Well, we left NJ - drove thru NJ-NY and have landed in Old Mystic CT for one night.
The metropolitan areas of NJ & NY are going to be added to our list of places we will never drive thru AGAIN - NEVER EVER!! From Baltimore MD to the end of the Tappan Zee Bridge in NY we spent over $100 in tolls - AND the roads SUCKED!!!! Pot holes - big bumps - in general rotten surfaces. To go over the TAPPAN ZEE bridge took about 12 minutes and it cost $24.50!!!!! Yes my friends $24.50!!!!! I told the toll booth attendant "the ride was not worth $24.50!!" He agreed!!!
Of course tolls cost more for an RV and they also charge us for the car we are towing!! In addition, the folks at the Tappan Zee add on additional $'s based on the height of a vehicle!!!!! Ours being 12 feet tall! Imagine the State of NY charging for air space a vehicle takes up!!!! This is what is know as HIGHWAY ROBBERY!!!!
Tomorrow we head into Littleton MA. for a one week stay at Boston Minuteman RV Park. It will be nice to be stationary for a whole week.
I need to set up an appt. for an oil change and filter change for the RV - we just hit 5,200 miles and the service should take place every 5,000 miles. :>( MY BAD!!
Last night we stayed in the Timberlane Campground in Clarksboro NJ. This was a "sweet spot."
A small campground with 88 spaces with a nightly cost of $40 - a tad high but it was sort of an oasis. Very clean and well maintained - with a pond that yo can fish - catch and release of course. A nice pool and a batting cage for kids.
It is the closest RV park to Philadelphia and right off I-295.
I would recommend this RV park and we would return there for a longer stay.
Tonight we are in the Seaport Campground in Old Mystic CT.
This is a Passport America campground with 130 spaces. I've mentioned Passport America in the past and have indicated that we will not rejoin this group as we do not feel it is a good value.
Most Passport America parks have limitations that do not work for us. Yes, most of them give a 50% discount over the "going rate." Lots of them only give that discount for ONE night and most times the "GOING RATE" is inflated IMHO. Also most of the parks will not give the discount during their high season. Another problem - quite a few of them are like 10-15 miles away from the highway - so when you add back in the 30 miles worth of gas it pretty much negates the discount!
The Passport America park we are at tonight says the going rate is $46 - I THINK NOT!!! They charged us $23 - but then charged us $5 for one day of WiFi!!!!!
The rest rooms/showers are "girl scout/boy scout " camp vintage in bad need of renovation.
There are no sewer hookups so if you stayed here for a week you would have to unhook your RV and go to their dump station - return and re-hook up the RV! This is the way State Parks operate and they for the most part are $20 - $23 per night!!!
IMHO the nightly rate of $23 that we were charged is perhaps a tad high when you add in $5 for WiFi which is UNHEARD of !!!!!!!
Sooooooo no big bargain. Which is why we won't renew our membership to Passport America.
I would not recommend this RV Park for more than a one night stay. The grounds are nice - mostly grass and some trees.
Yes it is very close to the charming Old Mystic CT - a beautiful seaport with interesting stores and great restaurants and boats etc etc. - however the RV park is in need of some updates.
Later my friends,
JR :>)
