After checking with many campgrounds in the northeastern states and Canada, I found that our early side trip to Tom and Julie’s at Altmar had made us too late. Most campgrounds closed just about the time we’d get there (we had originally intended to stop at Altmar after Nova Scotia). So, C'est la vie. We decided to just run up to the 1000 Islands area, cross into Canada and spend one or two nights then cut down across New York through the middle of the Adirondacks. From there we’d decide what to do because hurricane Matthew might throw a kink in our east coast plans. But, all that turned to worms before we left Altmar. I had prepped Lil’ Pumpkin for the trip and the last thing I did was test the generator. Many of the campgrounds in Canada and the eastern states that were still open were “dry” camps, which mean no power. Lil’ Pumpkin has enough battery power to get through several nights if only lights and other minor current draws are used. But, it’s getting cold at night and the furnace would probably be needed and the furnace blower would drain the batteries much faster. We would need the generator. But, it wouldn’t start. It was doing the same thing as earlier this year. The generator is fueled with propane and the propane regulator was not feeding enough gas to run the generator. This will be the 4th regulator since we bought Lil Pumpkin in 2013, but that another story. In the meantime, we now were faced with no generator and cold nights. It just wasn’t worth it. We headed south into Pennsylvania. We stopped to camp at Worlds End State Park just west of Hwy 220 at Forksville, Pa.
Worlds End is a beautiful, well-kept park on the Loyalsock River. It was mostly vacant except for a few campers sprinkled throughout the park. No one was manning the office when we arrived so I grabbed a self-pay envelope and we drove on in to find a sight. Interestingly, they had a special section for campers with dogs. I’d never seen that before. The “dog” section was just as nice as the rest of the park, so we weren’t treated as 2nd class campers. We were just across the road from the river which was beautiful noisy rapids in that area.
I was tired and hit the sack early. The self-pay envelope stated the payment could be made the next morning if we wished…and I wished. Joyce filled out the requested info and wrote a check which she stuck in the envelope. It was ready to drop off as we leave tomorrow morning.
