Camping at Buttonwood Campground in Mexico PA

View from Willie!

Back on the Road Again!  Hallelujah!!!  Ken and I left Thursday, June 15 for Buttonwood Campground in the tiny village of Mexico PA.  This is the 4th time we have camped here and still love it.  The owners and all of the workcampers are so friendly and the CG is well maintained and offers many amenities.  Highly recommend it if you are in the area.  The CG is divided by a relatively quiet country road.  On 1 side of the road you are camping in an open field with grass, stoned level sites and many of them are pull throughs.  On the other side of the road (and our favorite sites) you back up to the Juniata River.  Just last fall they redid all the campsites along the river making them at an angle so you have a great view out the back of your rig.  The sites are stoned and again very level.  Amenities include a beautiful miniature golf course, horseshoes, swimming pool, playgrounds, game room, great store, bikes for rent, and kayaks and canoes for trips up and down the Juniata.  They put you in the water and then you call them to pick you up down river.  It is a wonderful relaxing trip down the river. 

We camped here with the 3 other couples we travel with many times through out the camping season.  It was also a celebrating time for both Marcia and Kathy retired from 30+ years of teaching.  Wow!  We  cooked over an open fire every night and finally enjoyed s'mores and biscuit snakes almost every night.  Wine really does go well with chocolate!!!  Bocce ball and Kubb was also part of our fun activities.  I don't remember very clearly who won, but I think it may have been the men!  The weather could have been better, but we really didn't have to change our plans even though it was overcast some of the time.  We did play games indoors on Thursday night when the rain started after we completed our dinner. 

Really not ready to leave when Sunday came!  We had way too much fun to head home.  Life and work just seems to get in the way!!!!  On Tuesday, July 5th, Ken, Sam, Kathy and I will be leaving for Michigan and the Upper Peninsula.  Hope to take a day trip into Canada!  Time will tell, but we are looking forward to this 17 day trip!!!

Several Baltimore Orioles in the CG.  You can
see the nest too!

Spied this immature Eagle across
the river from our Campsite!