Tuesday, November 01, 2016

back at Martin Manor RV park

We kinda like this campground except there aren't any pull through sites. ;-)

Backed in here at home a little before lunch time and now have all the dirty laundry piled up near the washing machine.  It is unfortunately time to unload all freezable items and winterize all water systems.  It has been a good year of travels even though we didn't make as many trips as previous years we did have some very nice adventures.  The last few years our October outings have been close to home and just a time to relax near a lake or other quiet locations.

The last few days we just enjoyed the peace and quiet of a nearly empty campground.  That campground is an older campground that had really gone downhill for lack of care.  Apparently the young couple, new owners/managers, are working hard to restore it to a very nice park.

Jo and I have been pulling a large trailer around this North American continent for the past 17 years since retirement for a total of 172,055 miles..  We have visited and camped in all of the lower 48 States and 9 of the 10 Provinces of Canada staying in 348 different campgrounds.

We are now considering changing our method of travels.  We are thinking of downsizing to a much smaller RV and what that might look like we don't know for sure just yet.  Our trip from Branson to Joplin was a step in that direction as we visited a camper showroom there for some ideas.  We are planning on visiting other camper showrooms in the near future.  A smaller unit will allow us to visit smaller, more primitive, campgrounds like state and national parks where sites that would fit our large trailer are mostly non existent.

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