Greenbrier, MD

The plan for today was pretty simple – travel 13 miles!  We started the day with a nice breakfast at Cracker Barrel and returned to Jellystone to pack up.  We also got the obligatory pictures with the stuffed bears at the campground sign.  Pack up went quickly and we were on the road for the short jaunt to Greenbrier. I again introduced myself at the contact station and this time was given the host camper pass and the permanent code to the gate – guest codes change frequently and staff codes change but at a lesser frequency.  Mike at the contact station said that the duty ranger would be by later so I could have time to set up.

As I am nearing finishing my setup Ranger Chris stopped by to drop off the keys we would need along with the Camp Host Program binder.  This binder has all the information you need to complete a successful tour as a camp host, everything from rules and regulations to area churches, RV repair and even locksmiths.

After reading the binder it was off to Boonsboro to find the post office.  Boonsboro post office is near the center of town.  

The area is set up for walking and shopping with a bunch of eclectic stores.  We first stopped for ice cream at Potomac Street Ice Cream, next store to the post office.  The ice cream here is delicious and reasonably priced.  We followed this up with a quick walk through the downtown area.  It is amazing how some towns really pay tribute to their military veterans.  Boonsboro has a banner of, what appears to be, everyone from the town who served in the military. 

From here we wanted to find the closest supermarket.  I search for grocery stores in the GPS and near the top of the list is a Food Lion.  This works because I have an MVP card for Food Lion!  We get to the address and find an empty store.  Apparently Food Lion was not successful at this location so we’ll go in search of the Weiss Market on our first day off.

The ice cream did not ruin our appetites for supper and we were hoping to have a nice fire in the evening.  The host campers from another loop and invited us to their site for a fire since there are several new hosts and a few hosts will be leaving soon so it was a nice get together.  For some reason they could not get their fire going but it didn’t matter since we were all having a good time swapping stories and getting to know each other.  After the fire at Ash loop we returned to our site and tried to get a quick fire going to burn off some of the food and burnable trash in our pit.  The fire in ash Loop must have jinxed us because we could not even get paper to burn in our pit!