CAMPING SEASON BEGINS—
Ahhhhh!

On a recent weekend Fogeyisms launched itself on the inaugural camping expedition of the season. We joined Troy and Amy Adkins, my lady friend Joetta’s son-in-law and daughter, for an overnight frolic at the Mohican Adventures campground south of Loudonville.

We were received like VIPs by their hospitable staff and enjoyed an overnight stay in this, both well established and diamond-in-the-rough facility. They have about 120 newly constructed, full hook-up sites some 30 of which are in the buddy-camper design. You and your friends in another camper can park headed opposite directions with your awnings facing each other thus making for a cozy sharing of picnic tables, campfires, etc.

They have a 4.5 acre stocked lake and 300 tent camper spaces adjacent to the Mohican State Forest immediately south with access to the challenging mountain bike trail in the forest.

We were chauffeured to our campsite and soon discovered we had no electrical service. A phone call to the desk brought a near-immediate response, a newly installed breaker and an apology for our inconvenience.

At $30 a night for full hook-ups for two people, a boatload of amenities in the campground and a competent staff, we’ll go back--and recommend it without hesitation.

That’s my lady friend in the top photo striding briskly between our campers to assemble what turned out to be a pleasant bicycle ride on a newly constructed, mostly paved trail which, when completed, will run from the state park campground into downtown Loudonville. That trail passes directly in front of Mohican Adventures. It is an enjoyable ride now and will be even better when an under-construction bridge is completed this fall.

In the small photo, Troy and Amy pose for Amy’s birthday photo beside one of several pleasing waterfalls along a stream that bisects the facility.