July 2016 Travel Days 7 & 8 and 3rd Harvest Hosts Stay

July 23, 2016 (by Angela) Jim, Chewie and I headed out pretty early Friday morning, the 22nd of July. We had no idea what to expect about the route we’d be taking to northern Vermont, but it was mostly two-lane highways with good shoulders. Jim and I came across one detour, but it was not bad. We did go through…

AA Royal Motel and Campground, North Tonawanda, NY

July 2016 AA Royal Motel and Campground 3333 Niagara Falls Blvd. North Tonawanda, NY 14120 Phone: 716-693-5695 Web: royalmotelandcampground.com Rate: 50 Amp – $63, 30 Amp – $57, 30 Amp no sewer – $51. Good Sam discounts exist. Tent camping is available at lower rates. The site does not mention weekly or monthly rates, but…

Chewie Goes Wading

July 20, 2016 (by Angela) After a morning of doing some things on the computer and getting laundry done, the three of us were ready for some fun in the sun. First things first – we did not have any ice cream yesterday, so a trip to Gals was in order before anything else. Ice cream in hand, we…

B + C + D = F

July 19, 2016 (by Angela) Today has been a fantastic day! One of the things on my “do” list for this week was to take a boat tour of the St. Lawrence River. Our first night in the campground, Jim and Chewie met a couple named Kitty and Salty who have been coming here for 43…

Presque Isle Passage RV Park, Fairview, PA

July 2016 Presque Isle Passage RV Park 6300 Sterrettania Road Fairview, PA 16415 Phone: 814-833-3272 Web: presqueislepassage.com Rate: Lot: The web site advertises this as an RV Park. However only about a third of the total lots are set for short term camping. Seasonal and monthly rentals cover the majority of the Park. This limits…

Satisfying Sunday and Mundane Monday

July 18, 2016 (by Angela) Sunday, our first full day in the Clayton, NY, area was very satisfying. The helpful owners of Merry Knoll Campground provided us with some good local and tour information upon check in, and this included a detailed map of the village of Clayton situated on the banks of the St.…

It’s Alaska!

July 18, 2016 (by Jimmy) – All the while we have been traveling, I have been working in the background to get my next project set-up.  A week or so ago, the final word was given that I will be doing an optimization project in Juneau, Alaska.  An optimization project is where something seems to…

Wet and Wild

July 15, 2016 (by Jimmy) – When Angela and I go on an adventure, we normally have a day where we plan a special treat. This treat is a special event or a special place that one or the other of us have been wanting to see. During this trip we had two, and they…

July 2016 Travel Days 4, 5, and 6

July 17, 2016 (by Angela) Travel Day 4, on July 9th, took us from Meadow Lakes Campground in Ohio to Presque Isle Passage Campground in Pennsylvania. During the almost week spent there, we had a ton of fun that you can read about in Allegheny National Forest and Lessons Learned, Presque Isle State Park – Nature, Fun, and…