Here's our travel plans for the 2008 camping season - Let us know if you're gonna be in the area at the same time and we'll throw some extra vittles on the grill!
May 16-18: Point Lookout State Park, at the very tip of St. Mary's County MD, where the Potomac River meets the Cheasapeake Bay. Hiking/Biking/Kayaking.
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/southern/pointlookout.html
June 6-8: Rowlesburg, WV, a little town deep in the mountains, on the banks of the Cheat River, known for Class 5 whitewater. Biking/Kayaking/Fishing/Scenic Drives. Plans are to meet Jon & Terry Holland from Akron OH area. Hopefully, won't hear a young boy on a porch playing a banjo :(
http://www.rowlesburgguide.com/
June 19-21: Salisbury, MD, the annual DelMarVa Chicken Festival !! Who could pass up seeing the world's largest frying pan in action?! Crafts/Booths/Stage Entertainment/ & Fried Chicken!
http://www.dpichicken.org/index.cfm?content=news&subcontent=details&id=302
July 11-13: Hargerstown, MD, Jellystone Campground & WaterPark. Meeting Katie & Lorri and families for a weekend of "family bonding" (Essentially, a place where the kids & grandkids have all the fun and Grandmom & Bampa get stuck with the bill).
http://www.jellystonemaryland.com/
July 25-27: Boiling Springs, PA, a little town surrounded by spring-fed lakes. We're told it's the best trout fishing East of the Mississippi. Lee will verify or refute that claim........
http://www.boilingsprings.org/
August 1-3: Berkeley Springs, WV, the famous mineral-bath spot for the rich & famous during its heydays in the 1930's & '40's. Biking on the C&O Canal towpath & typical tourist activities.
http://www.berkeleysprings.com/
August 15-17: Denton, MD, Small Eastern shore town celebrating Summerfest, a two day event of exhibits, food & entertainment with a local flair. We'll be staying at Martinak State Park on the Choptank River, about 2 mile bike ride away.
http://www.carolinesummerfest.com/index.php?pageID=PG260524104059433
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/eastern/martinak.html
August 28-Sept. 4: Five day loop around the lower half of Chesapeake Bay. First stop is Annual Crab Festival in Crisfield MD, ferry boat trip to Tangier Island, kayaking at Janes Island State Park. Then on down the VA coastline through Chincoteague (Misty the Pony country), crossing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel (20miles), into Norfolk VA. Boat tour of US Navy complex in Norfolk, then on to Williamsburg & Jamestown VA. Up through VA's Northern Neck to see
Strattford Hall (Robt. E. Lee), George Washington's birthplace site, overnight at Westmoreland State Park on the Rappahanock River, across Potomac River on Rte 301 bridge & home.
http://www.crisfieldchamber.com/crabderby.htm
http://www.tangierisland-va.com/
hhttp://www.norfolkvisitor.com/norfolknavy/ttp://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/eastern/janesisland.html
http://www.visitwilliamsburg.com/index.aspx
Oct. 3-5: York PA, Factory outlets, tours of Peppermint Patty, Harley-Davidson & Utz potato chip factories !! (OK, it's not Paris or London, but the tours are FREE!)
http://www.yorkpa.org/
So if ya see an old (but very shiny) Barth motorhome screamin' along at 52 mph, give us a wave!
See Ya in 2008 !!
"I will build us a castle, fit for you and me,
For green days in the forest......
....and blue skies at the sea."
-Robert Louis Stevenson
For green days in the forest......
....and blue skies at the sea."
-Robert Louis Stevenson
November, 2007
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The end of the traveling season :(
The Barth is winterized and parked.....but lots of memories left behind from this past season.
May 2008 is only a few months away, with quite a few trips already planned - stay tuned!
October, 2007
Season finale trip…..to Asheville NC, with a side-stop to Mt. Airy NC. Left home during rush hour Thursday evening….crawled around the beltway and then west on Rte. 66 in VA to Rte. 81…Got about 150 miles under our belt and opted for a freebie campspot in the Harrisonburg VA Walmart parking lot……….
By Friday noonish we made Mt. Airy NC….the birthplace & hometown for Andy Griffith and town that Mayberry was based on in the Andy Griffith Show of the 1960’s.
Since Lee is a Andy Griffith Show fan, the afternoon was spent hitting all the sights, including a haircut at Floyd’s Barbershop, lunch at the Blue Bird Café, junk food at Opie’s Candy Shop, a visit to Wally’s Fillin’ Station and a bike ride around town.
Arrived in Asheville Saturday afternoon, found our campground and then biked along the river, taking in dozens of outdoor art objects located along the trail. Used our laptop GPS to locate closet church for 5pm Mass and then back to campground…..
All day Sunday was reserved for Biltmor Estate, about 3 miles away. Spent the morning doing a quick look-see of the house, then drove 4 miles across the estate to meet our guide for a two hour Segway tour of the grounds. Segways are a blast!…..Back to mansion about 3pm, picked up headsets and did full tour of house, including a walk through the formal gardens…..Biltmor is worth a visit!
