As you may remember when we bought Alex, our first camper, we received an offer of free camping at Gettysburg with Travel Resorts of America. Not only did we receive that week for free we were given three vouchers (1 week stay each) for any of TRA's property after having gone through their club spiel. We decided to take advantage of one of their sites in Pymatuning, OH. Ironically one of the selling points to the TRA club was exclusivity, however, the campground is now a KOA site which means that membership is not necessary. This change was a big source of contention for those who spent thousands of dollars to join the club....so glad we didn't do it...Of course we would never have done it because we didn't know whether or not we would even like the camping life and they needed our commitment right then and there.
Ok...enough about that. Here we stayed for a week. This was a great opportunity to get settled and try out various things with the camper that we had not used yet. The biggest challenge was probably trying to figure out where the switch was to turn the hot water tank on, but we found it and all is working well with it.
The weather was in the high 80s and low 90s while we were there, needless to say it was very hot. The campground did have a pool which was refreshing and lucky for us it was right across from our site. Not only did we get in the pool but we also rented a canoe ($8/hour) and went out on the lake. We only rowed for an hour (ok we didn't row the whole time), but it was clear that we needed to do more than just hike to get in shape. In fact doing things like renting the canoe along with hikes and such is a great way to get exercise without doing exercises. We will continue to this, perhaps rent bikes or a paddle boat, and activities that are not only fun but are good for us....just for the record we did pull out the weights that we brought a bit later in our trip 😎 - so far just once, but I'm hopeful...
Like so many places that we've been we've met some really nice people. Pymatunig was no different. We had some really nice contact with Cathy & Dennis from Pittsburgh. Cathy is interested in becoming more full-time, Dennis isn't quite sold on it. Cathy if you're reading this - Hi!
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| Our set-up with Elwood &"The Clam" |
We also took a ride up to Cleveland from here....more to come on that.
Leave Erie, PA 10:30am - sunny 67°
Rte. 8S►6W►322W►(seeing in our travels Meadeville, Jamestown, & Persons Rd - so cool)►
12:33pm Welcome to OH
Arrive Travel Resorts Campground/KOA Pymatuning Adventures - 12:35pm
Miles traveled - 78
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