Our First Stay in Vermont

We were so proud of ourselves. We got up early, put everything in it's place and left the CG by 9:00 am. Since we needed to fill the MH with gas for the drive to Vermont we decided to drive the car separately and hook up after we got gas. It's harder to find a suitable gas station to get in to when you are towing a car behind the MH. We drove through Intercourse, towards Lancaster and found a Sheetz station to accommadate the MH. Then we needed a different place to fill up. The route to Vermont told us to get on the highway which we did, but it was apparent we weren't going to find a place to hook up. So David got off and we drove down another road to look for a place. The next thing we knew we were in Lancaster business area with no place to hook up. I got on my cell phone and looked up the nearest Walmart as they always have big parking lots. There was one not to far away, but we had to turn around to get to it. Finally we found it, hooked up and we were on our way, back tracking the whole previous route and losing an hour and a half of travel time. So much for getting out early. Now we are headed to Vermont.

We have been through Vermont before, but have not stayed there in the MH, so we don't officially count it as a place we have visited. The RV GPS sent us down some strange roads with construction and not the regular route we take. We were not making good time at all and it should have been a bit over 300 miles which meant we would arrive in about 6 hours normally. We just seemed to be on slower and slower roads for some reason. When we stopped for a sandwich I looked at the GPS and it had a setting to avoid all toll roads. THAT was why it was sending us on such a crazy route. We changed the setting, but it was probably too late at that point, but eventually we arrived in Vermont.

                      The scenery and mountains were beautiful and green.

We were headed to the KOA in Brattleboro. I did call head to let them know we were on our way and probably would be late. The lady in the office was very nice and told us the office was open until 7 and not to worry. We arrived at 10 minutes to 7 and they were very nice at check in. We were only staying one night and they escorted us to our site and offered to lend us an extra water hose because the spigot was so far back on the site. Very nice owners here, but we had an extra hose, so we were OK.

This was a small, but very clean and green campground. After being in the MH for so long I decided to take Bentley for a walk around the grounds. He loved looking at the trees and everything as we stroll by. There were nice cabins and cottages in the CG and a large family having a get together across the CG from us. There were some vintage trailers also, which looked like rentals for those without MHs.  When we got back to the MH we were so tired we decided on hot dogs for supper. One of the other campers saw Bentley outside and came over to see him. The couple was also traveling with 2 cats and came over to admire Bentley and share cat stories. They were from Long Island, NY and traveling in a 5th wheel which meant their cats had to travel in the backseat of the pickup. I went in and brought Nickie out so he could sit in my lap and they could pet him. He's pretty good at sitting there as long as he's not spooked. Bentley, I can't trust.

We had a nice visit with them and headed in for the night.

The next morning we were heading to New Hampshire and decided to have some delicious blueberry muffins from Shady Maple for breakfast. They were huge!!!! So good. Did I say I love Shady Maple?