Monday morning launch, up Rte. 26 through Cherokee National Forest to see fall colors, stopping at campground near Natural Bridge for the night…….Last 150 miles was done Tuesday, hopping across mountains at Luray VA, up Rte 29 to Beltway & home.
Great season-ending trip!
By Friday noonish we made Mt. Airy NC….the birthplace & hometown for Andy Griffith and town that Mayberry was based on in the Andy Griffith Show of the 1960’s.
Since Lee is a Andy Griffith Show fan, the afternoon was spent hitting all the sights, including a haircut at Floyd’s Barbershop, lunch at the Blue Bird Café, junk food at Opie’s Candy Shop, a visit to Wally’s Fillin’ Station and a bike ride around town.
Arrived in Asheville Saturday afternoon, found our campground and then biked along the river, taking in dozens of outdoor art objects located along the trail. Used our laptop GPS to locate closet church for 5pm Mass and then back to campground…..
All day Sunday was reserved for Biltmor Estate, about 3 miles away. Spent the morning doing a quick look-see of the house, then drove 4 miles across the estate to meet our guide for a two hour Segway tour of the grounds. Segways are a blast!…..Back to mansion about 3pm, picked up headsets and did full tour of house, including a walk through the formal gardens…..Biltmor is worth a visit!
Monday morning launch, up Rte. 26 through Cherokee National Forest to see fall colors, stopping at campground near Natural Bridge for the night…….Last 150 miles was done Tuesday, hopping across mountains at Luray VA, up Rte 29 to Beltway & home.
Great season-ending trip!
September, 2007
Off to Grey’s Point, an upscale RV resort on Virginia’s Northern Neck peninsula, where the Rappahannock River meets the Chesapeake Bay. This was a great camping spot, with lots of paved bike/golf cart streets to ride and a pond & water fountain outside our door……..Hummel Airport, about one mile away, was having their annual Open House….planes, show cars, arts & craft booths, etc. Ken & Ellen Rehmann flew down from College Park in their Piper Comanche & had lunch with us.
On the way home, we stopped at historic Urbanna VA on the river and toured the town by bike……then a backroad route home ….Perfect weather – Great trip!
On the way home, we stopped at historic Urbanna VA on the river and toured the town by bike……then a backroad route home ….Perfect weather – Great trip!
August, 2007
To Ohiopyle PA.....reputed to be some of the best whitewater rafting in the east.......Jon & Terry met us for the weekend.....Saturday involved renting bikes and riding upstream for about six miles along the river, where we traded the bikes for a 4-man raft and floated back downstream.
It was described as Level One whitewater, but lack of rain made it more like whiteburbles....We had to paddle more than we originally thought :( Fun anyway........
August, 2007
We toured the Gettysburg battlefields in 2006, liked the area and returned in August '07. This time, we invited the kids to join us on Saturday when the campground featured a crabfeast. Of all the park attractions, the kids enjoyed the Barth water hook-up the most!
July, 2007
To Romney, West Virginia....small town in the WV mountains that changed hands 52 times during the Civil War!.....Rode the Eagle Train through the valley, known for Bald Eagle habitats (Think we saw one)......Plan to come back to launch SeaEagle on the river......
June, 2007
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To Smallwood State Park, about 45 miles south of Washington, on the lower Potomac. There was a national bass fishing tournament going on when we arrived. This was our maiden voyage for SeaEagle - an inflatable kayak we keep on board the Barth. We finally managed to paddle in a moderately straight line.....Not an activity for marriages in peril :(
June, 2007
To Johnstown PA......The Johnstown Flood Museum, PolkaFest, Immigrant Museum, Inclined Plane ride to top of hill for lunch.....Met Jon, Terry & Kyle Holland (Kathy's sister)from OH for two night campover at local state park.....On the way home, stopped at Flight 93 memorial.
May, 2007
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To Brunswick MD...Biked the C&O Canal to Harpers Ferry...Camped along the Potomac River....Then north, thru Martinsburg WV, Civil War battlefields and met the kids in New Market for a picnic.
Welcome!
This entry begins the blog of Lee & Kathy Schiek from College Park MD. Four years ago, we acquired a 1978 vintage motorhome and gradually improved & restored it. It's a Barth, manufactured as top-of-the-line on a custom basis from about 1967-1997. Obviously, it's old, out of date, vintage-looking and kind of quirky by today's RV standards, but we have really enjoyed our travels in it.
As time passes, we'll post a few comments & pics to share with family & friends.
"I will build a castle, fit for you and me....
For green days in the forest
and blue skies at the sea....."
-Robert Louis Stevenson
As time passes, we'll post a few comments & pics to share with family & friends.
"I will build a castle, fit for you and me....
For green days in the forest
and blue skies at the sea....."
-Robert Louis Stevenson
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