Isaac-1
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If you want motorcycle drives have you considered the Texas Hill country
I enjoyed, the read, and I would like to suggest if I may a Civil War diary that was kept by the company scribe. After the war, the diary was made into a book. By the same name as the company and in the back is a listing of about 1000 men in the company, who mustered out in Ohio. The diary "The 6th New Hampshire, infantry Volunteers" covers everything from enlistment to musting out of the war. Funny, how they spoke and why they did things the way they did. Being retired I had given thought, to helping work opening hiking trails clearing and working as a camp host for an RV park. But now I'm too old and nearing my 80s. Thanks for sharing, good stuff. As I've gotten older, I got a Windows CPU and software. So when I'm tired of reading I click the mouse and READ ALOUD the written text. Some of this tech stuff is kind of cool. Stay well until then.Time and distance has always dictated how far we could travel. Mostly, the "time" factor, as we both had to return to work.
Some time before Covid hit, my wife switched and became a home office. She did not have to go into the office any more. About the same time, my company started letting us work from home 2 or 3 days a week.
So, we scheduled many, many extended week-ends at State Park throughout Indiana, as the longest drive to reach any one of them would be 3 or 4 hours at the most. So, we started just running the gauntlet in Indiana, enabling us to work from the camper on a Thursday and Friday, or a Monday or Tuesday. This worked well for quite a long time.
Then Covid hit and we both were told not to come back to the building. Well, our travels extended then. As long as we had phone service we could connect via our phone's hot spots. Thus, enter "Visible" which was the answer to our biggest need .... reliable internet that could travel with us.
Those changes enabled us to travel farther, stay longer, and we found ourselves running a circuit between 3 or 4 different campgrounds, for almost 2 years.
Then I retired, she's still working from home. Except now, we run the gauntlet between Indiana, Louisiana, and North Carolina. Actually, I'm doing camp hosting in North Carolina and Louisiana. Except the Louisiana "gig" is not a traditional "camp host". The position is on a Historic Site plantation and I'm working as tour guide for the Plantation House and help give demonstrations on 1820's blacksmithing, in exchange for a full hook-up campsite (this site has no campground). It's a marvelous and very rewarding experience.
So, this year, we are in Louisiana for the month of Jan, Feb, and Mar. (which is now past). Back home again (Indiana) for April (which is now almost over). Back to Louisiana for May and June. Then over to North Carolina as a camp host (traditional host position), for July and August. Then back to Indiana in September. Then back to Louisiana for Oct, Nov, and December.
Well, it continues a bit. Jan and Feb (2025) we will be back in Indiana (burr.... dang coldest months of the year) ... and return to Louisiana for Mar, April, and May 2025.
If all goes well, we may stay longer in Louisiana. I won't know about returning to North Carolina for another gig as camp host until August this year (for 2025 July and August.)
So, basically, we are jumping between the 3 locations and absolutely love it! But the reason why we return, we absolutely love both of these locations and we absolutely love the state park we're at, and we absolutely love the people who work there. The plantation is interesting, because it's history. I've learned so much about Louisiana History in the early 1800's, and the Civil War (1860's), working on the plantation is working "Living History!" It's exciting, its rewarding, and non-stop learning. It's keeping my body agile, my mind working sharp, and giving me the social contact I need, and then the alone time and solitude of camping .... especially at the Plantation when the place is closed up at 5:00 pm and we are the only people on the property and the "ghosts" come out at night! The park manager lives on the property too.
That's why we return and want to return again and again. But, we also have a need to return home every few months also, for lots of reasons.
OK, I've rambled enough.
How far from home? One of my more noteworthy motorcycle trips was the blue ridge parkway and surrounding area in TN and NC. My RV trip to TN last fall reinforced how nice it was to travel through that area. That, and western AR are two areas I would intentionally return to for further exploration and enjoyment. Just my brief trip along the Natchez Trace has taking that end to end on my list of things to do someday, along with the parts of Rt66 I haven't seen yet.This trip I want to check out new places I have not yet been to and decide where to go from there.
Don't know how far or how long after I leave, but it now looks like my next RV trip will be in June.How far from home? One of my more noteworthy motorcycle trips was the blue ridge parkway and surrounding area in TN and NC. My RV trip to TN last fall reinforced how nice it was to travel through that area.
Would those places be better suited for my 26' Y2K Class C (higher ground clearance, a bit shorter and I don't care if it gets beat up a bit).Another vote for Sacramento Pass. We been to a number of site along the 50 from the Fallon NV to the Utah border. Another BLM campground is Illipah Reservoir Rec. Area about 50 miles west of Ely NV. Cave Lake State Park is east of Ely and another great campground. Actually two campgrounds. IIRC, the second one on the road in has hookups.
We were on hwy 50 late April or early May and hit a few patches of snow. Nothing serious but broke up the monotony of the desert.
If you go to Illipah once you're on the road in, just off the highway there's a road sign which points to the reservoir on the left. Another road goes straight ahead and after about 10 miles of dirt road, there's a ghost town.
Only if you're slow. Anymore, that's the only way I roll (though I showed the XYL all about "lean indicators" - the sound of footpegs grinding on the pavement). There's so much more than the dragon's tail to see in that area one could easily skip it. I recall there are no trucks (RV's prolly too) allowed on some or all of the parkway anyway, so it'd just be for day rides or short legs.Perhaps the most dangerous road there is in the USA.
I am the slowest rider I know. Sometimes, I even stay at the speed limits!Only if you're slow.
Would those places be better suited for my 26' Y2K Class C (higher ground clearance, a bit shorter and I don't care if it gets beat up a bit).
Or do I take my 2022 30' class A (very poor ground clearance and I don't want to get all beat up). Has much larger tanks for everything.
-Don- Reno, NV
Sounds like a good road for my electric motorcycle. How far is that ghost town from where the RVs can be parked?I would not take a large vehicle on that road.
We love Eagle Valley CG at Spring Valley SP in Pioche. Great little trout fishing lake in a nice quiet canyon setting. We’re headed up there next week for a week. Only regret is I can’t bring my kayak since the new truck and rig hasn’t been outfitted with the rack.In the next month or two, I will probably take an RV trip to wherever, not sure where I want to go for this time of year. I guess most of the snowbirds already flew back north.
What places do non-full-timers find worth visiting several times? Worth going back to and for what reasons?
Boondocked or RV parks are fine with me. I will just use my older RV for boondocking up unpaved roads. Newer one for the RV parks.
-Don- Reno, NV