We made it to Oneida New York!
After a brief stay in Elizabethtown Pennsylvania at the KOA campground, we ventured to Ithaca New York for a two night stay at the Robert H. Treman State Park. The time it took to get to Ithaca was difficult indeed. It took us 4 hours to achieve and it beat us up a bit.
Traveling with an infant is hard, because he needs constant attention and breaks. If we get going early enough, we can bang it out by 1pm usually, but if we run into bad traffic or need to stop for a surprise tick removal from my scalp, then it takes a bit to get places. I got the tick off me and I'm fine, for now. I guess you have to watch the spot for a month. Cool.
We stayed in Brunswick Maryland for a couple nights after visiting my sister in Surry Virginia. We left a bit early from her place because of the fuel crisis. It fortunately did not effect us at all because we have a diesel. Maryland was beautiful!
We left for Elizabethtown Pennsylvania a couple days later and rented an RV spot at the KOA. This KOA was very nice. Its bathroom/shower rooms were all tile and they had music playing 24/7 in them.
Hershey Chocolate World was about 30 minutes north of our camp in Brunswick. We decided to venture there and get some chocolates. I ended up getting, cookie dough, strawberry, mocha and hazelnut Hershey Kisses. So good! The place was huge and it was packed full of people that apparently love chocolate.
Our attempt to do the chocolate tour was stopped when we were told we couldn't take our stroller and that it was a 30 minute ride. Flashbacks from Carlsbad started coming in and we decided to just get chocolate and head back to camp. The place was amazingly big. There is an amusement park with roller coasters and rides and the Hershey Mansion sat up on a hill peering down on the town and the park. I guess 70 million Hershey Kisses are made a day, on top of all their other chocolates. Crazy.
Elizabethtown was really quaint. We ventured into the town and walked around with Henry. We got to see the Dove chocolate factory, which made the town smell amazing!
The travel aspect at this period of time was taxing. We were tired of being bit by bugs and getting ticks on us from our dog. It was becoming hard to muster the strength to sleep on our shitty mattress that came with our camper. Waking up at 5 or 6am daily and just being super stiff and sore and just exhausted was creeping in hard. It was so much that I asked my friend and attending doctor at the clinic, Jim Thornburg about his new mattress he just purchased. I got one and I just installed it today. Now that we are done traveling for a few weeks, it's kind of pointless for now but when we take off again, it'll be super comfy.
We ventured to Ithaca New York from Elizabethtown Pennsylvania and made it there in 4 hours and before 1pm last Sunday. We still had 2 hours to get to Oneida New York, but staying a couple days in Ithaca was somewhat relaxing. The town itself was still in shambles because of COVID. Only a few stores remained open and the town was dead. It's understandable how hard New York was devastated by the virus during the past year.
Our final night in Ithaca, we met our neighbor campers randomly when a police office rolled in right at dusk, asking them if they'd seen a drunk guy wandering the park. They came over and we ended hanging out with them until pretty late that night. They had an interesting story regarding their travels. Both were health care workers previously and COVID made them rethink their situation. Like many of us, they too made the decision to focus on the good life for a bit and travel the country. Very cool people!
We bolted to Oneida in the morning and docked at Laura's parents place. The whole drive was so incredibly beautiful. It reminded me of Hill Road in Boise but for hours and hours of driving. The landscape was so green and the trees were thick, all over the rolling hills. When we got here, we just collapsed and relaxed. Finally, a real bed and house to stay in for a while.
How long we stay is still a question mark. I really like it here and have begun looking at properties we can emulate here similar to Boise's ventures. I have found many with acres and acres of land with 2-4000 sqft homes for only $300,000. In Boise, these properties would easily be $1-2 million. I really like this a lot because in Boise, it's nearly impossible to afford houses right now. With our goal to expand our AirBnB business, it's really possible here.
We have found some homes around Syracuse, Liverpool, Cazenovia and Fayetteville. We checked out Cazenovia and Fayetteville yesterday and went to lunch at Meirer's Creek Brewing Company. To paint a picture of this place, it was up on a hill over looking the valley of trees. Incredibly beautiful. Awesome beer and very good pizza.
The food around here is so damn good. Everything I've eaten since getting to the east coast has been stellar. It's exciting to experience and it is awesome to have surrounding us.
The longer I'm here the more excited I get about the future and what we are doing. It's refreshing and I have to say, I am super happy being here. Laura's family are so sweet and fun to hang out with. Now, time to relax, eat good food, laugh and look for the next venture.
Thanks for reading,
Nate
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