On June 14th, we left Dunedin and headed to Willoughby, OH to pick up new Poppy. We encountered heavy, blinding rains interspersed with decent weather each of the 3 days of travel. We even made a side trip to look at some Boykin Spaniels. They are smaller thank Springers, but extremely lively!
Since we had taken most of our RV stuff home last September, we rented a van and took what we thought we needed. New Poppy is 18 inches shorter than old Poppy (a loss of 72 square feet), so we were concerned about storage space. We took less, and ended up with ample, even extra space.
Advanced RV didn't expect us until Thursday, June 26th, but they were so accommodating! We signed the papers and moved our stuff in to the RV on Monday, June 23rd. That gave us a few days to see if there were any issues before taking off for New England
Each RV is custom. Last fall, we met with the design team at A-RV and selected the layout and the finishes for Poppy. We are so pleased with the quality and how they made our design a reality.
Today, Friday, June 20th, we left for Allegany, NY State Park. Although it was only 180 miles, much of it was on curvy mountainous roads, so it took much longer than expected. This is the first park we've ever been in that wouldn't let you stop at the entry station to check in. He told us to go to our site, get set up and come back (walking) and check in. Well it was at least a quarter of a mile up a hill, so we drove back, told him we were unable to walk back. Check-in completed!
Below is one of the many farms we saw on our trip today. Many had no electricity and had clotheslines full of drying clothes. We saw women mowing large yards with push mowers. Of course, they were Amish residences.
Our campground tonight has warnings of black bear, but none were seen.
