Trip to the Spring Fling, Day 8

Tuesday, May 19, 2026 - Day 8, Rideau Acres, Kingston, Ontario Canada - 178.2 Miles for the day,819.4 Miles for the trip

Another warm day. It hit 82°F on the way here and when we arrived at the campground and is 74°F at 7:00.

No problem crossing into Canada other than a confusing sign that I was suppose to wait for, but didn't and got yelled at. Most of the Canadian part of the trip was on the 401 with one slow down for trucks painting new lines. On the last 1/2 mile to the campground there is a one lane bridge work site that uses a traffic light to let drivers take turns.

A very large campground. We are in sites 30 & 31 full hook up sites on gravel / grass. I have a picnic table. The site needed 3/4" side to side & 1" drop to level the trailer. Bathrooms (with one shower) are a short distance from the site. No idea how close we are to the rally - the place has hundreds of sites. Both sites look like they will get wet if (I should say when) it rains. Total charges for a week stay are $468.92 Canadian which works out to $349.44 US or $49.92 per night.

Me in Site 30

The Guidos in Site 31

I set up the Starlink Mini since my AT&T doesn't roam. Verizon does, but I have 100 GB of data left on the Starlink and Verizon slows down after a couple of MB or use. Starlink shows 108Mbps down & 19Mbps up with some minor dropouts because a tree in in the way. 

After setting up I headed to the nearest grocery store (2 1/2 miles away) for blueberries, juice and a tomato for dinner. It is hard to figure amounts since everything is metric. 

Dinner was Bubba Chicken Burgers & Bush beans.

Until Next Time - 

Trip to the Spring Fling, Day 7

Monday, May 18, 2026 - Blue Haven Family Campground & Resort, Ellensburg Depot, NY - 235 Miles for the day, 641.2 Miles for the trip

Just a tiny bit of rain at the start & during the trip. Warm, with a high of 82°F on the drive & 77°F at Blue Haven when we arrived. Lots of 2 lane state roads in New Hampshire, about 90 miles on I 93? in Vermont. I'm glad Anne didn't use my location for Blue Haven in her GPS. Mine shows we are 45 miles from the place when I'm parked at my site. I deleted it and added the correct one for this place. 

The owner or manager guided us to out sites over at least 20 speed bumps. We will have to plan extra time getting out of the place to get over them. We are in sites 5 & 6, full hookup sites on grass. Mine was level enough that I didn't need to unhook - level side to side & I raised the tongue 1 1/2". $72.10 per night with processing fee? and reservation fee. No near by bathrooms.

Me in site 6

The Guidos in site 5

The black flies are out & hungry! The Guidos used insect repellent but I can't stand the stuff so I did a lot of slapping. We decided to eat inside my trailer.

Dinner was a shrimp dish put together by Anne & a salad.

Until Next Time - 

Trip to the Spring Fling, Day 6

 Sunday, May 17, 2026 - Chocorua Camping Village KOA, Chocorua, NH, Day 5 - 0 Miles for the day, 406.2 Miles for the trip

Another warm day hitting 79°F at 1:00. 

We did breakfast at the pavilion again this morning. Yesterday, a KOA adult serving of pancakes was 2; just about right. Today, the adult serving is three. Too much for me.

After breakfast it was back to the trailer. I watched a number of trailers leave, but there are still plenty of us that are here until tomorrow. I sat outside reading; current book is We Do Not Part by Han Kang. Guido dug out the folding ladder to reach the top of the Scamp to fix a leak. 

During the afternoon Guido & I headed to the office to make reservations for next year but no one was home. We will stop by on the way out tomorrow or call them.

Dinner was smash burgers at Dave & Jackie's.

Trip to the Spring Fling, Day 5

Saturday, May 16, 2026 - Chocorua Camping Village KOA, Chocorua, NH, Day 4 - 0 Miles for the day, 406.2 Miles for the trip

While it was cool overnight, for the first time in a couple of days, no rain. Bright sunshine in the morning, and it reached 68°F by noon.

After pancakes provided by the KOA, I made a round of the campground taking some trailer photos:

As usual, more photos at today's LakeshoreImages page.

Just in case you are wondering where all that rain went, here is a photo of the near edge of the pond. Probably not the best picnic table or chairs to use.

At 2:00 Jeff & Dottie hosted games at the pavilion. 

I spend much of the afternoon slow cooking a rack of baby back ribs on the grill. 3 hours at 300°F. They were nice & fall off the bone tender along with asparagus for dinner.

After dinner we went to the office for ice cream, sat around the campfire, and the Guidos joined a bunch on a tractor ride around the campground.

Until Next Time - 

Trip to the Spring Fling, Day 4

Friday, May 15, 2026 - Chocorua Camping Village KOA, Chocorua, NH, Day 3 - 0 Miles for the day, 406.2 Miles for the trip

Another night of rain, heavy at times. The lake between my trailer & the deck got deeper & larger. It slowed down towards morning, and by 10:00 the lake was gone. Still having light rain.

Anne sent me a video & some stills from Jeff & Dottie's renewal of wedding vows that took place while I was baking pies:  Here are a couple of photos & a link to a video.  More at today's LakeshoreImages Page. There are more of each group of photos. I also started a page that is specific to the Spring Fling:  The Spring Fling 2026 page.  Same photos as on my journal pages, but without the trip details.

This morning I headed up to the pavilion around 10:00 for the cooking demo by Kim & Dennis. He made good use of a Blackstone Grill and told some great stories while making a cowboy breakfast.

The rain stopped around 11:00, turning into a mist, but started up again a little after 1:00. I stopped by the Painting With Sandy workshop as they were getting started. I'll go back a couple of times to see their progress.

At 2:00 they started to set up The Great Dump Race. With the off & on again rain (mostly on) there wasn't a huge crowd, but I did get a photo of the winners.

The pot luck stated at 5:00 at the pavilion. While it warmed up a bit to 55°F, there was still a rush for the booths near one of the propane heater trees.

After dinner there was a raffle & a 50 50 award. 

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