Our first trip!

well, we made our first trip...  not only did we survive, we had a wonderful time!

our 171 is new to us and we tow it with a 2020 f-150...  we headed out on a thursday for Salisbury State Reservation in the northeast corner of Massachusetts (where we're from)...  We spend a night there and then moved on up to Lake Willoughby in northern Vermont...

the campground at Salisbury is quite nice...  the sites are easy in and out with water and power and since it's early in the season and not quite the weekend it wasn't terribly crowded...  the campground is adjacent to the Merrimack River on one side and the ocean on another... easy walk to both, which pleased us both as we enjoyed a nice walk down the beach...  at the end of the beach is the touristy, "honky tonk" sort of stuff with junk food, games, boardwalk etc...  it's a bit run down compared to it's neighbor to the north but that also translates into less traffic...  we had a great dinner at an italian restaurant nearby, grabbed an ice cream and went back for a nice quiet night...

the ride the next day to Lake Willoughby was an easy trip... we stayed at the Will-o-wood campground about a half mile from the lake... really nice friendly folks there...  lots of seasonal people and families...  not as quiet as Salisbury but still quite nice... stayed here 2 nights and enjoyed the lake and surrounding area...  Deb is originally from Vermont and after 2 nights at Willoughby she took us on "the scenic route" back home...  

i used to have a small rv and got lots of use out of it before we got together...  this was Deb's first trip and she claims she's hooked and already looking forward to our next trip out!  3 nights was a nice ice breaker but obviously not enough...  not sure where our next destination will be... perhaps back to Vermont, perhaps the White Mountains of New Hampshire...

any other New England pod people out here?

Deb 'n Dave

(pic of our site at Will-o-wood)