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TELL ME A STORY, PLEASE
Professional storyteller Raelene Croster will present a family-friendly Halloween Storytelling Program on October 19 at Onondaga Cave State Park, Leasburg, Missouri. Meet at the amphitheater at 6:30 p.m. for the free, 1 ½ hour show. For information about the program call (573) 522-3760. For information about tours of the cave, a National Natural Landmark, call (573) 245-6576.
DO YOU DIG NATURE? BRING A TROWEL
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If you dig conservation, be at Blackwater River State Park, Holt, Florida, on September 29. Join a team and dig up and destroy invasive plants. Near Milton in the FLorida Panhandle, the park has camping, picnic areas, hiking on the Blackwater River, fishing and geo-caching. The entry fee is $4 per car. Meet before 11 a.m. at the day use parking area. Contact aimee.wolters@floridadep.gov
CAMPING WITH THE BLUES IN FLORIDA
Camping With The Blues comes to the former Sertoma Youth Ranch, now the Sand Music Ranch in Brooksville, Florida. Dates are October 18-20. The lineup is subject to change but for now the headliners are announced as Piper and The Hard Times, winners of the 2024 International Blues Challenge Band Division. A limited number of camp sites with water and electric are available on a first-come basis. Parking outside the front gate is free. (941) 758-7585
SEPTEMBER IS THE TIME FOR
ONTARIO'S KAWARTHA LAKES
Lindsay, Ontario, known as the Gateway to the Kawartha Lakes, will swell by as many as 70,000 happy visitors September 14-22 during the International Plowing Match (IPM) and Lindsay Exhibition (LEX). Learn about rural living and local farming today and yesterday. Ride the rides. See contests such as horse and tractor plowing. Take a wagon tour. Sample local products at food trucks and crafts vendor booths. Email info@Lindsayex.com/ See the website at https://lindsayex.com/
MOONLIGHT MAKES MAGIC AT WATERFALL
In North Georgia, Tallulah State Park’s waterfalls and gorge are a spectacle, especially during ranger-led Full Moon hikes. You’ll start at twilight to hike to the suspension bridge, then watch the moon rise over the gorge. Dates and times vary with the season. Upcoming dates include September 17, October 17, November 15 and December 15. Cost is $10 plus $5 parking.
Advance sign-up is required at (706) 754-7981.
FREEDOM OF THE OPEN ROAD? GO RV-ING!
Do you dream of selling everything and traveling in a complete home on wheels? Living Aboard Your RV, 4th Edition by Janet Groene & Gordon Groene is a total guide to the full-time life on wheels. Should you sell the house or rent it out? Downsize possessions or put them in storage? Too young to retire? There’s a chapter on ways to make a living anywhere. Kids on board? We cover home schooling and also an exit strategy if and when the time comes to settle down. Order at any book store or let Amazon gift wrap and ship it for you. https://amzn.to/29XFEkq
Go to https://createagorp.blogspot.com for easy travel snack recipes.
OLD TIME MUSIC EXPERTS MEET in FLA.
Resin your bow and reserve your spot now to listen, learn and network at the Old Time Music Weekend at Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park, White Springs, Florida. Dates are September 13-15. Top folk musicians gather for jam sessions, workshops, concerts and discussion groups. In-depth instruction will be available in banjo, guitar and fiddle. Registration of $210-$235 includes all sessions. Some campsites and cabins are available for participants but sign-up for the program doesn’t guarantee accommodations. For more information and registration call John at the park (386) 397-7005.
STAY FREE IN WASHINGTON STATE
Get a free RV site or boat dock plus other perks in Washington in exchange for seasonal work in a state park. The catch: You must bring your own living quarters (RV or boat). Be a camp host, guide, docent or marina host. See application forms including a background check at (www.) parks.volunteer@parks.wa.gov/
See news briefs on new, proposed, future, opening and closing campgrounds and RV parks plus events for RV-ers events at https://www.rvtravel.com/author/janet
RAMBLE TO MARYLAND FOR MUSIC
Ramble Festival in Darlington, Maryland, scheduled for October 11-13. Bring your whole tribe to Camp Ramblewood. Like a music camp for adults the festival offers dorm-like accommodations as well as dry sites for RV or car camping. Dozens of performers including Trombone Shorty, Moe X2 and Shadowgrass will be here for three days of feel-good music. For details go to https://www.ramblefestival.com/ and sign up for the newsletter that will keep you in the loop until the event.
