Author Archives: Trail Rocker

Yesterday Barbara and I visited the Gettysburg Battlefield.  This is a beautiful historic park, but due to the events of July 1863 it made the day very solemn for both of us.  It has been reported that approximately 620,000 soldiers died during the Civil War.  While at the visitors center I noticed a discrepancy inContinue reading “Gettysburg Battlefield”

Yesterday Barbara and I made the long journey from Fayetteville, West Virginia to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. When we left the RV park in Fayetteville our GPS indicated we had 318 miles to our destination. The first 288 miles were uneventful, but the last 30 plus were frustrating, to say the least. Once we got off ofContinue reading “Gettysburg Battlefield RV Park”

The New River is not new at all. In fact, the New River is one of the oldest rivers on earth. The Appalachian Mountains started their rise approximately 300 million years ago and the New River cuts down into rocks that are 330 million years old. The New River is what geologists call an inconsequentContinue reading “New River Gorge”

Today Barbara and I travelled north to the town of Appomattox, Virginia.  For those of you who don’t remember history, this is where General Robert E. Lee, on April 9, 1865, surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant.  General Grant walked in, sat down and began writing out the terms to whichContinue reading “Appomattox”

Over the past few days Barbara and I have traveled north from Brunswick, Georgia to Lynchburg, Virginia to the Lynchburg Thousand Trails RV park. If I had to rate this place on first impressions, I’d give it an F. When we arrived yesterday it was raining and the roads in this park are terrible. ThisContinue reading “Lynchburg”

The Southeast Georgia (SEGA) rally begins today, so I walked around the Coastal Georgia RV Park this morning and took photos of the park, wildlife and RV’s. I’ve never seen so many Grand Design (GD) RV’s together in one place before. This is our first GD rally and hopefully won’t be our last.

Since today is our last day at the Oaks RV park I took one last hike around their lake in search of “critters”. I wasn’t disappointed. Take a look!

Yesterday Barbara and I travelled to Savannah for the day. We enjoyed a trolley ride through downtown and then a leisurely ride on the Georgia Queen. This city has a rich history predating the civil war. Notable items in Savannah’s history include slave trading, the cotton industry, General Sherman’s march through the southeast during theContinue reading “Savannah”

My brother got a chance to get out and do some fishing. He and some friends traveled to Bridgeport Lake on the east side of the Sierra’s and were rewarded for their efforts. Take a look!

This morning during my morning hike, as I was scanning the shoreline of the lake that I was walking around, I came across several critters sunbathing. Take a look!