Wednesday, August 08, 2007

RV: 3400 miles: 10 states: 4 adults: 3 rolls of toilet paper

As promised (as if anyone would hold me to it), the best-ofs from our trip:

Best campground, prettiest: Vista Royalle in Bancroft WI. Trees everywhere and a great deal of care taken with the "streets" and layout.

Best campground, bathrooms: Nearly a tie between the last two KOAs, Middlebury IN, and Traverse City MI. Shower stall doors that locked, space on the counters for make-up, good lighting, and they were clean. Plus, there were enough of them. I had visions of repeating our experiences 20 years ago of standing in line at the showers. Either we were earlier risers than then or more people are accommodating themselves in their RVs, but there was only a line once.

Best sunset: Full moon rising on one side of the Pictured Rocks scenic cruise boat, sun setting on the other, Munising MI.

Best laugh on ourselves: Not knowing where the gas tank was until we got out and looked.

Most over-the-top stop: Precious Moments, Carthage MO.

Best winery stop, MO: (my opinion here): Oak Glenn. The white port...

Best winery stop, MI: (again): Brys Winery, Old Mission Peninsula. Eye-popping tasting room.

Most breath-taking view: Chateau Chantal, Old Mission Peninsula. This B&B sets atop the finger that is the peninsula and you can see the lake from east and west.

Best overall day: Mackinac Island.

Best surprise: Gasoline prices steadily dropped as we traveled. With a 60+ gallon tank, that's good news.

Best modern convenience: WiFi.

A bit off-topic, but things to bring next time: TV cable to connect to the campground's outlet. At least we had videos with us.
Broom. Dust-buster. Suction-cup holder for the dining table so our things wouldn't slide all over the place. (We rigged one up out of a shower caddy.) Clock. Calculator. (Although it didn't hurt any of us to do long division to get gas mileage.)

Best idea for the next trip: 4-5 nights in the RV and then a night in a hotel.

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