Category: 2026 Travels
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Alum Creek State Park
We are visiting family in Columbus, Ohio and staying at the closest campground, Alum Creek, which is just 30 minutes north of Columbus in Delaware, OH. Coincidentally, we purchased our first camper van the OnTour 2.2 at RCD RV in Delaware, Ohio in July 2020. Alum Creek State Park is centered around the man-made Alum…
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Bones Distillery, Washington, PA
As with so many of our trips, the first leg of our journey was heading west across Pennsylvania. We usually stay at Bella Terra Vineyards, however we were traveling on a Saturday and Bella Terra doesn’t accept Harvest Hosts on the weekends. That led us to choose Bones Distillery in Washington, PA and we are…
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Harvest Host: James River Cellars Winery
We spent the final night of our trip at James River Cellars Winery in Glen Allen, VA. This is one of our favorites, as it’s close to Midlothian and Joe’s mother and sisters. Plus, the wine is terrific and the grounds are lovely. It was late afternoon when we arrived so we also had dinner…
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Harvest Host: Straw Hat Distillery
Straw Hat Distillery is a micro-distillery located in Florence, South Carolina. A micro-distillery produces small batch spirits, using grains grown locally and focuses on quality and unique flavors. In South Carolina, micro-distillers are limited to producing 125,000 cases of spirits a year. Straw Hat Distillery was started by two avid home-brewers, Steve (pictured above) and…
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Harvest Host: Grace Note Brewing
As mentioned in our previous post, we elected to stay at Harvest Hosts on the way home. Because we were planning to drive for four days and would not have access to a place to fill our fresh water tank, we showered before leaving Port Charlotte and ensured that we had a full tank of…
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Florida at Last- Harbor Lakes Campground
We finally made it to Florida! This was our second attempt to visit the Sunshine State in our RV. Back in 2023, we had to delay our departure due to health issues and cancel a portion of a planned trip, which included visiting Florida and Louisiana. This trip, we marked the occasion of reaching Florida…
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Almost to Florida-Jacksonville North/Saint Mary’s KOA
After a long drive day, we spent a quick overnight at the Jacksonville North/Saint Mary’s KOA Holiday. Much to our surprise we were not yet in Florida. Despite Jacksonville being listed first in the campground’s name, we were actually in Georgia, just one mile north of the Florida border. Unlike the KOA in Myrtle Beach,…
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Myrtle Beach, SC KOA
This is the first year that we left for the travel season without fully dewinterizing our motorhome. Temperatures near Philadelphia in late March can dip below freezing, so we had planned to spend two days in the RV without water and travel the 600 miles to Myrtle Beach where we would flush the antifreeze, sanitize…
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Have you tried turning it off and on again?
There are two types of RVs: RVs with something not working correctly, or RVs that will soon have something not working correctly. When we take our RV out of winter hibernation, we need to check all systems to ensure we won’t find ourselves miles from home without heat, hot water, air-conditioning or electricity. A few…
