Customer Service is everything! Sometimes the unexpected happens, and it can be stressful! Kudos to the following campgrounds – when we had a medical emergency they were SO understanding about cancelling and refunding money – they showed that they truly cared about their campers and not just making money. Otter Lake Camping, Pennsylvania, KOA Cape Hatteras, and Twin Grove RV Resort, Pennsylvania. We might not have made it this time, but because of your excellent customer service, we will definitely make sure we get to your campgrounds soon and will send our friends!

Green Lakes State Park, near Syracuse, New York

The 2014 Summer Adventure begins!  5 weeks with a big loop down to North Carolina!  First stop is Green Lakes State Park, Fayetteville, New York.  It is a gorgeous little town to dirve through, with beautiful homes and shops.   

Nice, big grassy sites.  We were in Rolling Hills - site 106, higher up and farther from the beach, but big, grassy sites.

Green Lakes State Park - nice sites for the big rigs!

Will - the lake is a gorgeous green colour because of the calcium cabronate.  There were lots of places to bike - big hills!  There is a giant lake to walk around and a nice beach.  Mom's great idea to walk around the lake - long walk!  Tonnes of joggers and walkers. 

photos by Will!

the Green Lake- by Will~

No ticks to be seen - thank goodness!   Lots of blackberries though which involved jumping into the bushes.

Even teensagers like pigging out on blackberries!

Very sweet tow vehicle!  Much better on the hills of New York and Pennsylvania!     Headed south now - time to find the hot weather!  only about 70 in New York!

What the heck?  In Canada, diesel is the cheapest gas -cheaper than regular -  here it is the most expensive!  $4.25/gallon - who would have thought? 

Kiptopeke State Park, Virginia

Second time here, but still LOVE it!

We LOVE it here!

Nice big, grassy sites, just a short walk to the beach!

Kiptopeke fishing was not nearly as great as two years ago, but still fun. The blue crabs started to be a bit more plentiful the second last day, but still smaller than Maryland. We ate a couple. For some reason they didn't taste quite as tasty as the males up in Maryland... 

Some great trails, that took us to an old bunker. 

A great place to take the Chesapeake Bay Bridge across to Virginia Beach!

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge from Kiptopeke

Will caught the first fish off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge!

View of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

We LOVE Ocean City, Maryland!

took the bikes and biked over the bridge and onto Assateague!  A great day!

Had to put a few more pics of Ocean City - the greatest place to visit!  Hot weather, great atmosphere and tonnes of fun!!


Battling the huge waves- had a day where they were wiping people out!

spotting dolphins on the last day!

Just a few more photos of Ocean City!

On the Ocean City boardwalk!

View from the beach!  A day with big waves!!





Mug and Mallet - enjoying a tray of crabs at the Mug and Mallet!

Mug and Mallet - a great place to learn how to eat crabs and enjoy a great feast!!!

Shark caught off the Frontiertown pier!!  Three were caught that night!



Back to Frontiertown, Ocean City, Maryland! Yee Ha!

Assateague State Park on a really hot day!

Fishing on the pier, beside the bridge to Assateague

Frontiertown:   Last time we really experienced the magic of the ponies by staying at Assateague National Park for a few nights – but also experienced the bugs, the heat, etc.

This years wild horses at Assateague!

But it was worth it.   This year we did drive through the State Park and may stay there in a couple of years.   But decided to stay at Frontiertown as it is close to Assateague and Ocean City! 

I love the dog park at Frontiertown!

But, Frontiertown is still great. Crabs were not as plentiful this year, but still lots of fun to try to catch. We did get a few. The waterpark, although small, is still a great place to cool off on a very, hot day. 

The waterpark is a great place to cool off on a super hot day!

-cons: brutally slow internet, busy, busy, busy, cold showers

-pros: lots for kids to do, well taken care of, friendly, going to the Ocean City Boardwalk! Thrashers fries! Mug and Mallet crabs! Assateague Horses! Great dog park! 

 

Greatest go-karting track ever on our Route – Grand Prix! Ocean City- best tracks, and wristband lets you ride for two hours! 

 

Great day at Ocean City Beach – hot days, cool nights... huge waves! Lots of fun.

 

Great days at Ocean City beach!

Exciting last night when they were catching sharks off the pier!  

There was a bird on my dog, Sarge's back,the bird was reallly cute. It was a baby blue-jay,we named him.... J.J He clung to Sarge's back, J.J sat there for about 10 minutes. J.J finally hoped off Sarge,and he sat in the open in a little ball. We made J.J a nest, and tried to get him in it. We lifted J.J into the box. I left the campground for about 2hour's, when i got back the blue jay was in a little ball inside the nest that we hade made for him. I tried to feed it some worms,but it did not eat anything. J.J steeped there all night, but in the morning J.J was gone. 

This looks like a good place for a nest!

Fish from Delaware Seashore State Park and Cape Henlopen

toad fish very hard to take off hook  and have very strong jaws that can crack oysters

small shark off the Cape Henlopen pier

taking the hook out!

Delaware Seashore State Park, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

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Stayed at Delaware Seashore State Park.  We also drove into Cape Henlopen to fish at the pier.

basically a parking lot - but.... we had a tree!

Delaware Seashore, the beach across the street from the campground!

This park is basically a parking lot. We had site 304, which had little traffic and the only two trees in the whole park. But... the beaches nearby are gorgeous. Bethany Beach is a really nice, clean little boardwalk/beach area. There is surf fishing, and fishing in the river right from the campground. Bathrooms are clean and fairly new. Park is quiet at night. Short drive to Rehoboth Beach and all the shopping, so definitely some pluses.

Hit a good sale at the outlets at Rehoboth Beach!

Love going into that area. Also drove to Bethany Beach, and walked around that little boardwalk/beach area. Just gorgeous. Neat and clean. It would be hard to stay at this campground in a tent or tent trailer, and is mostly large motorcoaches/fifth wheels. We were here during a heat wave, and it helps to run the air. We had stayed at Cape Henlopen before, without power and air, and really felt it, and also had a major tick infestation, which kept us away this time. We did drive there and fish off the pier, which is the greatest fishing in the area. 

Cape Henlopen: The greatest pier in the world! You can crank in the fish! The perfect campground would be a mix between Cape Henlopen and Delaware Seashore....

A man gave Trent all these sand fleas for fishing. Sand fleas look like little crabs, about an inch long, that have a shell all the way around them, so they have lots of armour. We went to a Delaware Beach, and Trent was fishing and using them. My mom was lying down on a blanket, and she was asleep. So I thought, maybe I should take some sand fleas and put them on my mom's back. Before that day, she was giving me massages, so she thought it was a massage. Until Trent put one down my mom's bathingsuit and she felt the legs crawl on her. Then she realized it was a sand flea. She screamed. We laughed....

It's all fun and games, until someone puts a sand flea down your back!

The car story: Trent and Dad went down to go fishing. Me and my mom were supposed to come down at sunset in the truck to take pictures. So me and my mom got into the truck and started it up. She drove straight into a pole. There were no dents in the truck, but a few scratches. The neighbours said, “no one saw that....” but when we came back my mom had to park in a small area with a tree next to it. She drove into the parking spot and there was a branch about 3 inches long. The branch screeched and scratched across the top...   Mom got in trouble~

Bridge lit up at night beside Delaware Seashore