Cody’s blog

Watkins Glen State Park
1009 N Franklin St
Watkins Glen, NY 14891

(607) 535-4511

September 8 – 13, 2024

Arrived at Watkins Glen State Park and settled into my site. I was right next to the entrance to the loop in a nice level site with tall trees surrounding it. But somehow I never felt really comfortable there. The sites were tight and weirdly angled, so there wasn’t as much privacy as I’d have liked. You can see in the picture that the trees, while many and tall, were sparsely branched at the lower levels, so you could easily see through them to neighboring sites. The car campers in the spot behind me were clearly visible. But I was lucky to get a spot at all — the campground is large, with 276 sites, but most are primitive and only 90 have electric hookups. My sister-in-law had reserved their site earlier, and the electric sites were all booked up by the time I tried to get a spot to join them. I had to get on a waiting list for Watkins Glen and for Robert H Treman State Park, the other park they were planning to visit. I was lucky that a spot opened up at Watkins Glen and couldn’t be picky about the location. I never did get a reservation at Robert H Treman, and ended up skipping that part of the trip and going home after Watkins Glen.

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Sampson State Park
6096 Route 96A
Romulus, NY 14541

(315) 585-6392

June 9 – 14, 2024

We arrived at Sampson State Park at around 1 PM on Sunday. This time, it was only Davey and I, as my cat Mister had passed about a week before. I was sad to lose him, but he was very sick and I couldn’t bear to see him suffering any longer. Traveling with only one cat, and one who was in good health, was much easier and less stressful, however. Davey didn’t like being in the travel carrier and complained off and on during the drive, but didn’t get sick or overly stressed out. He just yelled until he got tired of it, then fell asleep.

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Bald Eagle State Park
149 Main Park Road
Howard, PA 16841-3508

814-625-2775

May 12 – 16, 2024

We arrived at Bald Eagle State Park at around 2 PM after leaving Shawnee State Park around noon. I was in site M100, the first (or last? anyway, closest to the end of the loop) site in the loop that allowed pets. (Pennsylvania state parks generally allow pets, but have separate areas set aside for them.) My site was paved and level. There was a lot of construction work being done in the park—a whole new loop with full hookups was being built, and the older loops were being upgraded. My site was electric-only, which was fine by me. As long as I can plug in and fill my fresh water tank somewhere, I’m good.

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