Road Trip August, 2024

August, 2024, To Virginia and Back

Destination reached, time to turn around and go home

Wednesday, August 14th, Dixie Caverns RV Park, Salem, VA

After a very restful and relaxing week at Mayberry Campground the time finally came when we had to get the wheels rolling again.

Just a short hop this time to a so-called RV park in Virginia called

This is a sort of RV park that has nothing much to offer accept a reasonably level pull through site that is nice for an overnight stay but no longer. And that is exactly how long we stayed, just one night.

The next day we were back on the road headed toward Luray Caverns. My grandson lives just 10 minutes from the Caverns, and we were going to pick him up and take him with us to our final destination.

Little did I know what was in store for me but I quickly found out. Leaving Rt81 you take Rt211 to the Caverns. In essence it is a two lane road, 7% grade, all hairpin and switchback turns. Both up and back down. Up is about 6 miles and back down is the same distance. It was 3rd gear up and down keeping the speed to just about 40 mph and no more. This was a once in life time trip for me. I’ll leave this road to the motorcycle junkies among us. It is perfect road for them.

August 15th to August 19th, Candy Hill Campground, Winchester, VA

This was our final destination for this trip. This would be home base for family time and the baby shower for my granddaughter.

About the name of the RV Park, this is how it came about, according to the park’s owner. And I quote:

The Candy Hill name comes from an interesting past. No, it is not what most guess, we are not candy givers nor are we a Christmas themed park. The truth behind the story is that years ago there was a farm house where our campground now stands and as a story book would say, there was a little girl who lived there. She had a dog who passed away and was buried on the hill behind the farm house and luck have it, the dogs name was Candy. From then on the hill was referred to as Candy’s Hill, hence our name, Candy Hill Campground. And now you know the true story!

Unfortunately, Ms Barbara forgot to take pictures at the Baby Shower but I understand it was a smashing success. Also a bit wet at times due to rain showers throughout the day. But they failed to put a damper on the party and everyone had a wonderful time.

We also spent some wonderful family time with my son Adam and his family. The young man with the black tee shirt is our grandson, Jarret. He is the one we went to Luray to pick up.

We had an opportunity to get reacquainted with our youngest grandson, Jaxon. That tongue is out no matter what he does!

We were able to also spend some time with my sister, Cindy and her husband, Charlie – that’s his knee I just got in the picture.

So, bottom line the trip was a huge success. Time with family is so precious. We’ll be going home with many wonderful memories.

Now, it is time to start rolling back toward Florida. We’ll be back on August 30th. Back to the heat and humidity. The last couple of days at the RV park we’ve been at, the morning temperatures have been in the 40’s and 50’s. Ah, so nice.

Time to roll.