Travel from Richfield Springs, New York to White River Junction, Vermont

We drove our coach 261 miles, about five hours of driving, from Richfield Springs, New York to White River Junction, Vermont.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading northeast — not the most direct route, but the easiest, sticking with interstates, instead of twisty highways:

Route map

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned; we went through Massachusetts, but didn’t stop, so that doesn’t count as a visited state — but we’ll get it in a few weeks time, so that’s fine:

A short video of engaging the tow bar and doing a pull test to ensure the truck wheels turn as we prepare to leave:

Narrow road:

Narrow road

US-20:

US-20

Exit to I-88 East:

Exit to I-88 East

Exit to I-90 East:

Exit to I-90 East

Tolls:

Tolls

Rest area:

Rest area

Starbucks for lunch:

Starbucks for lunch

South to I-87:

South to I-87

Exit to I-90 East:

Exit to I-90 East

Narrow roadworks:

Narrow roadworks

Narrow bridge:

Narrow bridge

Fuel stop:

Fuel stop

Massachusetts Welcomes You:

Massachusetts Welcomes You

Steep Grade Next 6 Miles:

Steep Grade Next 6 Miles

Exit to I-91:

Exit to I-91

Narrow roadworks:

Narrow roadworks

Exit to I-91 North:

Exit to I-91 North

Welcome to Vermont:

Welcome to Vermont

Rest area:

Rest area

5% grade:

5% grade

Exit to I-89 North:

Exit to I-89 North

Exit to US-4:

Exit to US-4

Arriving at campground:

Arriving at campground

Following coach up steep narrow curvy road:

Following coach up steep narrow curvy road

Cooperstown KOA Journey

We stayed at Cooperstown KOA Journey in Richfield Springs, New York. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A convenient stop when visiting the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

Dates:

Check in: 2025-06-10
Check out: 2025-06-15
5 nights
We were going to stay 7 nights, but had a delay when our slide wouldn’t come in at the previous campsite

Weather:

Mix of cloudy and rainy
High temps 63-73°F, lows 51-56°F
A little wind, gusts to 29 MPH

Noise:

No road noise
No train horn noise
Little neighbor noise
Nearby cows gently mooing

Site:

#70, pull-through, gravel
Didn’t need to disconnect toad, parked in front of coach
Somewhat level site; high on passenger side; used hydraulic leveling
Gravel driveway about 65 feet long by 10 feet wide
16 feet to neighbor on driver side
25 feet to driveway on passenger side
Just grass between sites
Picnic table
Fire pit
No trees on site, but some nearby
Clean site
Elevation 1,520 feet, front facing north

Utilities:

50 amp power, somewhat conveniently located
40 PSI water, somewhat conveniently located (water was off when we arrived, but back on an hour or so later)
Good sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

Starlink: 80-340 Mbps down, 19-37 Mbps up, 19-70 ms ping
RoamLink: 8-12 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up, 160 ms ping (the RoamLink service picks the best network, so I’m not sure which one it used, other than not AT&T)
AT&T: 80-84 Mbps down, 3-10 Mbps up, 80-110 ms ping (I have AT&T on my iPhone)
Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

Garbage dumpsters
Pool
Package delivery to office

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Convenient to Baseball Hall of Fame

Firstly, the staff here were super helpful and accommodating when we had mechanical issues that meant we had to roll in two days later than planned. I appreciated their flexibility and that they didn’t charge us to change our reservation at the last minute; they also provided excellent customer service. The campground is out in the middle of farmland, and the only noise we had to deal with was the gentle mooing from the cows next door. Our pull-through site had a nice view of rolling fields. The site was a little unlevel, and the neighbor’s fire pit was right next to our vehicle, which was the only drawback. We camped at Cooperstown KOA Journey in a Motorhome.

Campground map (some confusion when we saw the directions to site 10, when we had booked site 70, but all good):

Map

An interactive map:

Our site:

Our site

Utilities:

Utilities

A nice view out our windshield; we didn’t bother putting our Magne Shade on, since nobody was in front of us, and there wasn’t sun pouring in that window:

Nice view out windshield

Several packages in my foldable wagon:

Packages in cart

Cows in the field next to the RV park:

Cows in field next to RV park

Cabins:

Cabins

Other sites:

Other sites

Pool:

Pool

Dog park and an amusing sign:

Dog park and amusing sign

Playground:

Playground

Dump station and art:

Dump station and art

An older campground, but totally fine; we’d be happy to stay here again.

