travel dates: July, 2024 One of the reasons we stayed at KOAs for both of our Quebec stops was the promise of bilingual staffs, and we did indeed get this as promised. But when we checked in to the Quebec City KOA, Dave decided to try out a (very) little bit of French and bravely […]
Montreal South KOA Journey: Campground Review
travel dates: July 2024 We stayed at KOAs for both of our stops in Quebec partially because both Montreal and Quebec City have well-reviewed, conveniently located KOAs and partially because we kind of wanted some familiarity and sense of knowing what to expect. And, indeed, both KOAs were very much….KOAs, with all the amenities we […]
A Review of Wesley Clover Parks Campground in Ottawa, Ontario
travel dates: July, 2024 I was pretty excited to stay at Wesley Clover Parks. For one thing, I like the name. Also, we’d had a stay booked here several years ago that we’d had to cancel because Canada was closed for Covid, so there was quite a bit of built up anticipation. And it’s just […]
370 Lakeside Park near St. Louis, MO: A Campground Review (and the summer 2025 trip begins!)
travel dates: June, 2025 We’re on a mission to stay at every RV park in the greater St. Louis area. This is not actually true, but this was our third time RVing St. Louis and our third different campground. Many years ago we stayed at the St. Louis West KOA out in Eureka (that was […]
Upper Canada Village and Upper Canada Campground
travel dates: June/July, 2024 Dragging my family to living history sites is something of a hobby for me, so of course Upper Canada Village was on our itinerary. Upper Canada Village bills itself as one of the largest living history sites in Canada and says it aims to “depict life in a rural English Canadian setting during […]
More Dollywood! And Hiking in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. And a Campground Review
travel dates: March and April, 2025 That’s right: there’s a lot going on in this post! Because we keep going to Dollywood. So since our last Dollywood check-in, Abe and I have been back for two more trips–one with Ari and Abby over their spring break and then again with Dave during his spring break. The trip […]
Visiting Kingston, Ontario + a Quick Rideau Acres Campground Review
travel dates: June, 2025 Ah, Kingston! Birthplace of famed Canadian rock band, The Tragically Hip. Here, unnecessarily, are my three favorite Tragically Hip songs: Wheat Kings, Bobcaygeon, Poets. These are actually perhaps the only Tragically Hip songs I can even name. I’ve spent a fair amount of time trying to get more into the band, […]
A Quick Stop in Falmouth and Thoughts on Sun Retreats Cape Cod
travel dates: July 2023 On the way home from Newfoundland, we stopped by Falmouth, MA on Cape Cod for a few days to see family. Dave has lots of extended family in the Boston area (and his aunt has a house in Falmouth), his parents came down from New Hampshire, and his sister and her […]
Don’t Forget Twillingate (Like I Did. Sorry, Twillingate!) RVing Newfoundland for One More Post
travel dates: July 2023 Remember when I dramatically announced that I was writing my very last Newfoundland post? Yeah, so then I realized that I totally skipped poor Twillingate. We went to Twillingate right after Fogo Island, but apparently I was so eager to talk about St. John’s that I just completely forgot to blog about it. […]
Bronte Creek Provincial Park near Toronto: Campground Review
travel dates: June, 2024 We’d never been to Toronto before our summer, 2024 trip…but we had planned to go to Toronto more than once. Or at least thought about it. We considered a stop there on our canceled 2020 trip. And then again for our 2021 trip that actually happened…but happened without the Canada parts owing to […]