2018 Sprinty Summary

A summary of Sprinty's adventures in 2018. Details of most of the adventures can be found in the blog archives.

  • About 20,900 miles traveled
  • 182 nights camping
  • Attended five Roadtrek rallys
  • Attended two FMCA rallys
  • Over 180 rounds of golf played on 105 different golf courses
  • 13 new states camped in plus Canada
Florida
New York
Ontario, Canada
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Louisiana
Arizona


List of 2018 destinations:

Trip to Florida - January-March
  • Providence Canyon (Georgia's "Little Grand Canyon"), Lumpkin, GA
Famcamp, Marine Corps Logistics Base, Albany, GA
Wildwood Golf & RV Resort, Crawfordville, FL
Manatee Springs State Park, Chiefland, FL
Riverside RV Resort, Arcadia, FL
Myakka River State Park
  • Bike riding with Chain Gang
Alafia River State Park
  • Bike riding on the trails
Sun 'N Fun Expo, Lakeland, FL (Southeast Area Rally, FMCA)
Sumter Oaks RV Park, Bushnell, FL
Silver Spring State Park
  • Lake Eaton sinkhole and lake trails, Ocala National Forest
Rodman Campground, Palatka, FL
  • Bluegrass Festival, Palatka, FL
Tomoka State Park, Ormond Beach, FL (Roadtrek Rally)
Manatee Hammock Campground, Brevard County Park, Titusville, FL
Lake Kissimmee State Park, Lake Wales, FL
  • RC Laser Regatta, South County Regional Park, Punta Gorda, FL
Sanlan RV Resort, Lakeland, FL
  • Atlanta Braves spring training game, Kissimmee, FL
Sumter Oaks RV Park, Bushnell, FL
  • Ocala RV Show, Ocala, FL
Gibson County Park Campground, Jasper, FL
Georgia Veteran State Park/Lake Blackshear Resort, Cordele, GA
  • Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, Plains, GA
  • Andersonville National Historic site, Andersonville, GA
High Falls State Park, Jackson, GA
  • Tiny House Festival, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA; met Mandy Lea (www.mandyleaphoto.com) and her partner Kendrick Callaway

March
Georgia National Fairgrounds, Perry, GA
  • Family Motor Coach Association rally

Trip to Deep Creek Lake - April
Tallulah Gorge State Park, Lakemont, GA
River Vista Mountain Village RV Park, Dillard, GA (Roadtrek Rally)
  • Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center, Mountain City, GA
Smokemont Campground, Great Smoky Mountain National Park
  • Clingman's Dome
River Plantation RV Resort, Sevierville, TN
Lazy Llama Campground, Chuckey, TN
Watauga Dam Tailwater TVA Campground, Elizabethton, TN
Claytor Lake State Park, Dublin, VA
Endless Caverns RV Resort, New Market, VA

Trip to Williamsburg - May
Creekside Campground, Edinburg, VA
Aqualand Marina and Campground, Newburg, MD
Point Lookout State Park, Scotland, MD
Goose Creek Campground (Famcamp), Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Patuxent River, MD
Cheatham Annex Famcamp, Williamsburg, VA
Fort Eustis Famcamp, Fort Eustis, VA

Trip to Hocking Hills, Ohio - June
Marietta RV Park, Marietta, OH
Hocking Hills State Park, Logan, OH
North Bend State Park, Cairo, WV

July
Kooser State Park Campground, Somerset, PA
Shawnee State Park Campground, Schellsburg, PA

