The creek

This is the ravine or small creek that runs right behind the other side of campsites. It is great to wade in on a hot day and run the dogs through it. I am back tracking a little on pictures, but want to show what we do for entertainment.

Garrett here. I'll give you 3 guesses as to what's in the pan in the picture. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. You won't believe that it's...cattails! After reading the idea to cook them in a book about edible plants we got adventurous. We went down to the pond and pulled some cattails. next we cut, seasoned, and fried them. They were delicious!

Our cousin Jamie came to vist us a couple of weeks ago. We went swimming, biking, and everything else. Also Granddaddy and Grammy McCranie came with Jamie. We all slept in a tent for the fun of it and sometimes in the sofa pull out. We enjoyed the vist and hope all our friends and family will come vist us.

Ok, here are a few pictures to show the grounds. We have many stories and catching up to do with the first couple months, but we have been sooooo busy. We have been almost full most weekends. Memorial Day and July 4th were packed. The bears have definitely given us a welcome. No pictures of bears, but many stories. He loves the coolers with drinks.

Dig in

This is an initial picture of the camper and our site. Of course now we made it much lovelier with our stuff spread every where.

This is the stream/river that flows through the area. It was full when we came in April, but is already going down a bit. This kids love to walk in the water on hot days and take the dogs for some cooling time. It is getting hot too fast. I expect cooler temperatures for WV in June!

Next week Garrett and Carly get to post with their true thoughts about the beginning.
Will we survive together????

The big adventure!

Wow! This is really our front yard now! Welcome, friends and family to our new blog. Be patient as we learn and find time to run into town for internet services. This picture is taken from the back of the lake looking towards the beach area with the campground behind it. Let me give a quick rundown of how we got here, and then I will give details about how to visit us. Last summer we came camping in Brandywine, WV. We met the camp host and chatted for a while about our love to camp. After learning about the Navy Base located 10 minutes down the road from the camp ground, we knew that big adventures were ahead. Brad was able to get some office space on the base, and a part time tele-work agreement. We did a lot of packing and planning and put the house up for sale.

Here we are! We are about 2 hours from Culpeper and 3 from Richmond. It is 40 mins past downtown Harrisonburg off RT. 33. As soon as you climb the mountain and cross the state line, we are 10 minutes on the left side.

We would love to have you visit. It is called Brandywine Recreation Area. We have a small fishing and swimming lake with beach in the day use area. Behind that is a 30 site campground with group overflow sites as well. The sites are $16 a night with running water accessible. Two bath houses with warm showers (cleaned regularly by yours truly family). This is in the northern tip of the George Washington National Forest. No reservations, but if you call us ahead we can scope out a site for you. Our number is 304-249-5128. We are pretty unplugged with no internet or cell phone. The stream water runs behind the campground, and the bears have only bothered us twice.

More to come soon!