I camp in a travel trailer, and have done 2 road trips so far with the hubby. First trip was Savannah>St. Augustine>Charleston. We were short on choice in Savannah and stuck with a KOA sandwiched between Hwy 17 and 95. It… was a safe place to park and the showers were decent, I’ll give it that. The campground in St Augustine was out on the barrier islands and just a whole old Florida vibe (North Beach Camp Resort). I loved the privacy between spots, and the 2 restaurants within waking distance. Not cheap, and not normally our thing, but it was our anniversary. On our way back north we stopped in Charleston at a city park that had a campground (James Island County Park) . It was perfect y’all. Affordable, in/out privileges with a gate code after hours, a lake and a water park on site, wooded campsites with full hookups, and didn’t feel crowded even though it was relatively full.
Our second road trip was to a music festival that took us through West Virginia. We stayed in a couple of state parks passing through, and I definitely want to go back in the fall. WV just has beautiful parks, and I got a good dose of “felt like home” even though I’m from southwestern VA.
Being on the east coast, I wish we had more prevalent places to boondock such as BLM land. Sure we’ve got logging roads in National Forests, but there is also a lot of privately owned property peppered through the forests I’m familiar with, and I’m nervous I’m going to piss someone off by trespassing.
So where all have you been this season? Hit me with ideas!
Just came back from a 4 day trip today, near Mont Tremblant in Quebec. Was a lot of fun and the first time that I really camped for the sake of camping (usually would go hiking and then camp for the night). Weather was perfect, location and trails were beautiful too.
Not being from the area, only problem was the bugs - I’m pretty sure I saw more in the past 4 days than I had in my lifetime
There’s that point in one’s life where you go from thinking “I’d never wear a bug net, they look so derpy” to “gimme that thing, I can’t take the bugs in my eyes any longer!” For me it was the midges on Isle of Skye that did it. And I’ve lived in the Keys, currently live in a swamp, and visited the red centre of Australia and Alaska during summer. Unashamed bug net believer right here.
Haha yeah! I was stupid enough to not pack one but my friend let me use his.
We also brought bug spray, but ran out on the last day, that was kind of hellish.