Laurel Hill State Park Campground, Somerset, PA

Trip to Michigan - July-August
Parker Dam State Park, Penfield, PA
  • Penn Brad Oil Museum, Bradford, PA
  • Zippo/Case Museum, Bradford, PA
Allegany State Park - Red House Area Campground, Salamanca, NY
Evangola State Park, Irving, NY
  • Niagara Falls
Boondockers Welcome host, Ariss, ON
Roadtrek, Kitchner, ON (Radisson Hotel)
Awenda Provincial Park Campground, Penetanguishene, ON
  • Parry Sound, ON
Serpent River Campground, Spragge, ON
Aune-Osborn RV Park, Sault Sainte Marie, MI
  • Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, Paradise, MI
  • Upper and Lower Falls, Tahquamenon Falls State Park
Rivermouth - Tahquamenon Falls State Park Campground, Paradise, MI
  • Pictured Rocks National Seashore
Munising Tourist Park Campground, Munising, MI
Hancock Rec Area Campground, Hancock, MI
  • Northern end of US41, Copper Harbor, MI
  • Fort Wilkins State Park, Copper Harbor, MI
Bewabic State Park Campground, Crystal Falls, MI
Gladstone Bay Campground, Gladstone, MI
Indian Lake State Park, Manistique, MI
Straits State Park Campground, St Ignace, MI (north end of Mackinac bridge)
  • Mackinac Island (by ferry from Saint Ignace)
Petoskey State Park Campground, Petoskey, MI
Traverse City State Park Campground, Traverse City, MI
  • Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Empire, MI
  • Mac Wood's Dune Scooter Ride, Silver Lake State Park, Mears, MI
Silver Lake State Park Campground, Mears, MI
  • SS Badger Ferry across Lake Michigan
Kohler-Andrae State Park Campground, Sheboygan, WI
Hollywood Casino Hotel & RV Resort, Joliet, IL
  • Illinois and Michigan Canal Rally/Caravan with 9 other Roadtreks
Starved Rock State Park, Utica, IL
RV/MH Hall of Fame and Museum in Elkhart, IN
Lake Loramie State Park Campground, Minster, OH
  • Airstream Factory Tour, Jackson Center, OH
Alum Creek State Park, Delaware, OH
Barkcamp State Park Campground, Belmont, OH

Trip to Maine - September
Lackawanna State Park Campground, Dalton, PA
Coles Creek State Park Campground, Waddington, NY
Barn Yard Consignments & Auctions LLC, Georgia, VT (Boondockers Welcome)
  • Burlington, VT
  • Lake Champlain Chocolates, Burlington, VT
  • Montpelier, VT
Morse Farm Maple Surgarworks,
Montpelier, VT
Apple Hill Campground, Bethlehem, NH
Two Rivers Campground, Skowhegan, ME
Pleasant Hill Campground, Hermon, ME
  • Eagle's Nest Restaurant, Brewer, ME (lobster roll)
Bar Harbor Campground, Bar Harbor, ME
  • Acadia National Park (Tour, loop drive, Cadillac Mountain)
Seawall Campground - Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, ME
Camden Hills State Park Campground, Camden, ME
Boothbay Craft Brewery, Tavern & RV, Boothbay, ME
  • LL Bean stores in Freeport, ME
Bradbury Mountain State Park Campground, Pownal, ME
  • LL Bean stores in Freeport, ME
Beaver Dam Campground, Berwick, ME
Harold Parker State Forest Lorraine Park Campground, Andover, MA
  • JFL Presidential Library, Boston, MA
Fourth Cliff Recreation Area Campground, Humarock, Massachusetts (Hanscom AFB Recreation Area)
  • Plymouth Rock, Plymouth, MA
  • Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, MA
  • Cape Cod National Seashore
  • Providencetown, MA
Nickerson State Park Campground, Brewster, MA
  • Falmouth, MA and Woods Hole, MA
  • Herreshoff Marine Museum and America's Cup Hall of Fame in Bristol, RI
Carr Point Recreation Facility Campground, Newport, RI (Navy Famcamp)
Mineral Springs Family Campgrounds, Stafford Springs, CT
  • Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
  • Bash Bish Falls, Mount Washington, MA
  • Copake Iron Works, Copake Falls, NY
Taconic State Park Campground, Copake Falls, NY
  • Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, Kinderhook, NY
  • Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, Hyde Park, NY
Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park Campground, Staatsburg, NY
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Hyde Park, NY
Worthington State Forest Campground, Columbia, NJ

Trip to Canton - October
Claytor Lake State Park, Dublin, VA
  • Blowing Rock, NC
Pines RV Park, Franklin, NC

Trip to Raleigh Roadtrek Rally/Tennessee Golf with Tomlinsons - October-November
Sunset Beach, NC
Smith Lake Army RV Park, Fayetteville, NC - Fort Bragg
Raleigh Oaks RV & Cottage Resort, Four Oaks, NC (Roadtrek Rally)
  • Ava Gardner Museum, Smithfield, NC
  • Tobacco Farm Life Museum, Kenly, NC
Bentonville Battlefiled
Roan Mountain State Park, Roan Mountain, TN
Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park Campground, Limestone, TN
Harrison Bay State Park, Harrison, TN
Cumberland Mountain State Park, Crossville, TN