Travel from Youngstown to Richfield Springs, New York

We drove our coach 254 miles, about five hours of driving, from Youngstown to Richfield Springs, New York.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading east:

Map

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

Not heading to Canada:

Not heading to Canada

Bridge:

Bridge

Tolls:

Tolls

Bridge:

Bridge

Exit to I-290 East:

Exit

Exit to I-90 East:

Exit to I-90 East

Rest area:

Rest area

BK for lunch:

BK for lunch

Roadworks:

Roadworks

Another rest area:

Rest area

Yet another rest area:

Rest area

Paladin on the dash:

Paladin on the dash

Rainy:

Rainy

Arriving at KOA:

Arriving at KOA

Our site:

Our site

Old Fort Niagara

We visited Old Fort Niagara in Youngstown, New York. The fort started as a French base in 1678, then British in 1759, then later US. (Wikipedia article.)

An interactive map:

Visitor center:

Visitor center

Layout:

Layout

Exhibits:

Exhibits

Historic 1812 garrison flag:

Historic flag

Exploring the fort:

Fort

A talk and demonstration:

Demonstration

Fort

Model

Fort

Gift store:

Gift store

Lighthouse:

Lighthouse

Baseball: Toronto Blue Jays vs Philadelphia Phillies

We attended a game of the Toronto Blue Jays vs Philadelphia Phillies, playing at the Blue Jay’s ballpark, Rogers Centre, the only MLB team in Canada.

Jenn’s game summary:

Our first domed stadium. They can open the roof, but it was closed due to drizzle and maybe wildfire smoke. A lovely park with excellent food and a vibrant atmosphere. The Blue Jays came out for four runs in the 2nd and 3rd innings each to make total cream cheese of the Phillies, who only scraped together one run. Bassitt recorded his 1100th career strikeout, and Bo Bichette hit his 8th home run of the year. It was a fun game with a bit of local color—they sang a song called “OK Blue Jays” before “Take Me Out To the Ballgame,” and everyone knew the words and gestures, creating a great community vibe.

An interactive map of the ballpark environs:

This ballpark was a little more difficult to get to, as we had to cross an international border into Canada:

Welcome to Canada

Toronto:

Toronto

CN Tower:

CN Tower

Toronto Blue Jays:

Toronto Blue Jays

Team store:

Team store

Mary Brown’s Chicken:

Mary Brown's Chicken

Poutine (of course) and chicken tenders:

Poutine and chicken tenders

Selfie from our seats in Section 119, Row 12, Seats 13 & 14:

Selfie from our seats

Closed dome:

Closed dome

Ace, the Blue Jays mascot:

Ace, the Blue Jays mascot

Cheerleaders:

Cheerleaders

Play ball:

Baseball

Hotel rooms overlooking the field:

Hotel rooms overlooking the field

A run scores:

Run scores

Two more runs:

Run scores

The mascot “helping” the grounds crew:

Mascot helping grounds crew

Exploring the ballpark:

Exploring the ballpark

Chungchun rice hot dogs:

Chungchun rice hot dogs

Gamsung hot dog covered in potato, and half mozzarella hot dog:

Chungchun rice hot dogs

Cheerleader:

Cheerleader

Blue Jays win:

Blue Jays win

Ballpark

Four Mile Creek State Park

We stayed at Four Mile Creek State Park in Youngstown, New York. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A nice lakefront state park.

Dates:

Check in: 2025-06-01
Check out: 2025-06-10
9 nights
We were only supposed to be here 7 nights, but were stuck when we couldn’t get our slides in!

Weather:

Partly sunny, some rain
High temps 55-73°F, lows 47-62°F
Some wind, gusts to 26 MPH

Noise:

No road noise
No train horn noise
Some neighbor noise (kids and dogs)

Site:

#47, back-in, grass with embedded gravel
Needed to disconnect toad, parked beside coach
Somewhat level site; high in front; used hydraulic leveling
Grass site about 90 feet long by 50 feet wide
No neighbor on driver side
Just grass between sites
Picnic table
Fire pit
Tall trees on driver side
Clean site
Elevation 270 feet, front facing SE

Utilities:

50 amp power, conveniently located
No water or sewer
Water available a few sites down; dump station by entrance

Internet (in usage priority order):

Starlink: 105-242 Mbps down, 20-30 Mbps up, 30 ms ping
RoamLink: 6-9 Mbps down, 3 Mbps up, 130 ms ping (the RoamLink service picks the best network, so I’m not sure which one it used, other than not AT&T)
AT&T: 6-14 Mbps down, 0.1 Mbps up, 70 ms ping (I have AT&T on my iPhone)
Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

Garbage dumpsters

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Gorgeous lakefront campground with stellar staff

All the sites are grassy back-ins. About half the park has no hookups, half has 30A, and one row has 50A. We managed to secure a 50A site with a view of Lake Ontario from our windows, which was a nice perk. The location is ideal for accessing Niagara Falls and Old Fort Niagara. It’s also convenient if you want to take a daytrip up to Toronto, with multiple border crossings to choose from.

