Reuniting with friends and family, enjoying a peaceful parking spot (with no other RVs in sight), revisiting all our favorite spots, feasting on local produce, and never having to look up directions…it’s all part of our “easy living” visit to Vermont.
Some of the finest “moochdocking” around
When you’re constantly in travel and exploration mode it’s easy to forget the simple joy of being somewhere familiar. Somewhere where you already know the best hiking spots and places to eat, and you never need to use Google to get to the grocery store. It’s also easy to forget the ease of spending time with old friends who you don’t need to explain your whole life story to, or answer the same questions about RVing over and over again.
That’s not to say we don’t still love the thrill of the road and meeting new people — in fact, I just made some much anticipated reservations for Cape Cod in October — but for right now we sure are enjoying the easy life in Vermont.
Garden delights
Instead of moving around like we did during our last VT visit, this year we decided it would be more relaxing to stay in one place the whole time. Luckily, we have some generous friends with an incredible back yard who don’t mind that we’ve essentially moved in for a month and half. It’s kind of a perfect set-up as they have an old cement pad way off in the corner of their yard where a mobile home used to sit. Not only is this a nice, level spot to park, but it also comes with a sewer hook-up! You heard that right, free camping in a quiet setting with a sewer hook-up. As non-RVers, I’m not sure our friends even know how amazing this is. We don’t have power or water, but we do have plenty of sun for our solar panels and a nearby outside spigot to fill our water tank.
In addition to a place to dump our tanks, we also have access to a bountiful garden, cute chickens roaming around, a couple cats who come visit us, and sometimes even nice children who arrive at our doorstep with homemade baked goods and fresh picked garden produce.
Hi kitty
We also occasionally have incredible out-the-door sunset views.
Out-the-door sunset
So yeah, the living is easy here in Vermont. We’ve been busy exploring and getting out as much as possible in between social visits. We’ll be here for another four weeks before we start slowly making our way south to the Florida Keys for the winter. Until then you can find us out back behind the garage and woodpile, enjoying the easy life.
Biking the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail
At the top of Jay Peak
Climbing up to Sterling Pond
Colorful treasures in the woods
A mountain top pond
Mountain layers
River crossing
Scenes from Bocce night
More mountains
If you’re going to have a fire…
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We’ll be leaving Vermont in two days at the end of two weeks which wasn’t nearly long enough. What a fabulous “campsite”. Sure wish we had friends with the perfect set up or at least that’s how it looks to me. Vermont is just a wonderful place and your pictures of all the beauty you saw make me wish we could have visited you.
Sorry we missed you. It is a great set-up. Now we just need to make friends like this in every state and we’ll never have to stay in a cramped campground again!
Glad to hear you had such a lovely location to spend the summer. Enjoy Cape Cod, it must be beautiful in October. We spent a very short week there last summer (cut short when my dad passed away unexpectedly). I hope we can go back sometime. It’s great to have friends with such a perfect location to stay at. Hope you thought of something wonderful to do for them as a thank you. Enjoy the rest of your summer and fall in the beautiful North East!
We wanted to visit the Cape last summer but it was too busy. I think it will perfect in October. And yes, we’re brainstorming thank you gifts for our friends. Although I’m not sure we can really come up with an adequate way to pay them back for letting us stay here!
We all love having you!!
:)
I just spent a few days staying in my sisters RV in Johnson VT, beautiful area! What part of the Cape are you coming to in October? I live in Orleans so might have some recommendations for you if it’s in my general area. Enjoy the rest of your VT stay, great accommodations!
We’re not far from Johnson. I might be biased because I lived in this area for so long, but I think this part of Vermont is the most beautiful. We’re spending a week at Nickerson SP, and another week in Provincetown. Any recommendations are always appreciated :)
Now THAT is an awesome moochdocking spot! You’ve got some darn good friends!
Yup, we feel pretty lucky.
Sounds idyllic. Would you move back when you get tired of the road? And winter in the Keys?
As much as we love Vermont, I don’t see us settling down here. The pull of the western side of the country is too great to commit to the east.
Sweet spot to stay put for awhile. Totally agree about the benefits of visiting “home.” Relax, rejuvenate, and reconnect—and then take off again on more adventures! It’s a good balance.
Yup, I’m working hard at enjoying our time here while still looking forward to new adventures.