We spent a quick weekend in Elysburg, PA at Knobles amusement park with some of our great camping friends! Our campsite, Lake Glory, was about 10 minutes from the park. Knobles is Americas largest free admission theme park with free parking, no admission, pay as you go rides and tons of food options. It was…
Our 4th trip ended on Saturday 7/13 when we crossed back into Pennsylvania. Our last morning in WV was cleaning up the camper, gathering laundry and linens and driving home. Very uneventful day. Our summer 2024 trip by the numbers: 1,906 miles 6 states (stayed in 3) 3 national Parks 1 sick kiddo 4 stickers…
The newest national park was the last stop on this years trip and our 30th park in 4 years! No rest days on this shortened trip, so we were a little tired. We did make it to each of the parks major “sees” for some great views and history. Our first stop was the New…
We started our travel day at 4:30am and headed to Clingmans Dome for sunrise. It is the highest point in the park, actually the 3rd highest point east of the Mississippi on mainland and the highest point on the Appalachian Trail. It was about a 50 minute drive and then a 1/2 mile strenuous uphill…
#3 woke up feeling so much better and ready to take on day 7. We started the day late morning in downtown Gatlinburg. We had an early lunch at Ole Red, Blake Shelton’s restaurant which included live country music while we ate. Then we walked through town. It reminded us of boardwalks at the shore,…
We started Day 6 with good intentions. We hit up The Donut Friar in Gatlinburg for breakfast. Five Stars for this local place that has been cranking out donuts for 56 years. After that we started a drive into the park and hit the Roaring Fork Motor Trail, but our youngest started not feeling well….