no computer = no posts

Sorry, folks. Left my computer at my daughters in Toronto, therefore no post until the weekend. Suffice to say we are back in Ontario and it is freezing cold.

Home but not home.

Where are we?

Cedar beach Park, Stouffville, Ontario

Welcome to new readers, Sassy and Bennie.

We arrived back in Ontario on Thursday afternoon to find our site at our home base has not been leveled or graveled. I emailed the manager about 2 weeks ago about what we wanted done and, of course it hasn't been. The site is very muddy and soft and we are afraid that we will sink into the mud and not be able to get out. I really want to get going with getting the deck and garden sorted out. So until we are on our site and have access to our cable internet, there will be no posts. :-(


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Snow tonight?? You sure?

Where are we today?

Max Meadows, VA

Firstly, welcome to the blog, Bea and her hubby (??? J.P.???). New readers.

The weather report for tonight and tomorrow is not too good (rain and maybe snow), so we decided to cough up the money to stay at a campground. There being no Coast to Coast resorts around here and all the Passport America Campgrounds, in the area, have terrible reviews, we found this campground, called Pioneer Village Resort, on our Camp & RV app on the iPad.

The reviews were good so we decided to give it a try. It is close to the I81 and in a very pretty location with a river running past it's north edge. The trees are still small as the campground has only opened in the past couple of years. The staff have gone out of their way to make sure we had a nice site that suited our motor home. One of the owners came over to our site to give us information and to take the payment. They even gave us a discount as they do honour memberships with a 10% off. The internet is free and good (I am picking it up via my Wifi Ranger). We have full hookup with 50 amps. I suggested they become a Passport America campground to increase their traffic, especially with all the snowbirds traveling to and from in the shoulder seasons.

Tonight we will have the electric heater and mattress cover turned on. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

Site is on a slope so the front is jacked up really high.

This campground is almost empty. They could have a whole lot more RVs if they were a Passport America campground. 

Here is our route thus far.
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Winery overnighting.

Where are we today?

Del Monaco Winery, Baxter, Tennessee.

Another day of driving. We have not been able to do the 2X2X2 Rule, but we have been camping for free. Tonight's camp is at Del Monaco Winery in Tennessee. This is part of the Harvest Hosts program. If you decide to sign, please add our names (Mike and Dee White) in the "Referred By" field and you and we will get an extra month added to our membership.

This place is so quiet and peaceful. Such a change from Walmarts!!

Today has been cloudy and cool all day and there has been a fine misty rain falling since late in the afternoon. Thank goodness we are toasty and warm in our little house on wheels.

Del Monaco Winery. There was a wedding going on while we were there, so we could not park in the parking lot, so the manager put us out in the "sub-division".

The inside of the winery is sparkling clean and modern. Nice to see the South African flag up on the wall.

There we are out in the back 40. Very quiet and peaceful. Right in among the vines.

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About to cross over.

Where are we today? 

West Memphis, Arkansas

Tomorrow we cross the Mississippi and will truly be in the "east". We are camped at the Walmart right next to the I 40 and I think the highway noise will be "white noise". Not much will keep us awake tonight.

As soon as we drove in, the Walmart Security officer drove over to us and told us where to park and said "Stay as long as you like!" Now wasn't that nice of him!

Thank you, sir, but we will be leaving here in the morning and going to Flying J down the road and filling this hungry beast!

I wonder where we will be tomorrow night??

Here is our route so far.

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