HEAR THE UNIQUE SOUNDS OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC PLAYED UNDERGROUND
Canned and packaged foods are good travel insurance. Even a day trip can turn into a longer-than-planned, hungry and even life-threatening adventure. For a book on provisioning your camper, boat , cabin or fish camp with familiar, affordable pantry foods from the supermarket seeSurvival Food Handbook, published by International Marine division of McGraw-Hill.http://amzn.to/1WdYqbe
Where in the US and Canada to find a campsite? RV pad? Glampsite? A furnished cabin in a resort? Get a jump on reservations for fall and winter. See weekly reports of new, future, expanding or closing campgrounds and RV parks at https://rvtravel.com/author/janet
Are you ever caught short when you are away form home and remember a forgotten birthday, anniversary or other gift need? Instantlysend an Amazon gift card. These cards don't expire and are good for full value. There is no activation fee. See all the choices of designs, occasions and prices, $10 and uphttps://amzn.to/3KhjOwK
NATIONAL PARK FEE-FREE DAYS IN 2024
The remaining U.S. National Park Service entrance fee-free days for 2024 are:
- September 28 –
- November 11 –
Wait! There's more! About 300 of the nation's 500+ parks and national historic sites are free to enter every day. Where fees are charged, entrance fees range from $10 to $35. The fee waiver on free dates applies only to NPS entry and not to camping, boat launch, transportation, special tours, or other activities.
In June Jeopardy, #6 in the Yacht Yenta e-book mystery series, salty widow Farley Halladay finds some possible answers to her husband’s death in a fall from the mainmast of their ketch. Many questions remain, however, as she struggles to manage her online charterboat booking company, care for her husband’s elderly Navy mentor and manage her wacky, wayward sister. https://amzn.to/3wcf6ao
See sweet and savory recipes for homemade travel snacks (gorp and trail mix) for your purse, pocket, backpack, carry-on. Save money when you make a big bagful, then measure and package in snack bags for freshness and portion control.
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TRAVEL EMERGENCIES HAPPEN
We know that travelers have limited storage space for emergency foods, so Survival Food Handbook is written just for campers, RV travelers and boaters. Make the most of every ounce, inch and dollar with foods that you'll use and replenish. Always have balanced meals for a few days during an surprise evacuation, fridge failure, shelter-in-place order or other unplanned speed bump on your trip. http://amzn.to/1WdYqbe
Where will you hike or bike on America's great and growing Rails-to-Trails network? See Railstotrailsconservancy.org/
Love sailing stories, sea yarns, cozy mysteries? Travel the Caribbean islands vicariously with fictional widow Farley Halladay in this poignant, funny series of e-books set on sea and shore. E-book available on Kindle, Nook, Google Play et al. Ideal for space-saving reads at home and away. Start anywhere in the salty , six-book series,January JusticethroughJune Jeopardy. https://amzn.to/3BH4AZK
Bucket List Alert!Hike or bicycle (trail pass required) the 34-mile-long Sparta-Elroy State Trail inWisconsinwinter or summer, when temperatures inside the long, dark, hand-dug tunnels stay the same temperature ( in the 50's and 60's) all year. It’s said to be the oldest rail-trail conversion in the United States. The railroad opened here in 1873. Campgrounds are found in small communities along the way.
Do you need a one-size-fits-allgift for any person, any occasion?Cooking Aboard Your RVfeatures more than 200 travel-tested, shortcut recipes for camping, RV travel, tiny homes and all cooks who love shortcuts. Amazon can wrap and ship it for you.https://amzn.to/3nNndWY
Get the week's CAMPING AND RV news from Janet's insider local sources at https://solowomanrv.blogspot.com This is hard news from local media before it hits the RV headlines. Get a head start on reservations for the coming year and beyond.
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Do you RV? See weekly reports of late-breaking good news/bad news from campgrounds and RV parks, U.S. and Canada. We troll local sources for news items such as zoning changes and building permits, to give you campground news before it goes national. https://rtravel.com/author/janet
