Outdoor World Campground - Massachusetts and Rhode Island

John and I joined Thousand Trails for $525 for 2 zones.  The zones cover the Southeast and Northeast areas of the U.S. Wished we would have joined earlier.  Anyway, we bought in and stayed a place called Gateway to Cape Cod in Rochester, Massachusetts for a week 7/12 - 7/19/2013.  This definitely is a campground and lots of weekend campers.  Lots of amenities here, but the campground is no resort, however the location was great for more touring. 

Cape Cod, Rhode Island and other Massachusetts area.  Here we went to Hyannis and enjoyed the JFK Museum and Jamestown Museums.  This part of the coast has beautiful water, windmills and lighthouses.  We love those lighthouses. Cape Cod area we went to see the Nauset Lighthouse, Eastham Lighthouse and Three Sisters.

Beautiful.  Then off to  Beaverton Point Lighthouse in Jamestown, Rhode Island was gorgeous as well as the Plum Beach Lighthouse.  The Cape Cod National Seashore was wonderful and we were able to get into the Beach with our America the Beautiful card.  We have to remember to use this more often.We so enjoyed this area and would love to come back.  We did lots of touring as usual.  But that is our life and we love every moment.  Thank you God.

 

Traveling Amish Country and visiting our friends, Polly and Gerry Donovan

We traveled to Kinzer, Pennsylvania and stayed at Roamers Campground.  This was in amish  country and it was so beautiful here.  We toured the area and bought some of the jams and salsa made in this area.  The amish fields, barns and all the buggies were interesting to see in person.  We respected the amish and will not post pictures of them, especially not their faces.

After visiting Pennsylvania, we left to Connecticut and stayed at Nelson's Family Campground in East Hampton, CT.  We were so happy to meet up with friends that we met in Texas.  Gerry and Pauline Donovan were our neighbors at Drifters Resort in Rockport Texas.  Their kids live in this area so they came down for the summer.
We were delighted with some wonderful meals cooked by Polly.  Lobster was awesome and we so ate too much.  Never say no to home made cooking.
They took us touring the Connecticut seashore and we took a boat ride to see the Thimble Islands.  What a wonderful tour.  Seniors ony $8 each.We love our visit and look forward to seeing them again in our travels.

June 2013 - Travels In Florida and Aruba

The month of June was our time to relax and wait for our overseas trip to Aruba.
We stayed at Paradise Oaks Golf and Resorts in Bushnell, Florida.  During the summer they have monthly special rates of $199 a month.  This was a beautiful park and this is where we picked up our hitchhikers, the green frogs.  So small but oh  so loud.
Meanwhile we toured the area and 1st of all went to the Villages near us.  Lots of them and tons of retirees.  Not ready for this lifestyle.
We toured Homosassa Springs Ellie Schiller Wildlife state park, What a great place to go and see all the manatees.  Recommend this place to all you travelers out there.
We also met up with Miguel and Caroline Rosario, whom we know through family in Colorado.  They took us to lunch and we had a great time with friends. 
Our trip to Aruba was planned on June 15th thru the 22nd, so we did a lot of bike riding and swimming at the resort.  The temperature was in the 90's and it was so humid.  We did a lot of swimming.
Aruba came and went.  The Resort was huge and we had 3 beds 2 kitchens and 2 bathrooms.  We could have taken the family.  Aruba was beautiful and we did lots of touring.  Renting a car and going around the island was an adventure.
At the end of June we then left to Hardeeville, SC and stayed there to tour the area in Savannah, Georgia. We took the Oblethorpe Trolly tour through Savannah.  We were able to see so much of the history.  It took us 2 days to see the area.  Tybee Island was beautiful and we loved the lighthouses.  So much we saw.
We then left the area and met up with more Colorado friends in St. George, S.C. The Cox family.  I went to school with Louise in Pueble County H.S.  Had not seen her over 50 years.  We met her husband, Steve and their granddaughter, Taneal.  It was great visiting and catching up.  We left and then headed to Washington D.C. Area.
No pictures will be posted on this blog as they are in a flash drive that we have packed and I will post them later.