Trip to Bolerama & Takoma Park, Day 8

Tuesday, July 14, 2026,Day 8,Bill & Deidre's, Highland, MD - 227.5649.1 Miles, 421.6 Miles For The Trip

A much better drive than yesterday. Most was on major roads including interstates I 99 & I 70 with a short bit on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

We arrived at Anne's cousins around 3:30. We parked the trailers in the street and will be staying in the house. It is hot, and with no power (just the Maxx fan in the trailer) sleeping in it would be tough.

Me

The Scamp

We sat around and talked until we managed to decide on dinner - two pizzas, a Hawaiian & a white pizza with mushrooms and black olives.

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Trip to Bolerama & Takoma Park, Day 7

Monday, July 13, 2026,Day 7, Lauder Family Campground, Frenchville, PA - 207.3 Miles, 421.6 Miles For The Trip

Not as cool as last night, but nice enough for sleeping. We got a late start, and an even later arrival at the campground. Our Garmins (a combined 4 of them) all gave different routes. I think we picked the wrong one which, while mostly roads with dividing lines, took us all over the place. We arrived around 6:00. The sites are on coarse gravel, full hook up for $41.60. Individual bathrooms are next to the site. I did have to drop the trailer to get the tongue down 2", and add 3/4" side to side. Although far apart in the alphabet, the sites are next to each other.

Site G

Site A

Made a quick dinner of Bubba chicken burgers, beans & ttortoni salad. 

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Trip to Bolerama & Takoma Park, Day 6

Sunday, July 12, 2026 - Long Beach Conservation Area & Bolerama,Wellfleet, Ontario, Canada, Day 5 - 0 Miles, 214.3 Miles For The Trip

It cooled off nicely last night, going down to 57°F by morning & 62°F in the trailer. 

During my morning walk there were very few trailers packing up to leave. Still, some have left and more left throughout the day.

I spent the morning & early afternoon sitting under the Guido's awning and reading. Finished the 1619 Project & started Crook Manifesto: A Novel (The Harlem Trilogy Book 2) by Colson Whitehead. I'm listening to the second book in a series - The Butcher Game by Alaina Urquhart.

Around 12:30 I headed to the bathroom (washroom since I'm in Canada) for a shower. They have 3 showers that open to the outside & 2 inside the men's bathroom. I used one of the inside ones since they have standard showerheads rather than the high pressure low volume ones on the outside ones. The bad - the showerhead aims at the shower curtain and wets most of the drying area. Two hooks and a bench in the drying area. A push button for water. It was hot enough when I started, but someone was in the other inside shower and by the time I finished it was down to lukewarm water. The pushbutton lasted for at least a minute. Overall, a B-.

I took a few photos of folks leaving:

There was a pot luck with left overs from yesterday & lots of new stuff:

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Trip to Bolerama & Takoma Park, Day 5

Saturday, July 11, 2026 - Long Beach Conservation Area & Bolerama,Wellfleet, Ontario, Canada, Day 4 - 0 Miles, 214.3 Miles For The Trip

During my morning walk I took the camera and took a bunch of pictures. A few here, but many more on the Bolarama 26 page.

It was another quiet day. No rain and in the 80's. We sat outside and read, showed the trailers to a couple of folks. Around 4:30 I packed up the pies, the truck & the Guidos and drove over to the pavilion for the group dinner. Lots of food for all, and drawings for prizes afterwards.

Again, many more photos at the Bolarama page.

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Trip to Bolerama & Takoma Park, Day 4

Friday, July 10, 2026 - Long Beach Conservation Area & Bolerama,Wellfleet, Ontario, Canada, Day 3 - 0 Miles, 214.3 Miles For The Trip

A little cooler last night going down to 61°F. Lots of trailers arrived today including an Escape 13 from the Escape factory. Boy is it small, but light enough to be pulled by almost anything.

After my walk & breakfast I made two blueberry pies. Not the prettiest I've ever made, but they should taste OK.

The Pies

We sat around reading most of the day. During the afternoon we walked over to the rally host trailer and signed in for the dinner tomorrow and pick up a sign for the trailer, a button, a tick remover, and tags for your shampoo & conditioner, A "S" & a "C" made on a on a 3D printer with a rubber band to attach them to your shampoo & conditioner so you can tell which is which in the dark. Since I only use shampoo they won't do much for me but the tick remover might come in handy.

Since my grill is up the creek, we cooked chicken Bubba burgers on Guido's pristine grill. Hated to get it dirty but we did want to eat.

Dinner was Chicken Bubba burgers & tortoni salad.

Until Tomorrow - 

Until Next Time -