Chippokes Plantation State Park, Surry, Virginia Planning this trip I chose Chippokes Plantation State Park in Surry, Virginia, as a focus for the first half of this summer’s camping trip. The park is rich in history, with a working farm, a river,… Continue reading

Waynesville, North Carolina After a week in North Georgia, we closed up our pup and gear. On reflection, it was a stressful and lonely week-long stay at Tallulah State Park. The park was full of young families preoccupied with all… Continue reading

I’m on a learning curve with “Simone,” my pop-up camper named for the jazz singer Nina Simone. It felt meaningful that I found her on my 61st birthday. Towing a pop-up camper cross country is slow travel. This slowness is… Continue reading

The trip helped me to sow seeds – to trust my intuition and open my heart to what’s next for my life. I see for the immediate future more time in nature, camping. Lots and lots of it Continue reading

At the end of a glorious seven-hour drive through Arches National Park on Day #28 of our 40-day trip, we move on to our next destination, Needles Outpost. This campground is located a little over a mile outside the entrance… Continue reading

My emotional responses to the majestic, iconic beauty of southern Utah have been many. A dominant feeling is an embarrassment of the extravagance of being here in such comfort and so completely on my terms. We never traveled much for… Continue reading

We landed at Finney Farm in Hildale, Utah on Day #22 of our 42 day road trip. The farm is a Harvest Host site where we were offered free overnight parking. They had also just installed new electric and water… Continue reading