Creekside Camping, Triadelphia, PA
Campground review: Very secluded campground, with a nice creek that runs alongside the campground. The creek includes a few 2–3-foot waterfalls. The campground is surrounded by mountains on both sides, and there is total silence at night. During the day, the absence of off-the-air TV signals, Dish satellite TV reception, wireless reception, or campground Wi-Fi curbs any intent of electronic entertainment. That said, the other aspects are a bit of a disappointment.
The ground, including the roads, was very muddy and our RV tires left visible recessed tracks in the ground. None of the sites have any picnic tables, an amenity one just assumes is offered at a campground. The real kicker is the road to get to the campground. The last mile and a quarter is a long-ago paved road with most of the surface now a series of potholes (I am being generous here). The road is essentially a single-lane road, and for most of the way, meeting another vehicle driving in the opposite direction would be quite challenging.
On the road to the campground, there are a couple of single lane bridges to cross, the last one requiring a sharp 90 degree turn to get across the creek and into the campground (a plaque on the bridge states it was built in 1917, which is hardly reassuring to cross with a heavy RV rig). Thankfully, there were no low-hanging branches along the way. Of all the campgrounds we have visited, this one is now our #1 in terms of stress-level getting to it. (This causes Asheville, NC in the snow in January 2006 to drop to #2).
Claudette’s 2 cents: You will notice that I’ll be adding my 2 cents to some of the posts Bernard makes. It’s just that we have our style of sharing our stories, and I love that about us. So here goes.
As this was our “first” campground of our trip, I had to wonder if this was any indication of what was to come. I love secluded and peaceful, but this might have been just a tad bit much. I loved that we had very little access to TV, cell, or internet – at least as long as it didn’t interfere with my work that is. We read a lot and enjoyed the darkness of the sky.
We drove on HWY 68, then 79, then 70. The views were amazing and well, I took LOTS of pictures. Our first night here, we went to drive around Wheeling to see what it looked like and to get Prestone for our truck. Let’s just keep our fingers crossed that our vehicle makes it all the way through our trip.
My goal during this trip is to journal about our day – every day – what we did and saw as well as my thoughts. We will be seeing so much that I’m afraid that we’ll forget.
