{"id":2326,"date":"2023-09-21T20:03:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T00:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milddogs.com\/?p=2326"},"modified":"2023-09-21T20:03:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T00:03:21","slug":"day-6-fall-adventure-2023-no-cookies-for-you-valley-country-club-sugarloaf-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milddogs.com\/?p=2326","title":{"rendered":"Day 6: Fall Adventure 2023: No cookies for you; Valley Country Club, Sugarloaf, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Howdy.\u00a0 I bet you thought we would\u00a0 have had a terrible night sleep.\u00a0 Turns out Travis ran out of steam at around 2130 and went silent.\u00a0 The crowd of his wife and the other lady that wandered over seemed appreciative of his stamina having played for about 2 hours.\u00a0 Miller Lite is apparently the fuel of music legends. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our spot, Travis on the other side<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Our spot, carefully framed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hit the trails around 0830 with a goal of doing one of the nature trails.\u00a0 Turns out the trail was sand and I had applied my street shoes (New Balance 880 this time) and not my trail shoes (Hoka Trail Goat 5).\u00a0 I toured around the old world war 2 military base and took plenty of pictures of the big guns.\u00a0 I can relate to the big guns!\u00a0 I also climbed the observatory and took some pictures.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WW2 Observation Tower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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WW2 Observation Tower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Morning view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A big gun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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a really big gun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Homemade French Flag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A big shell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Equiment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Walk cut short so we could get out of dodge.\u00a0 Travis had ignited his smoke generator, AKA fire pit and we could be elsewhere.\u00a0 Disconnect.\u00a0 Make eye contact in that \u201cwe suffer together\u201d way with the neighbour behind and hit the road.\u00a0 First stop was the dump station.\u00a0 Guess what?\u00a0 Still faeces free!\u00a0 But, I let a wasp into the van that I thought was a fly and I grabbed it out of the air to dispose off it.\u00a0 The wasp stung me between the second and ring finger but I killed the wasp.\u00a0 Not sure who won that one.\u00a0 Reasonable swelling and pain ensued.\u00a0 Fourth wasp sting this year. I\u2019m on a roll.\u00a0 Not a good roll.\u00a0 Mrs Milddogs slapped some Benadryl on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wasp sting, swollen \/ red hand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We went to the observatory tower so we could climb together and take a picture.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then we hit the road for reals.  We meandered our way up Delaware (the one in the US of A) and stopped south of Wilmington at Costco for some gas and other stuff.  We luxed out and had Costco Hot Dogs and a soft drink for lunch.  We also grabbed a churro but it was not worth it.  Then, with and ounce or two of stupid route planning I checked the map and saw all of the nice places to grab lunch.  Oops, we could have had Shake Shack (chicken burger is the best).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Post Costco we stopped for some Crumbl Cookies and a bit of shopping.  Sad news, we did not get any Crumbl Cookies cause none of them appealed to us.  Once you have had the Snickerdoodle Cupcake cookie, nothing else is good enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using my crafty navigation skills I selected \u201cshortest route\u201d as the preferred path on the dueling GPSs.  That might have been a mistake.  We only had another 180 or so KM from Costco to our destination, but that took a wee bit over 3 hours.  Plenty of tight mountain roads in Pennsylvania.  Oh, did I mention my hand was swollen from the wasp sting.  Made the death grip on the steering wheel just a bit uncomfortable.  But it was a nice drive through areas would would not have gone otherwise.  We saw plenty of men with beards and suspenders.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our destination was the Valley Country Club in Sugarloaf, PA.  We booked this spot through our recently renewed Harvest Hosts membership.  With Harvest Hosts you can camp in exchange for frequenting the business hosting you.  No camping services are generally offered except for place to park.  Once we got parked up by the tennis courts we headed to the restaurant for some appetizers as a way to show our appreciation.  We hoped they would be better than our Costco hot dogs we had for lunch.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wait!  I don\u2019t have to drive!  I can have a draft beer.  I hoped they would have Coors Light on tap.  Bad news, they only had Miller Lite and Bud Light on tap.  Well, I\u2019ve had Bud Light before and it was pretty good.  I saw what excess Miller Lite did to our camping neighbour last night.  And, selecting Bud Light would show some support for the right people.  Bud Light it is!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I thought about asking to keep the glass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mrs Milddogs enjoying a real beer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dinner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We had an appetizer of gnocchi and stuff.\u00a0 I had a philly cheese steak and tater tots for dinner (did I mention I had some beer, my judgement may have been off) and then we share a brownie sunday for dessert.\u00a0 We may not need to eat tomorrow.\u00a0 It was pretty good and the views were fantastic looking over the golf course and the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania. \u00a0 Great selection on this spot, Mrs Milddogs! \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the downside with our Harvest Host spot, being right next to the tennis courts meant that the dudes that showed up and cranked the tunes while they played tennis at night with lights illuminating the course was just a tad annoying. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few more words about Cape Henlopen.\u00a0 OK, you can\u2019t fault the park for a bad neighbour.\u00a0 Everything but the campground is really nice at the park.\u00a0 The campsites are just too packed in, increasing the impact of your neighbours on your jam. I really liked the trails, the World War 2 museum parts and the geography.\u00a0 We saw deer, dolphins, osprey, bald eagles.\u00a0 Heard some cool Cicadas and some uncool American country star wannabes. \u00a0 Use the park, but camp carefully.\u00a0 Note that it is booked solid throughout the year. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Packed in campers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tomorrow we head home, a few stops before we hit the border and then hopefully home for dinner, if we need dinner, that is!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All in all a lovely trip so far.  Glad we lucked out with weather and selecting Assateague State Park as the main destination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Howdy.\u00a0 I bet you thought we would\u00a0 have had a terrible night sleep.\u00a0 Turns out Travis ran out of steam at around 2130 and went silent.\u00a0 The crowd of his wife and the other lady that wandered over seemed appreciative of his stamina having played for about 2 hours.\u00a0 Miller Lite is apparently the fuel…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2318,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18,13],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-2326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-md2023","category-vanlife","tag-vanlife"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maryland-8-of-22.jpeg?fit=1280%2C960&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Eskg-Bw","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milddogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milddogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milddogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milddogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milddogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2326"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milddogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2327,"href":"https:\/\/milddogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326\/revisions\/2327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milddogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milddogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milddogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milddogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}