The staff here were the best, however. Not only were they invaluable in pointing out things to do in the area, but we had a mechanical failure on the day of our departure, and it took a couple of days to get up and running again. The office staff were great to work with and very understanding of our situation. At one point, we needed some “muscle,” so several park employees and one or two locals joined in to help us out, and it helped restore some of my faith in humanity.

The only downside of this campground was the lack of full hookups. Due to our unexpectedly longer stay, we did use the bathroom blocks for once, and the showers were hit and miss (one I tried had a very weak spray and no hot water, but the one I tried on a subsequent day was much better). All in all, I would stay here again. We camped at Four Mile Creek State Park in a Motorhome.

Campground map:

Map

An interactive map:

Our site:

Our site

Utilities… just electric:

Utilities

There were a number of water stations dotted around the campground (marked on the map):

Water station

I used the nearby one (you can see our coach in the background) to fill our water bladder:

Filling water bladder

Then pumped the water from the bladder to the coach:

Pumping from bladder to coach

Then filled the waste tote in the back of the truck via the macerator:

Filling tote via macerator

And dumped the tote at the dump station:

Dumping tote

My beard blowing in the wind while adding stickers to our coach:

David with beard blowing in wind

Added the New York state sticker:

Added New York state sticker

Just a few left:

Added New York state sticker

Watching the sunset over Lake Ontario:

Sunset

Very hazy due to wildfire smoke from Canada:

Sunset

Lake Ontario:

Lake Ontario

Bathrooms:

Bathrooms

We actually used the bathrooms once or twice:

Bathroom

Including the shower, due to filling tanks after our slide issue:

Shower

The playground behind our site:

Playground behind our site

Other sites:

Other sites

A nice state park. We’d be happy to stay here again.

Travel from Newbury, Ohio to Youngstown, New York

We drove our coach 213 miles, about four hours of driving, from Newbury, Ohio to Youngstown, New York.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading northeast:

Route

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

Rain pouring off slide topper:

Rain pouring off slide topper

Needed to return the laminated parking pass:

Needed to return the parking pass

Road near Newbury, Ohio:

Road near Newbury, Ohio

I-90 East:

I-90 East

Fuel stop:

Fuel stop

BK for lunch:

BK for lunch

Paladin on the dash when we returned to our coach:

Paladin on the dash when we return to our coach

Toe beans:

Toe beans

Paladin on the dash when underway:

Paladin on the dash when underway

Welcome to Pennsylvania:

Welcome to Pennsylvania

A truck took the curve too fast, and rolled over; that’s going to take a while to clean up:

Truck took the curve to fast

Welcome to New York:

Welcome to New York

New York Tollway:

New York Tollway

Service plaza parking:

Service plaza parking

Not something you see on a trailer every day:

Not something you see on a trailer every day

Text stop parking area; a good idea:

Text stop parking area; a good idea

Buffalo:

Buffalo

Tonawanda bridge:

Tonawanda bridge

Welcome to the City of Niagara Falls; we avoided the Niagara Scenic Parkway due to the 12’ 0” height restriction (we are 11’ 7”, rather close):

Welcome to City of Niagara Falls

And definitely avoided accidentally heading to Canada:

Exit

Arriving at Four Mile Creek State Park:

Arriving at Four Mile Creek State Park

Our site:

Our site

Our coach:

Our coach

Little did we know we’d be here a little longer than expected….

Punderson State Park Campground

We stayed at Punderson State Park Campground in Newbury, Ohio. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A nice state park.

Dates:

Check in: 2025-05-27
Check out: 2025-06-01
5 nights

Weather:

Mostly cloudy, some rain
High temps 57-67°F, lows 41-54°F
Some wind, gusts to 22 MPH

Noise:

Some road noise
No train horn noise
Little neighbor noise
Construction noise; building new facilities right next to our site

Site:

#26, back-in, concrete
Needed to disconnect toad, parked beside coach
Unlevel site; high in front; used hydraulic leveling
Concrete driveway about 40 feet long by 10 feet wide
About 75 feet to neighbor on driver side
No neighbor on passenger side
Trees between sites
Picnic table
Fire pit
Tall trees
Clean site
Elevation 1,140 feet, front facing NE

Utilities:

50 amp power, conveniently located
65 PSI water, very conveniently located
Unthreaded sewer connection (just a hole, without any room for the sewer pipe elbow), very conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

RoamLink: 18-25 Mbps down, 3 Mbps up, 80 ms ping (the RoamLink service picks the best network, so I’m not sure which one it used, other than not AT&T)
AT&T: 60-75 Mbps down, 0.5-1.5 Mbps up, 45 ms ping (I have AT&T on my iPhone)
Starlink: not used
Campground Wi-Fi: none

Amenities:

Garbage dumpsters

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Lovely park, working on expansion

Beautiful park with something for everyone. They’re currently working on expanding and improving the campsites, and we were located right next to the construction site, which wasn’t ideal during the day, but it was relatively quiet at night. Our back-in site was not very level, even if it was a new concrete pad. I don’t think the state of Ohio knows how to hire contractors who know how to use a level, because we had the same problem at West Branch State Park with a very sloped site. Otherwise, it was a nice site with good hookups and a lakefront setting. We camped at Punderson State Park in a Motorhome.

