Our Picture Window

I will be posting pictures of the view out of our back window.  This morning the view is of our old camper that we sold to Christo & Alida (my nephews in-laws).  It just seems strange to look out and see it.  When we got it we thought we were set for along time and here we are now in our caravan.  Never say never as things can change as we feel we have made a wonderful change that suits us just fine.  Christo & Alida are very happy with the camper and have been using it every chance they get.  We were thrilled that they were able to make it this weekend.  Happy travels to you both.

Christo & Alida invited us for breakfast on Sunday.  Again it seemed strange being in our/their camper.  Thanks to you both for the good times and we will have many more some where down the road.

It was a great weekend but we are getting "Hitch Itch" and are ready to venture on so tomorrow we head to North Bend Park, VA to visit my aunt & uncle.  We have so enjoyed all the great friends we have met in the camping club and you know I don't say "Good Bye" I say "See you soon". 

Ivy & Janice

Ivy I hope you can someday convince Janice to go fulltime, I will keep my fingers crossed for you.

Jim & Linda

Andre & Susan

Christo & Alida

Safe travels to everyone...

New Bern NC KOA Campground

New Bern KOA campground is located on the Neuse River just minutes from downtown New Bern, NC.  They offer free wireless Internet, pool, a fishing pier and boat ramp, kayak & paddle boat rentals, clubhouse, outdoor movies, boat dock and ramp and more.  We had a campsite with a patio which was very nice.  The restrooms are clean, the laundry was as well with folding stations and TV (laundry facilities are now very important to me).  It is a well kept campground with friendly staff but a bit costly.   I rate campgrounds from 1 to 5, my rating has nothing to do with price, more with how well kept it is, shade trees, facilities and whats important to me.  I give it a 4.

Our campsite

          New Bern is the birthplace of Pepsi, the second oldest city in NC and the first state capital.

Tryon Palace is a state historic sight worth visiting while in New Bern.  It is rich in some very interesting history that can be found at the following link  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tryon_Palace 

On Friday the club sponsored wings and the ladies brought all kinds of side dishes, as always it was a feast.  Mark, Andre and Ivy were the Wing Chefs all creating a different flavor to tease the taste bids.

Ivy, Mark & Andre

Jack Daniels helped too!

Thanks Christo for the use of your grill.  And speaking of grills, this would have been a great advertisement for Weber Grills, there was 4 different models.



And of course Ivy's charcoal



If anyone left that night without a full belly it was there own fault.

Walt provided Karoke at his campsite which everyone enjoyed.

Our true first day on the road was a good one.