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Gotta Getaway RV Park

July 26, 2023 – Traveling With Rich & Julie

Yesterday we headed east on Highway 30 from Convoy, Ohio to 53/67 North exit toward Tiffin. Highway 20 then took us to Bellevue, Ohio and our final destination at the Gotta Getaway RV Park. The motorhome ran fine and we didn’t have any issues. The grandkids all traveled well and we didn’t have any problems with them either. They pretty much had devices in their hands and earbuds in their ears for the whole two-hour drive.

Two lane highway between a green corn field and a green bean field.

Highway 53 North is a nice two-lane highway in good shape – compared to some of the roads we have driven. There are a lot of small hills in the road which made the ride fun for the kids. It was a beautiful sunny, 80-degree day. What a wonderful beginning for a grand (grandparent/grandchildren) vacation.

North central Ohio is green this last week of July. Beautiful fields of tall corn stand about four or five feet high. Some of the corn is already beginning to tassel here. The beans are green, but the wheat has already been harvested, the straw has been baled, and the golden fields left behind are empty now.

Gotta Getaway RV Park in Bellevue, Ohio was our destination. I booked this park for only $50 per night for three nights. One piece of advice – make sure to put 20 E on the address. If you just put 4888 US-20 as listed on Google Maps, the GPS will take you to the wrong place. The correct address is 4888 US Hwy 20 E. The campground is on the east side of Bellevue.

RV campsite

RV sites contain electricity and water only, there are no sewer hookups at the sites. There is a dump station, or a honey wagon service if you need to dump while camping. We were parked in site 4, which was a nice level pull-through site facing the pool and playground.

The kids were excited to see the pool and the playground. These are very nice and clean. The store has a fun arcade in the back where kids can play games, play pool, and play ping pong. The store is small, but well-stocked with necessities. The workers were helpful and polite.

Playground set

We went swimming in the pool, played on the playground, won prizes in the arcade, played games at the picnic table, and ate hot dogs on the campfire. It was a great day at Gotta Getaway RV Park in Bellevue, Ohio.

Stay tuned for day 2 of our grandparent/grandchildren vacation adventure.

Camping With Grandchildren

July 25, 2023 – Traveling With Rich & Julie

We are getting ready to pull out this morning with three grandchildren in tow – ages 15, 9, and 5. We have already accumulated a ton of toys, games, clothes, pillows, blankets, and snacks. Oh my goodness, the snacks. These kids will probably eat us out of house and home (or RV motorhome) while we are gone.

Stay tuned for the adventure as we take them to Seneca Caverns in Bellevue, Ohio and a few other places.

Breakdowns & Fixes

July 19, 2023 – Traveling with Rich & Julie

Living in a motorhome full-time is no more glamorous than living in a sticks and bricks house. Driving your house down the bumpy, and many times “under construction” highways across the country takes a pretty big toll on the unit and the stuff inside. It is all part of the process.

Breakdowns are common. Many times our issues are minimal and affordable to fix. Rich and I have learned to fix many things ourselves as most full-time RVer’s do. This time I don’t know though. I try to stay positive but we are looking at an electrical issue.

I live my life under the assumption that things always work out for the best and this issue will too…eventually. I may just have to be patient. Schedules change regularly and I am always mindful when I make reservations to note what the policy is on cancellations.

We finally found someone to come and hook up a computer to the engine to find out what error codes there were, and one of the fixes is only $65. We will start there and work our way up to the expensive fixes if we have to.

We are scheduled to do some traveling next week with the grandkids before leaving for a long time on Monday, July 31. We hope to be fixed and ready to go by then, but our schedule always remains flexible.

I also want to mention that I don’t feel like we have any more problems in this 20-year-old RV than some of the newer units. We have met many people in a lot newer units who have had some pretty serious problems too. We hope to stay in this one as long as it is still fixable and gets us from point A to point B.

To anyone out there who is a mechanic I would like to say that there needs to be more RV mechanics who are willing to come to where you are broke down. We struggle with calling many places sometimes before finding help.

Traveling With Rich & Julie

July 17, 2023 – Welcome to the new blog.

I have been thinking about starting a new blog to document our travels and experiences since moving into an RV and traveling full-time.

I have been writing faithfully about the places we have seen at Medium, but feel that more people would be able to read about our travels here where it is free to read.

At Medium it costs $4.99 per month to read unlimited stories and articles, although you can read three articles per month for free.

Don’t get me wrong, I love it when you read my posts at Medium because that’s how I get paid, but reaching my readers is more important than the tiny amount of money I might make.

I also love taking photos. All the photos on this site were taken by me unless otherwise noted. Some of my favorites are posted in the side bar slideshow on the bottom right.

I have decided the best way to bring you along with us on our journeys is to post a daily blog right here on the landing page of my website. I hope you bookmark it and check back regularly. Thanks for coming along for the ride.

Travel on.