First Stop: Pipestem State Park WV

“I’m hung up in your mom’s yard.”  That was not what I wanted to hear as we started our spring trip.  We planned, packed and prepared for the trip for weeks.  Now the camper spins its wheels in mom’s yard.  Thank goodness for friends though.  Casey came out with his SUV and pulled us right out!  I hoped that would be the only glitch in our trip as off we went.

We arrived at our first stop, Pipestem State Park early afternoon on April 8.  Surprisingly , the campground seemed fairly full.  It was early in the season for camping in West Virginia.  Although many of the park’s facilities were not opened for the season yet, it looked like a fun place with lots to do.  We enjoyed dinner at the lodge on top of the hill with an amazing overlook.  It would be gorgeous in the fall.  We didn’t turn the furnace on but found out the mountain nights are still cold!

Thursday morning I woke up excited to be heading out of West Virginia.  I had a good visit with the horse handler who was exercising the horses from the riding stable. We parked in their parking lot to hook the car up to tow.  He was training a young dog to be around the horses.  He told me if I left the door open the dog would jump in and want to go with us.