7 Aug - Arrived at Buckeye Lake/Columbus East KOA Campground + Stats

 

We pulled chocks this morning at the Madison/Pittsburgh KOA campground at 0841 hrs and made our way to I-70 westbound towards Ohio. 

We passed over the Monongahela River bridge and quickly found a 13 mile wide slice of West Virginia before crossing over the Ohio River into the state of Ohio

Just before noon we entered the village of Buckeye Lake Ohio.  Doreen was pleased to see a lighthouse dead ahead, although likely for decoration only, we will surely investigate in the days to come!!

A few blocks down the street is the Buckeye Lake / Columbus East KOA campground.  We were in-checked quickly with an efficient staff and led by golf cart to out campsite.  

Due to availability we are in one of their most expensive sites.  It is a pull-through full hookup patio sites.  They feature a large paved patio area complete with table and chairs, a glider, barbecue, and fire pit.  The downside of KOA's for us is we end up paying for amenities such as all the kid's playground stuff we don't use. We did not have a lot of choice here and we do appreciate the other amenities such as trash pickup right at your site.  For the most part, KOA's are fairly predictable from the standpoint of quality..., for the most part.  This one is a KOA Holiday so it is nicer than most.  The last one we were at near Pittsburgh was a KOA Journey, a lesser featured campground.  We stayed in one of their top level campgrounds in Tucson AZ, the KOA Resort. We are only here for five nights so we are OK with an occasional higher priced, fancier campground.. The sites are nicely spaced too.

Cubs have an afternoon game against the White Sox, and out Directv is all tuned in so we will wrap this up, watch the game, have a cold one and maybe even take a nap!

Trip Stats:  

This is campground number 26 of 35!

# States Traveled Through So Far This Trip: 17 (IA, MO, IL, KY, TN, GA, FL, GA, SC, NC, VA, MD, DC, DE, PA, WV, OH)

Baseball Parks Visited So Far This Trip:  5 (Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Rays, Miami Marlins, Washington Nationals, Baltimore Orioles)

Lighthouses visited:  28

Lighthouses climbed:  7

Point to point travel miles:  4075 miles

  - Avg point to point travel miles:  163 miles

Vicinity miles:  5325 miles 

  - Avg vicinity miles:  232 miles

Total miles driven:  9400 miles

Total point to point driving time:  90 hrs 23 minutes

Total fuel purchased: 698.579 gals

Total fuel cost:  $2293.59

Average fuel cost/gal:  $3.022

Max fuel cost:  $3.499 (East Pearl PA)

Min fuel cost:  $2.799 (Townsend TN)

Avg MPG:  12.25 miles/gal

# Nights at end of this stay:  153 (Includes Griffs)

Lodging cost:  $6671.38 (includes Griffs)

 - Avg lodging cost/night:  $43.60/night