Valcour Brewing is located a short walk to Lake Champlain and the Empire State Trail.

Machicomoco State Park in Gloucester, Virginia, opened in 2021. At 645 acres, the park is large -- but the campground is small.

Lake Louisa State Park is big! You get a sense of the bigness when you enter the park and drive for quite a while before you get to the campground.

Pocahontas State Park, located in Chesterfield, Virginia, is a large park with a large campground -- 129 RV sites, plus cabins and yurts.

We spent two days at Ichetucknee Springs State Park. The first day paddling and the second swimming at the headspring.

O'Leno State Park in High Springs is a great home base for paddling the Santa Fe and Ichetucknee Rivers and exploring the area springs.

Eden, NC is a former mill town, and Reynolds Brewery is located in the building that once housed the Fieldcrest Mills water works, right on US 311.

Turn 2 Brewing in Sebring, Florida, was just 10 minutes from our next camping stop, Highlands Hammock State Park.

Highlands Hammock State Park in Sebring, Florida, is beautiful, but the campground is tight.

Dirtbag Ales in Hope Mills, NC, is a great Harvest Hosts stop, easily accessible from I-95. Stop in for great beer and delicious burgers.

Black Draft Farm & Distillery is located in Martinsburg, West Virginia, a few miles off of I-81 -- an easy stopover.

Belle Isle State Park in Lancaster is a gem on Virginia's Northern Neck.

Kiptopeke State Park is the only state park on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.

We camped at Longwood Park for five days before the beginning of the Memorial Day weekend, with the intent of avoiding the holiday crowds and the noise that come with them. Our plan worked out and we had five beautifully quiet days, pulling out just as the holiday crowd was pulling in. 

Stone Bridge Equestrian Center in Natural Bridge, Virginia, is a short drive from I-81 and a good place for a quick stopoff.

On our way home camping from Claytor Lake State Park, we stopped at Cunningham Creek Winery in Palmyra, Virginia.