Meandering the Country

October 10 – 17, 2022 Forest Lake RV & Camping Resort , located outside of Advance, North Carolina, was home during our stay in this beautiful state!  It’s a Thousand Trails campground, so we were able to take advantage of our membership.  The fall colors continue to be stunning and this park was filled with beautiful trees.   The entire east coast is filled in! North Carolina has several different climates within the state and we pretty much stuck to the Piedmont portion of the state, as there were more than enough things to see and do in this beautiful area!  Next time, we will have to visit the outer banks and take in a little more of the beach scene! Mt. Airy was 65 miles north of us, just close enough to be irresistible to visit!   I think everyone of our generation grew up watching The Andy Griffith Show .  After all, there were only three television networks to choose from, so odds were we all watched the same shows!  This show not...

October 3-10, 2022 Fall found us while we were in West Virginia!  Last fall, we were in California and, while we saw some subtle fall colors there, there is no comparison to the vibrant burst of colors that filled the hills of the Appalachians!  Simply a party for the eyes!   Home for this stay was  Little Beaver State Park , located in south central West Virginia.  The park was lovely, with a small lake and lots of hiking trails in addition to being filled with the stunning colors of fall!  The campsite itself was a fully shaded site which would have been perfect for one of those hot summer days.  As it was, we had below average temperatures during our stay with highs in the 50s to low 60s and lows in the 30s to low 40s.  It wasn’t a big deal, as we were rarely at the campsite during the day anyway.  One completely new experience for us was the downhill slope of the campsite!  Our camper has an auto leveling feature which makes unh...