Tip for Other Campers: Mangia! Mangia! Italian restaurant was excellent and very popular with the locals. It’s a good sign when it’s hard to get a parking spot.

Campground map:

Map

An interactive map:

Our site:

Our site

Lakeside

Our site

Utilities:

Utilities

Sewer hole:

Sewer hole

Construction near our site:

Construction near our site

Bathrooms:

Bathrooms

Other sites:

Other sites

Tent site up a hill:

Tent site up a hill

Cabin:

Cabin

Pool by manor house:

Pool by manor house

Historic manor house:

Historic manor house

A nice enough state park, other than the nearby construction, and not entirely level.

Travel from Shipshewana, Indiana to Newbury, Ohio

We drove our coach 238 miles, about five hours of driving, from Shipshewana, Indiana to Newbury, Ohio.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading east:

Route map

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

Departing; we cut through the empty site in front of us for an easier exit:

Departing; we cut through the empty site in front of us for an easier exit

Amish rush hour:

Amish rush hour

Amish

Angola roundabout column:

Angola roundabout column

“Welcome to Ohio, the heart of it all”:

Welcome to Ohio, the heart of it all

Ohio Turnpike:

Ohio Turnpike

The Ohio Turnpike service plazas have RV hookups, with 20, 30, and 50 amp electricity, and nearby potable water and dump station, for only $20. Though limited to 40 feet; we could only fit if we disconnected our truck and parked it elsewhere:

RV hookups in rest area, but too short for us

Huge truck parking area:

Rest area

Tiffin River Service Plaza — notable for us as we have a Tiffin motorhome:

Tiffin River Service Plaza

BK for lunch:

BK for lunch

Plus Starbucks coffee:

Starbucks coffee

Back to our coach:

Back to our coach

Back on the Ohio Turnpike, aka I-80 and I-90:

Back on the Ohio Turnpike, aka I-80 and i-90

Covered pile in a maintenance area, I guess sand or salt for snow:

Covered pile in maintenance area, I guess sand for snow

Another Ohio Turnpike toll plaza:

Another Ohio Turnpike toll plaza

Another large service plaza:

Another large rest area

Rough road:

Rough road

They weren’t kidding:

They weren't kidding

Yet another large service plaza:

Another large rest area

Exiting the turnpike:

Exiting the turnpike

I-480 East:

I-480 East

Big geodesic dome over the world HQ of ASM International:

Big geodesic dome over the HQ of ASM International

Punderson State Park:

Punderson State Park

Camping check-in station:

Punderson State Park

Our site… once again, not entirely level:

Our site

Shipshewana Campground – South Park

We stayed at Shipshewana Campground – South Park in Shipshewana, Indiana. (Campground Reviews listing.)

An overnight stop.

Dates:

Check in: 2025-05-26
Check out: 2025-05-27
1 night

Weather:

Partly cloudy
High temp 71°F, low 52°F
A little wind, gusts to 19 MPH

Noise:

Some road noise
No train horn noise
Little neighbor noise

Site:

#105, pull-through, gravel
Didn’t need to disconnect toad, and didn’t, since only one night
Seemed like a level site; used air leveling, since only one night
Gravel driveway about 75 feet long by 10 feet wide
15 feet to neighbors on both sides
Picnic table
Fire pit
Small tree
Clean site
Elevation 910 feet, front facing North

Utilities:

50 amp power, very conveniently located
DIdn’t use water or sewer, since only one night

Internet (in usage priority order):

RoamLink: 43-52 Mbps down, 20 Mbps up, 118 ms ping (the RoamLink service picks the best network, so I’m not sure which one it used, other than not AT&T)
AT&T: 17-38 Mbps down, 0.4 Mbps up, 100 ms ping (I have AT&T on my iPhone)
Starlink: not used
Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

Garbage dumpsters

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Fairly basic campground

We stayed here for one night on our way through Indiana. Easy in/out access, and the interior roads were easy to navigate. The sites were a bit narrow, but sufficient for a short stop. Our pull-through site was just long enough for our 40′ motorhome and tow vehicle without having to disconnect. We camped at Shipshewana Campground – South Park in a Motorhome.

Campground map:

Map