Shenandoah Valley Campground, Verona VA, 10/11-10/14

 Friday, October 11, 2024

 

We arrived at the campground around 2pm and checked in with the friendly staff in the office. Found out that I am in their computer system as "Santa", so that was cool!! We set up the site and took a few minutes to relax before starting dinner. Our neighbors campsite caught our eye as soon as we drove up. It was a beautiful vintage camper that had some TLC and everything was pink. We meet the owner later and we will get to that in a minute.

 

For Dinner, we had a stew that I fixed in the InstaPot, along with some cornbread we had made a home and brought with us. For dessert, I decided to make an apple cobbler in the cast iron Dutch oven, and it was a hit. 

 

We had special guests for dinner! Our son and his wife joined us and we really enjoyed spending time with them around the table and the campfire.

Saturday, October 12, 2024

 

For breakfast, we enjoyed Keto Waffles and Spam with a piece of fruit on the side.

After breakfast, we headed to downtown Staunton and the Farmers Market. If you have the opportunity to visit Staunton, you will  not be disappointed if you visit the downtown Farmers Market on Saturday. Once you have looked at the different booths, check out the surrounding businesses. We really liked the Wilderness Adventure Store at 50 Middlebrook Ave and Sunspots Studios Glassblowing at 202 S Lewis Street. Walk a couple blocks to West Beverly Street and visit stores such as the Staunton Olive Oil Company, Marion's Gifts, Home Decor, and More, and many more. There are also plenty of places to eat and they have outdoor seating. We met some interesting folks while walking West Beverly and we had a great time.

 

We came back to the campground and sat down to relax. I started working on my ornament for the weekend, when our neighbor, Teri came over to tell us to turn off our water and water heater. Another camper had run over our water supply and the line was broken below the ground and was bubbling up out of the ground. I will have to give the staff at the campground Kudos for handling the situation very quickly and getting this repaired before dark. 

We took a walk around and looked at the different Halloween decorations and they were all really done well.

For supper, we had fresh corn, purchased at the Farmers Market, and turkey sausage with veggies.

After supper, our neighbor, Teri, came over to visit. We really enjoyed talking to her and she told us all about her adventures camping with the Vintage Camper Ladies. 

The rest of the evening we just relaxed around the fire and then turned in for the night.

Saturday, October 12, 2024

For breakfast this morning, we had Sausage and egg biscuits. We attended the worship service at Providence Baptist Church with Matt and Hannah in Harrisonburg, VA.

We took this picture as we returned from services. This is a view from the top of the campground and you can see the lake, some campers and the fall foliage beginning to turn.

 

The rest of the evening we spent reading, working crosswords and finishing my ornament. This evening was not a cool as the previous two nights and it was really nice outside around the fire.

Monday, October 14, 2024

This morning we had an omelet with sausage and biscuit for breakfast. We packed up and headed home about 11AM. We had a wonderful time and can't wait to get back.

Notes

• We stayed in site 86 which is a pull through site. This site is very flat and level with minimal leveling needed. 
• The ground is very hard and we were not able to put out any of the yard decorations like we normally do.
• The haunted house is free and is just a walk through event.

Myrtle Beach State Park, 8/30-9/2 2024

 

Friday, 8/30/2024

 

First day we have to make our traditional walk to the beach and get our selfie.

 

While walking, Amy picked up a Sea Star and it was still alive, so we put it back in the water.

 

We had upside down pizza for dinner. Even though it looked bad, it tasted really good.

 

Spent the night around the fire and just relaxed.

 

Saturday, 8/31/2024

 

Started the morning with journaling, reading our devotional and scripture along with a cup of coffee.

 

We had a wrap for breakfast.

 

Amy wanted to go to the beach and it was a beautiful day. 

 

Before she took her seat, we walked to the pier and was stopped by Jake and his surf buddies. They were photographing the Coastal Carolina Surf Club and wanted my picture with a surf board. 

 

While Amy sunned, I went back to camp and did some reading.

 

After lunch, we visited the Nature Center and was able to watch them feed the snakes and toads.

 

We then rode our bikes along the trail and boardwalk to the State Park Pier. We were able to walk on the pier and we enjoyed that. 

 

We watched a shark as it swam and fed on schools of fish. I did see a horseshoe crab, but could not get a picture of it. On the way back we sat on a shaded bench and just talked. 

 

For supper we had Pineapple Chicken.

 

That evening, we decided to spend it watching the ocean instead of the fire.

Sunday, 9/1/2024

 

This was a very eventful day for us, and an emotional one. For personal and privacy reasons we will not go into the details except to say, it was all good.

We attended worship service at Friendship Baptist Church and Pastor Matt preached from Isaiah 41:10 about "Why Fear when God says Fear Not". That verse is one of my favorite verses and it helped me through a rough time. After service we went to the Christmas Mouse, and then filled up with gas at Walmart. We did some shopping at Market Commons and ended the afternoon with dinner with our friend Denise at Nacho Hippo. We decided to spend the evening at the ocean again, instead of the fire. We took down camp so we could head out early on Monday. We talked to our Indian neighbors, Viro and Soni before we turned in.