina, or wherever the truck goes.... 400 watts solar. DC compressor fridge. No inverter. 2 x 105 ah agm batteries . Life is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators SeaDawg Posted October 16, 2009 Moderators Share Posted October 16, 2009 We've spent the last few days at Pohick Bay Regional Park, in Fairfax County Virginia. Great little campground for visiting the nation's capitol. About 20-25 miles outside D.C., a few miles off I-95, it's amazingly rural and quiet. Campsites are heavily wooded, and, for the most part, nicely spaced. Comfort stations are probably from the seventies, but very, very clean, and warm! Yesterday, three deer were munching on acorns in the empty site next to us when I came out of the camper. They moved across the road, and grazed in the cold morning rain in the open field adjoining the playground. It's probably really crowded here in the summer, with its location by the water and the on-site water park. Only perhaps one-quarter of the sites are occupied tonight in a Friday in October. You can check it out here http://www.nvrpa.org/parks/pohickbay/?pg=camping.html Staff is very nice. Lots of oak and sweetgum trees. About a fifteeen to twenty minute drive to Springfield mall, where there's a free parking garage and a twenty-five cent shuttle to the metro. From Franconia-Springfield metro (end of the blue line), you're on the mall in front of the Smithsonian in about 40 minutes. We'd definitely stay here again. About $20 dry camping, $25 with electric, more for full hookups. Sherry 2008 Ram 1500 4 × 4 2008 Oliver Elite, Hull #12 Florida and Western North Carolina, or wherever the truck goes.... 400 watts solar. DC compressor fridge. No inverter. 2 x 105 ah agm batteries . Life is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mountainborn Posted October 16, 2009 Author Moderators Share Posted October 16, 2009 Good report Sherry. Betty and I want to visit the DC area, and that campground sounds great. I would rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth 08' Oliver Legacy Elite HULL NUMBER 0003(sold) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators SeaDawg Posted October 16, 2009 Moderators Share Posted October 16, 2009 We really like it here, and think you would too. There are a few others we saw listed, including Trailer Village in the Greenbelt, which would honor the half-price senior price, and has closer access to public transport to the capitol, but they had tick warnings posted. This park also has a nature trail going down to the water, but we haven't struck out on it yet. We've been slogging through lots of water and mud daily on the national mall, touring the Solar Decathlon houses. I've put my Clark Muckies to good use, and rain gear layered with fleece has been our favorite wardrobe in this unseasonably cold and rainy October weather. It's supposed to warm up after we leave. Sherry 2008 Ram 1500 4 × 4 2008 Oliver Elite, Hull #12 Florida and Western North Carolina, or wherever the truck goes.... 400 watts solar. DC compressor fridge. No inverter. 2 x 105 ah agm batteries . Life is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators SeaDawg Posted October 17, 2009 Moderators Share Posted October 17, 2009 Bull Run looked nice to us, too, Tom.The campground map for Bull Run looks very similar to Pohick Bay. Since both are NVPA parks, I suspect they're very comparable facilities. We came in from Fort Bragg/Fayetteville, NC, about a six hour drive, so Pohick was the closer choice for us. We really liked being able to camp in the woods, and still be in the center of Washington in a little over an hour. The metro is a lot easier to use than driving around D.C., and trying to find a place to park a pickup. Sorry we couldn't get together this trip north, but the weather was not much fun! We're on the interstate now, headed out, and the cold rain continues, with 42 being our high so far at noon. Sherry 2008 Ram 1500 4 × 4 2008 Oliver Elite, Hull #12 Florida and Western North Carolina, or wherever the truck goes.... 400 watts solar. DC compressor fridge. No inverter. 2 x 105 ah agm batteries . Life is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators SeaDawg Posted October 21, 2009 Moderators Share Posted October 21, 2009 On our way from Rochester, NY to Buffalo, we drove thru Letchworth State Park. With the fall leaves, the gorges, falls, rock formations and rapids, it was stunning. We wanted to stay, but the cg closed the prior weekend, due to budget cuts compressing the camping season. If you are ever in western NY, please take a look, and take the time. Nick-named the "Grand Canyon of the North", this is truly an amazing park. Entrance fee, $6, camping fees, around $24. Views, priceless. Sherry Here's a link: http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/79/details.aspx 2008 Ram 1500 4 × 4 2008 Oliver Elite, Hull #12 Florida and Western North Carolina, or wherever the truck goes.... 400 watts solar. DC compressor fridge. No inverter. 2 x 105 ah agm batteries . Life is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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