Ever since our visit to the Blue Ridge Parkway two years ago we've been anxious to return and test our dry camping capability with our newest upgraded equipment. That time we were running an efficient Norcold chest style refrigerator off a Group 24 deep cycle marine...
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It Starts at Front Royal
Shenandoah National Park, Virginia's Skyline Drive, Mile Marker 51, Big Meadow Campground, Site C-131. Walk In only, non-reservable, no hookups, generator permitted, nicely situated for solar but with shaded area for chairs. Back in site with woods behind for a degree...
Turning Point
The National Park Service at Antietam Battlefield just outside the little town of Sharpsburg MD does an excellent job of interpreting the huge historical significance of the bloody battle that took place here in September 1862. In one day more American lives were lost...
The Wheeling Suspension Bridge
Out of Sugarcreek we traveled east on OH-39 then south on I-77 to the US-40 exit with plans to travel the approximate route of the National Road. At one point we turned off US-40 when we saw a Historic Route 40 sign. At that point but for GPS we were lost. Later we...
Goodbye 20B
It's been a glorious eight night stay here at Winklepleck. From the time we arrived until last night we, and all the T@B-400 owners were giving tours multiple times a day every day. It was a blast! And we made some wonderful new friends. That said, we are looking...
The Leftovers Party
Today was the great exodus from Winklepleck Grove. üCamp17 officially ended last evening. This morning we enjoyed the gracious hospitality of Amanda who served an amazing breakfast of Scalloped Nova Scotia Potatoes out of her clamshell kitchen. But that wonderful and...
üCamp17 Friday Night
The last official event of this first gathering of teardrops and truck campers sponsored by nüCamp RV was the Potluck Dinner. Wow! Amazing goodies to share paired with delicious grilled burgers and dogs provided by nüCamp. And awards for the Best Owner Mods to Marty...
Amish Dinner & Entertainment
NüCamp outdid themselves again this evening with a home cooked Amish dinner and John Schmid, an outstanding singer/entertainer. And so many of the folks from nüCamp came out to be a part of the festivities! The sense of community here is absolutely amazing!
Butterscotch Pudding
Sarah invited us to visit behind the scenes at Dutch Creek Foods this morning to watch the process of preparing bulk foods from scratch. DCF is the central kitchen for several of the restaurants here in Ohio’s Amish country. Today’s project was Butterscotch...
nüCamp Then and Now
This evening all üCamp17 participants were invited to the factory where Joe Mullet treated us to a history of Pleasant Valley Trailers. Joe's journey from not even knowing what a teardrop trailer was to being the leader in the field over the course of fifteen years is...
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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Celebrating in Watertown
We're still celebrating! Yesterday was our wedding anniversary and we marked the occasion at Dempsey’s Brew Pub on Broadway in Watertown, South Dakota with their award winning Casanova Pizza on Cauliflower Crust accompanied by their delicious Black Bear Stout! And...
Nome Schoolhouse
Renovation Video on Ewe Tube - click here Despite our passions for textile arts as well as fiber mill machinery, if it hadn't been for Harvest Hosts we might have missed this treasure. In searching for an overnight stay, we discovered Nome Schoolhouse in Nome, North...
Fort Totten Indian School
On the south shore of Devil's Lake is the Fort Totten State Historic Site on the edge of the North Dakota town by the same name. It sits on land that was home to the Dakota people at the turn of the Nineteenth Century. Indeed some of their descendants still reside on...













