We landed this afternoon at Ely KOA Journey, pretty much right in the middle of Nevada, elevation, 6500 ft. This is just a stop-over for a night, but it really is a nice campground. We plan to drive around this after and check out the town.
From here we're heading north to Idaho. Our first stop is a place called Anderson Camp. We plan to spend a couple of days there so we can check out Shoshone Falls and what's left of Twin Falls
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Our drive from Niagra to Kenisee Lake was an eventful one. Our "stop engine" light and buzzer came on and it was almost an impossible find to locate an auto/RV/truck mechanic that had the equipment to analyze our trouble. We finally did, got the issue resolved and was able to make the 173-mile drive in just a bit under eight hours. The other thing we found is that if you're using Google Maps as your GPS coming from I-90, it will direct you to go under a ten-foot bridge just before reaching the campground.
Once we got to the campground we found that they had already chosen our site for us. (not the norm for a Thousand Trails park) Fortunately, it was a 50 amp site as we found that there are just a few of them. I'm guessing that the assignment was to prevent RV's without 50 amps from using the available sites. The campground is very nice, the sites are large and all have grass lawns with full hook-ups. There are tent sites with just water and electricity as well. Like with most campgrounds that rent out annual sites, the better locations we filled with people who don't travel. The campground is only open half the year. The other half power and water are turned off, but people can keep their RV's in their sites. We found that most of the annual sites are just used on the weekend. The campground is very well kept up and has decent amenities. The pool could be bigger and the shared sports court could be split up so that you didn't have to set up a net every time you wanted to play pickleball. The small lake is fine for boating but swimming isn't allowed. There is also a good number of folks with ATV's and they drive them from the campground to go mudding somewhere nearby. Overall the campground is one of the better ones we have visited, the people are very friendly and the feel of the campground is welcoming to traveling RV'ers.
While here at the campground we didn't find a whole lot of excitement in the surrounding area. We drove to Geneva by the Lake, (the local tourist area) then followed the road east along the lake for twenty miles or so. Unfortunately for the town, since the 70's the lake has eaten up the beaches and businesses who once had nice beaches to draw customers in no longer have them. We drove through town around eleven on a Monday and found most stores and attractions to be closed. We also stopped at a couple of parks along Lake Erie and had a chance to wade out into the lake. It was surprisingly warmer than I expected. The problem is that the geese and seagull population at the parks is so numerous that most of the grass and beach areas are minefields and not very pleasant to hang out in.
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Park Model w/ Screened Porch/6 No Pets
Sleeps 6. Two bedrooms/One full bath.
Master bedroom has a queen-size bed. Second bedroom has a bunk bed with double on the bottom and single on top.
Living room has a sofa that turns into a single bed.
Fully equipped kitchen. Linens NOT included.
No pets permitted.
The drive in was wet and rainy so the branches along the route were low and did a number on our roof. Our Garmin GPS led us to the back entrance to the park (which was not a road for RV's) and Google Maps put us on the correct road but took a screwy way to get there. (Later the car's GPS placed us a mile away from the entrance) Check-in time is 2 PM and we arrive at half-past ten. So we had to pull over and wait. (however, our assigned site was empty when we arrived) Our site was nice enough, right between a park model that was vacant and a great couple with their three grand-daughters. (So it was all good) The park is along Tuxbury Pond which is large but mostly covered with vegetation that wasn't very inviting. The park is divided with the park buildings in the middle. It offers both heavily treed campsites as well as several with no shade at all. The swimming pool looked nice and has a nice camp store. There was an inflatable movie screen showing Christmas movies in July. We did look at some of the other buildings like the laundry and what I assumed was a teen area which was in bad condition. The campground is quite large and the only dumpsters are located about a quarter of a mile outside the gate with no recycling. The campground is half in New Hampshire and half in Massachusetts. Overall, the campground was fine and meeting new friends made it all that much better.
While we were there we took a day to drive up along the New Hampshire coast along Route 1A. This was the first time we had been able to drive along the Atlantic Ocean and actually see the ocean. We followed the coast until we reached Portsmouth. Along the way, we stopped at a revolutionary war bunker, Fort Constitution, that is located inside a Coast Gaurd station along with a Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse on New Castle Island. On another day we drove south back into Massachusetts to do the tourist thing in Salem. We spent the day poking around town, did a tour of a which house and walked out onto Derby Wharf to check out the light station built in 1871. Salem was a beautiful town with lots of history and lots of tourists. Who would have thought that less than one year of witch trials in 1692 would bring so much money into the town several hundred years later? We had also planned to visit Boston, but the parking cost alone made it unappealing for a partial day visit. In the future when we can take the train into town and plan a little better, we'll try it again.
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