Tuesday, May 21, 2024 Strawberries, Candy and Babcock State Park, WV

 Tuesday, May 21

Breakfast and packing and we head out about 9:30.  A few stops along the way, first for gas and ice.  Gasoline is expensive in PA - around $3.79.  A lot of taxes I think.  The least expensive we've seen is $2.99 in LA, but averages have been around $3.40.  When we stop, Kevin notices some "grass" under his RV and turns out it is a bird's nest - complete with a single blue robin egg. Awwww - poor mama bird....

Next stop in in Meyersville, Maryland.  Kevin's family (Meyers) is from this area and he takes us to "Candyland", a store with just about every kind of candy you can think of, including oldies like Necco Wafers, Turkish Taffy and Tootsie Rolls.  

The next stop is at a roadside stand selling fresh strawberries and other produce where Kevin buys several quarts of strawberries, asparagus and corn. We sample the strawberries on the ride.  They smell great and taste so good! Like REAL strawberries rather than the pathetic things from our grocery stores at home.

Next is a scenic overlook on 195, to let Cody and everyone else stretch legs and potty.  West Virginia is quite mountainous and very green.

Finally arrive at Babcock State Park where we have nice adjoining campsites, with electric.  Greg gets some firewood from the camp host and we check out the bathhouse which isn't very close but is clean and has showers.

Greg starts a nice fire and Kevin cooks pork sausage, asparagus and corn over the fire.  And then we enjoy strawberry short cake.  Great dinner!  We enjoy the fire for a while as the temperature is around 60 degrees.  Perfect.