Small caravan trip to New England with friends.
May 7 - June 24
Three coaches, Bangs, Roaches, & Gustafson. Departing from Statesville, NC.
The intent of this blog is to document the trip with comments and pictures. I have supplemented my pictures with pictures from Jon and Petra Bangs.
The itinerary is below:
Midway Campground Resort, 114 Midway Drive, Statesville, NC
Unfortunately it was Monday night so no Keaton's chicken.
May 6 1 night
Natural Bridge / Lexington KOA Holiday 214 Killdeer Lane Natural Bridge, VA 24578
Linda and I departed from Mooresville later in the morning as I had a Dr. appointment early. We still made it to the KOA in time for happy hour. Same sloped site we had last time here.
May 7 1 night
Western Village RV Park, 200 Greenview Dr. Carlisle, PA
A decent travel stop. Clean quiet campground. Very friendly staff. Easy to get to and a short drive back to the interstate.
May 8 1 night
Happy Days Campground, 454 Horseshoe Lake Rd, Swan Lake, NY
May 9 2 nights
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
Woodstock (yep, that place)
Rustic campground in the woods. Located in the foothills of the Catskills not far from Bethel Woods, location of the Woodstock Music Festival. Stayed for an extra night to explore The site of Woodstock 1969.
Prospect Mountain Campground, 1349 Main Rd., Granville, MA
May 11 4 nights
(Arlo) Guthrie Center unfortunately closed for renovations.
Alice’s Restaurant (doesn’t exist as that anymore)
Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA
Day1 we explored the Museums of Springfield MA. Five museums all in one campus. We didn't have time to visit them all but we really enjoyed the Science Museum and the Amazing World of Dr. Seuss. One admission gets you access to all.
After a day of rest Day 3 Lunch in Stockbridge. Quaint city in the foothills of the Berkshires. Town where Arlo Guthrie''s Alice's Restaurant was. Highlight of the day was the Norman Rockwell museum. Over three hundred covers of the Saturday Evening Post. Many of his original paintings and the stories behind them.
Gateway to Cape Cod, 90 Stevens Road, Rochester, MA 02770
May 15 5 nights
Cape Cod
Plimoth Patuxet Museum (Plymouth Plantation)/Plymouth Rock, Mayflower,
Ned’s Point Lighthouse, Mattapoisett MA,
New Bedford Whaling Museum,
Day 1 we rested. Got cleaned up and went grocery shopping.
Day 2 Excursion to Plymouth to check out the Rock and a plantation reconstruction of a 1620 village. Many docents to explain and show us how life was back then. After the village we boarded the Mayflower II. Hard to believe that 102 people lived onboard for almost six months. 66 days at sea and the rest while they built their homes.
Day 3 we visited the Bedford Whaling Museum. Learned about whales and whaling. They have a half scale whaling ship in the museum. Caught it on a day that there was a group singing sea chanties.
Spacious Skies Minute Man Campground, 264 Ayer Rd, Littleton, MA
May 23 6 Nights
North Bridge Visitor Center, 174 Liberty Street, Concord
Rode the subway into Boston and took a double decker Hop-on-Hop-off bus to see many of the historic site in Boston.
Lake Champagne Campground, 53 Lake Champagne Dr., Randolph Center, VT
May 26, 2 nights
King Arthur Flour, Norwich, VT
Silloway Maple syrup store
Moody Beach RV Campground. 266 Post Rd, Moody, ME
May 28 2 Nights
Day trip to Kennebunk and Kennebunkport
o First Families Kennebunkport Museum (Bush Museum),
May 30 2 Nights
Rockport Historic District
Sail Power and Steam Museum
The Conway House is a historic house and museum in Rockport and Camden
Beech Hill Preserve (Nature area with great views)
Andre the Seal Statue
Hadley’s Point Campground, Bar Harbor, ME
June 1 4 Nights
Acadia National Park
Cadillac Summit Road,
Bar Harbor
Thunder Hole
Bridge on the way to Hadley's Point
Pejepscook (River Of Many Fish) Campground, Main Street, Dixfield, ME
June 5 2 nights
Jefferson Campground, 1468 Presidential Hwy, Jefferson, NH
June 7 2 nights
Mount Washington Cog Railway Station
Cinderella Motel & Campground, 2797 Grand Island Blvde, Grand Island, NY
June 12 3 nights
Niagara
Power Station and Discharge Tunnel
Skylon tower with a rotating restaurant at the top.
Presque Isle Passage RV Park, Sterrettania Rd, Fairview, PA
Camp Sandusky 3518 Tiffin Ave, Sandusky, OH
June 17 2 Night
Cedar Point Amusement Park—if you dare!
Cedar Point Lighthouse
Merry-Go-Round Museum
+ Stops between Sandusky and Elkhart
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Spiegel Grove, Fremont, OH
Elkhart Campground, 25608 CR-4 East, Elkhart, IN
June 19 1 night
+Stops between Elkhart and Starved Rock
Studebaker Museum, South Bend, IN
Starved Rock Family Campground, 757 N 3029 th Rd North Utica, Il
June 20 1night
Wild Bill Hickok Memorial, Troy Grove, IL
+Stops between Starved Rock and Lake Farm
Rockmen Guardians, Rockford, IL
William G Lunney Lake Farm County Park, Madison, WI
June 21 2 Night
Many things to do in nearby Madison
+Stops between Lunney and Parkland
Taliesin (Frank Lloyd Wright)
Fast Fiberglass Mold Graveyard, 14177 County Highway Q, Sparta, WI
Parkland Village Campground, N6150 Julianna Rd, Black River Falls, WI
June 23 1 night
We say goodbye to Bob and Marilyn as they head to Lebanon Hills Regional
Park.
Lake Elmo Park Reserve, 11515 Keates Ave N, Lake Elmo, MI
June 24
