Darren's RV Adventures

It's that time of year again.  The Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival was May 5th and 6th this year and as has become our routine we took the camper out to Ramblin Pines Campground for our shakedown cruise.  We had just finished the bulk of the work on our bedroom remodel so we got to test out the new sleeping arrangements and the wife got to go to Sheep & Wool. The campground is in Woodbine Maryland, which isn't very far from where Sheep & Wool is held so it's a much easier commute to and from the event.  and since we come at the event from the opposite side as 99.99% of everyone else it makes the trip a lot faster. Since last season one of our dogs passed away, and my normal dog sitter was sick so we decided to take Belle with us.  Since she's become the only dog in the house she seems a lot more laid back, so we felt that it wouldn't be too stressful to take her. She's getting a little grey around the mouth, but she still loves to fetch t...

Campground Report - Ramblin Pines (Woodbine, MD) - May 5-7, 2017 The Maryland Sheep & Wool festival is an annual event here in Maryland.  The traffic to get to the Howard County Fairgrounds to attend is terrible unless you go early.  For the last two years we have made it the Shakedown Cruise for the season for our camper. Ramblin Pines is pretty close to the fairgrounds, and getting there from the campground brings you up on the lower traffic side, which makes getting in and out much easier. Ramblin Pines is a quiet wooded campground.  The staff have always been very fiendly, and the sites are pretty good.  Dirt, not cement, which means mud this time of year since it always seems to rain the weekend of Sheep & Wool.   The WiFi is rubbish at many of the sites.  The first night it decided to tank pretty much completely.  I’m pretty close to a repeater, so I’m not sure if it was the weather or the hardware.  After about 8:...