We have our new RV!! She is called Kyalami!

We picked up our Dutch Star yesterday and so far we love it! It is so bright and airy inside, and so roomy. In the Seneca we lost about 6 feet in the front due to the engine and the cab. In this new RV we can make use of the whole inside space. It is awesome! We have a real bedroom, not just a small cubicle at the end of the vehicle. Michael is thrilled with all the room in the large bins underneath.

Timmy has made himself at home already, choosing to sleep under the dinette table. He also likes the sofa back where he can sit and look out the window.

We are planning our first weekend away over the Canada Day weekend when we go to the Lake Whittaker Campground in Kettle Creek Conservation Area. Come back for a report on that trip.

The Seneca looking very forlorn on sales row.

I am back!!

Well, it has been far too long since I posted to the blog. I (Dee) was quite ill for a week (tummy bug) and am only recovering now. Then we had to come home to Ontario and I just had to take things easy for a couple of months because my knee was giving me trouble. We have been doing the rounds of doctors, dentists, eye specialists etc.

In the meantime we have traded the Seneca in for a Newmar Dutch Star. Here are the pics of the new rig. We have named the RV "Kyalami". which mean "Our Home" in Zulu.

This is one of the reasons we upgraded. The Seneca has a queen bed which is squeezed into the the back corner, I am having terrible trouble with my knees and back and found it exceedingly difficult to get in and out of bed. I can now get in and out with ease and when I have my knee surgery, I will even be able to use a walker inside. 

I have had a cortisone shot in my knee and I am feeling on top of the world. My tummy troubles are over and I have a whole new lease on life. Hooray!

Camping World, Syracuse

My sister's home is very close to Hagerstown so it is very easy to jump onto the I 81 North. From there straight up to Syracuse and Camping World. We pulled in to the parking lot, asked permission to stay overnight, plugged in to their electrical outlet (30 amp). Did a bit of shopping in the store for some back tank deodorant and turned in for the night. We were up early the next morning and headed for the border.it took us all of 10 minutes to get through. Being a Sunday, the 401 in Ontario was very quiet.

Cedar Beach Park is not open yet, so we cannot go in. Instead we will reverse into the driveway of the Whitby house until Cedar Beach opens.

Visiting my sister in Keedysville, MD

We spent a few days with my sister in Keedysville, Maryland. She is doing a lot of renovations to her house, including a new fence around the back of their property to keep her recently adopted Chesapeake Bay Retriever in the yard. This does mean that we do not have as much room as we had in November to park the Seneca, but there is still enough space for us to get into the driveway if we keep our big slide in. We did not do anything other than a bit of outlet shopping and a new Apple computer for me. If you remember correctly my computer screen backlight died. I was coping with it by hooking up the small TV screen to the computer. This worked very well for the interim. I will get the old computer repaired and give it to our grandson. So a few quiet days with my sister, we picked up the temporary drivers license for Michael, much to his relief. I was pretty much under the weather for the stay, sleeping a lot and not really feeling up to par.

Wedged in between the fences on my sister's drive way

New veggie gardens

The chicken coop

Our Seneca parked in the driveway

Sam, looking beautiful on the back porch

Woof, woof, Timmy come and play.

Chesapeake Thousand Trails and a trip to Yorktown VA.

After our very busy week in Myrtle Beach, we have now moved a bit further north to Gloucester, Virginia where the Chesapeake Thousand Trails Resort is situated on the west bank of the Piankatank River. We are very fortunate in that it is open so early in the season. I am not sure if it open all year or not. This is a very big campground with a lot of water around it. Mature trees and a small beach. It must be a very pretty campground in summer, however, right now it is pretty bleak. The weather has been cold with a nasty wind bowing over the icy waters of the river. We have just been taking things easy as Michael has not received his temporary drivers licence. We are really hoping it will be emailed to us by my sister in the next few days.

We found a take out place called Diggs where bought some wonderful crab cakes, devilled crab and crab muffins. Yummy!

My apologies for not getting my posts updated as I have been unwell.

Crossing the bridge over the York River

Our first site on the banks of the Piankatank River. Very wet and cold.

Then we moved further away from the river onto a bigger site, away from the icy cold wind.

The bank of the Piankatank River

Activity Center

Activity Center and playground

Long dock

Small sandy beach

The campground from the dock

Small lake near the campground

The beach at Yorktown

Yorktown and the bridge across the York River

Yorktown

Beautiful old house in Yorktown

Historical buildings

Sites at Chesapeake Thousand Trails

The best site in the CG!

Timmy says, Yes please can we stay here next year?

Very calm on the river

Timmy loved running around and digging in the soft sand on the river bank

Low tide on the river

The campground is right on the river.

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