Riverside Marina

We spent the weekend on the Connecticut River with our friends from the Charter Oak Unit of WBCCI at a very cool well kept secret of a campground right on the river.

Friday night was the night before a full moon.

And what a view, camping right on the river with water and electric.


Of course there is nothing much better than an Airstream, actually seventeen of them, in the middle of a marina filled with boats. Oh, there is one very pretty Bristol sailboat for sale which I was able to go on board. It will be in the water in a few weeks. I think we will be camping here again in the very near future.


A view from the river looking up at the happy campers.

Looking up the river toward Middletown. Our host had posted that one of their members, Toni, was wondering if anyone else would be bringing their kayak's. I always have mine on the truck so we spent four hours paddling the river together. We went up river and found Madabassett river and it was incredible! Beavers, Herons, Wigeons, turtles and a whole bunch more. We are planning on going back in the fall.

I never try a new dish at a rally before testing it but this was an exception. A new Mac & Cheese, no bake with Gruyere cheese, slab bacon, leeks, and a few other ingredients.

No doubt, it was too hot to be inside cooking, but Sandi was helping with all the prep and we pulled off a wonderful new dish. Good news, I wrote this one down!

As with any Airstream rally there is always lots and lots of food for everyone.

Here are a few of our fellow campers getting the pot luck dinner ready.

Toni, my new kayaking buddy, surprised everone with a case of bubbly to celebrate her last day of being sixty-nine years old.

Not sure how it happened but it became my responsibility to make sure Toni always had an open bottle to pour!