Labor Day Weekend

I’m almost in disbelief that it’s Labor Day weekend - it seems like it was just Memorial Day weekend and the summer was just beginning.  Time flies when you’re camping!

We’ve chosen to spend this weekend somewhere we haven't been to before - The Hocking Hills in SE Ohio.  We’ve talked about coming down here a number of times, but we’ve never seemed to make it.  With a four day weekend we had plenty of driving time so here we are.

Of course yesterday was a work day, but we wanted to leave anyway.  So we took a short drive south on I77 to just south of Canton, OH and stopped at the Canton/East Sparta KOA.  It’s not too far from the highway, but it’s definitely not near much - except some noisy goats. We had a quick (and delicious) bite to eat at Sublime Smoke in Bolivar.  Despite it sounding like it should be a tobacco shop, it was a great BBQ place.  Small but tasty, and worth a stop if you’re traveling on I77.  When we got back to the KOA the goats were asleep and soon we were as well.

After getting up early then taking a work-related recovery nap, we set back onto the highway south towards Logan, OH.  The highway drive was easy, but once we got onto some back roads it got interesting.  We haven’t traveled on hilly, twisty-windy roads much with the trailer, but we certainly have now.  There were a few 15mph banked, twisty, downhill curves that made my knuckles white.  But we made it without incident.

Now we’re at the Hocking Hills KOA which is very nice so far.  The staff here is very friendly, and the sites are nicely laid out.  Ours pretty much overlooks the main part of the campground from a patio which is almost like a little balcony off our site.  The only downside is that there isn’t any cell service here, and for super connected folks like us that’s interesting.

There’s lots to do here, so tomorrow will be an adventure.  Thanks to actual working campground wifi hopefully I will be able to blog about it!