Campgrounds

A listing of all the campgrounds we’ve explored:

• The Best Spots for Camping, Eating, Drinking & Hiking in Elkin, NC
  “Into the woods I go to lose my mind and find my soul.” John Muir A quiet and peaceful escape. It looks different to everyone. For myself, I love being outside exploring a path, whether it’s covered in water, leaves, rock, or sand. In 2019 we purchased a few acres of land with a small creek in ...
• Waynesboro, Va
  I carry my childhood close to my heart. I didn’t really realize what effect it had on me until later in life, when I started having kids and after my mom’s passing. Several times I find myself wondering what I was like at ages that correspond to my kids’ ages. I love re-visiting special places ...
• North Landing Beach RV Resort, Va
  Last summer we met up with Virginia friends at a convenient campground with easy beach access. We needed a place with rental cottages and RV spots, and after researching places we decided on North Landing Beach RV Resort. If you haven’t been to North Landing Beach (aka the NLB), it’s a little slice of heaven ...
• Tybee Island, GA
  Back in April our family camped in Tybee Island, GA for Spring Break and it was awesome. It was our first real Spring Break trip as a family and it couldn’t have gone better. When planning our trip we wanted to go somewhere new to us, warm, inexpensive, and within 6 hours away. After researching ...
• New Bern, NC
    If you’re looking to get out of Raleigh for the weekend, but don’t want to drive to the beach or mountains, head to the river instead! Last fall we took a quick weekend Winnie trip to New Bern, NC. We camped, hiked, explored museums and historical homes and walked around downtown. And, we took our ...
• Great Smoky Mountains, NC
  Like so many people at the end of last summer, we too, jumped on the total eclipse bandwagon and drove out to a remote part of NC to watch the phenomenon. It was a lot of firsts for our family – tailgating for science, visiting the Great Smoky Mountains, and exploring parts of NC west ...
• Falls Lake: Rolling View Campground
  Throughout my early childhood, my family spent several summers renting a weekly beach house in Cape Hatteras. We always went in mid-September because the pricing was just right for a large house that could fit grandparents, aunts, uncles and my family of five. Once we got busy with after school sports in middle school, our ...
• Hughlett Point Natural Area Preserve (Kilmarnock, Va)
  It’s week three of an NC cold wave and I’m longing for our hot summer hike in Kilmarnock, Va. When traveling last summer we started looking for hiking suggestions with the All Trails app. Its helpful app lets you filter and search by distance, rating, suitability for kids, difficulty and more. With it being a ...
• Tom’s Creek Falls & Roaring Fork Falls
  “The mountains are calling and I must go.” – John Muir For our next Winnie adventure we headed to the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains near Marion, NC. We stayed at the Mountain Stream RV Resort off Hwy 80 at 6954 Buck Creek Rd. After making a wrong turn down a one-lane gravel road (Little Buck Creek ...
• Jordan Lake State Recreation Area: Poplar Point Campground
  For our maiden voyage in the Winnie, we headed to Jordan Lake State Recreation Area for a quick 24-hr overnight trip. We wanted to get a small sample of camping while staying close to home. Jordan Lake State Recreation Area is located about 30 minutes west of Raleigh off US-64. Whether you’re going for a ...