You aren’t listening. My friend was trying to convince me about the wonders of boondocking. He was mansplaning, and not listening. Boondocking is camping on open public lands far from other campers and conveniences. I have no interest in boondocking. NONE! 
I camped in Alaska, flown into remote wilderness, my favorite place Montague Island in Prince William Sound. So I have done boondocking, and don’t have any interest in camping without running water or electricity. I now enjoy full hook-ups: water, electric and sewer. It isn’t as cheap as boondocking, but it is far more enjoyable and very comfortable.
My return to my Road2Reinvention travels began in early October. I have stayed in four campgrounds; two public and two KOAs.
Turkey Swamp Campground in Freehold, New Jersey was my first night back in Scout after her repairs at Colonial Airstream, at Lakewood, NJ. It is great to be back in my comfy bed with Maggie on her blanket, she keeps my feet warm. Turkey Swamp is a very nice county park with water and sewer and a convenient dumping station. The bath house facilities are large and clean and there was a great deep sink for washing out pots and pans for tent campers. From there I drove to Green Lane, PA for a Bus Depot event. I planned to meet DC friends Liz and Tim in their VW pop-up. Liz wasn’t able to attend due to late breaking Alaska politics, so it was just Tim and I. The Bus Depot is a VW pop-up camper event and about 20 VWs showed up. Don’t visit Green Lane Park, the facilities are TERRIBLE! Campsites are nice size and wooded, but not level, and the bath facilities were gross. 
I was happy to move along, and visit my friend Carol at her home in Coopersburg, PA. We walked door-to-door for Susan Wild running for election to the U.S. House. I was very heartened to speak with a woman who said as a lifelong Republican, she would be voting Democrat for the first time in her life.
Next stop Cape May KOA, and happily Liz and Tim both joined me there, with Maggie’s BFF Lola. We celebrated dinner around the campfire complete with S’mores. Cape May is a lovely little village and seaside resort at the tip of southern New Jersey’s Cape May Peninsula. The village is full of grand Victorian and gingerbread houses. We toured the Emlen Physick Estate, a museum with restored interior from the era.
An hour ferry ride from Cape May to Lewes, DE and on to Chincoteague Island, VA, were the ponies live in the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (passport stamped). I was lucky to see two ponies in the distance, too far away for an iPhone photo. I gave my card to a photographer and asked if he got a good picture would he send it to me. The two ponies looked remarkably like the horse described in Misty of Chincoteague, a favorite childhood book. Misty was described as a brown pony with a white spot on her back that resembled a map of the continental U.S.
Both Cape May and Chincoteague KOAs are nice camping facilities. Especially Chincoteague with Glamping tents to rent, for those who want to camp, but sleep between clean sheets. 
I appreciate the large clean bath houses with lots of hot running water. The weather has turned cool and leaves are falling.
I am returning to Washington D.C. tomorrow for two more weeks. Scout’s hot water heater isn’t working so another visit to Airstream in Virginia. Then on to North Carolina for Thanksgiving with family.
I am looking forward to southern travels and finding warm weather. I really dislike the cold, and it feels like winter is coming on, too soon.