Trip to Arizona - November-December
Georgia Veterans State Park, Cordele, GA
Laura S. Walker State Park, Waycross, GA
Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Starke, FL
Compass RV Park, St Augustine, FL (Roadtrek Rally)
Rainbow Plantation, Summerdale, AL
Fontainebleau State Park, Mandeville, LA
Lake Fausse Pointe State Park, St Martinville, LA
Sam Houston Jones State Park, Lake Charles, LA
  • Edison Museum, Beaumont, TX
  • Fire Museum, Beaumont, TX
  • Texas Energy Museum, Beaumont, TX
  • Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont, TX
Gulf Coast RV Resort, Beaumont , TX
  • Museum of the Golf Coast, Port Arthur, TX
  • Steamboat Museum, Beaumont, TX
  • Shelley & Forrest for Thanksgiving, Atascocita, TX
Rocky Creek Campground, Burton, TX
  • Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, birthplace of Texas, Washington, TX
  • George H.W. Bush Presidential Library, College Station, TX
Rocky Creek Campground, Burton, TX
  • Blue Bell Creameries, Brenham, TX
  • Texas Cotton Gin Museum, Burton, TX
Bastrop State Park Campground, Bastrop, TX
  • Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, Austin, TX
Joint Base San Antonio Canyon Lake Recreation Park, Canyon Lake, TX
  • Natural Bridge Caverns, San Antonio, TX
  • The Alamo, San Antonia, TX
  • Buckhorn Saloon and Museum, San Antonio, TX
  • River Walk, San Antonio, TX
Travelers World RV Resort, San Antonio, TX
Southwinds Marina, Laughlin AFB, Del Rio, TX
  • Big Bend National Park
Rio Grande Village Campground, Big Bend National Park
Chisos Basin Campground, Big Bend National Park
Maverick Ranch RV Park, Lajitas, TX
Van Horn RV Park, Van Horn, TX
Carlsbad RV Park, Carlsbad, TX
  • Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Kirtland AFB FamCamp Campground, Albuquerque, NM
  • Valley of Fires Recreation Area, Carrizozo, NM
Desert Paradise MH and RV Park, Alamogordo, NM
  • White Sands National Monument
  • Dripping Springs Natural Area, Las Cruces, NM
Harvest Hosts: Rio Mimbres Country Club, Deming, NM
Low-Hi RV Ranch, Deming, NM
  • Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
  • City of Rocks State Park
City of Rocks State Park, Faywood, NM
  • Silver City Museum, Silver City, NV
Mountain View RV Park, Bowie, AZ
  • Indian Bread Rocks, Bowie, AZ
  • Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Bowie, AZ
  • Chiricahua National Monument, Willcox, AZ
Douglas Golf Club & RV Park, Douglas, AZ
Turquoise Valley Golf and RV Park, Naco, AZ
  • Queen Copper Mine tour, Bisbee, AZ
Tombstone RV and Horse Park, Tombstone, AZ
  • O.K. Corral Historic Complex, Tombstone, AZ
Tombstone RV and Horse Park, Tombstone, AZ
Apache Flats RV Park, FamCamp, Fort Huachuca, AZ
  • Kartchner Caverns at Kartchner Caverns State Park
SKP Saguaro Coop of AZ, Benson, AZ
  • Titan Missile Museum, Sahuarita, AZ
Agave Gulch FamCamp Campground, Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ
  • Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ
  • Saguaro National Park West
Agave Gulch FamCamp Campground, Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ
  • Saguaro National Park East, Cactus Forest Drive
Catalina State Park, Tucson, AZ
  • Biosphere 2, Oracle, AZ
  • Goldfield ghost town, Apache Junction, AZ
  • Superstition Mountain - Lost Dutchman Museum, Apache Junction, AZ
Lost Dutchman State Park, Apache Junction, AZ
  • Taliesin West, Scottsdale, AZ
Lost Dutchman State Park, Apache Junction, AZ
  • Red Rock Scenic Byway, Arizona Highway 179
  • Sedona, AZ
  • Crescent Moon Ranch, Sedona, AZ
  • Red Rock State Park, Sedona, AZ
Dead Horse Ranch State Park, Cottonwood, AZ
Escapees North Ranch, Congress, AZ
Desert Breeze Travel Camp Campground, Yuma Proving Ground, Yuma, AZ
  • Castle Dome Mine Museum, Yuma, AZ

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