11/25/2023 0 Comments Snowbird no ticky no laundry![]() ![]() We enjoy eating out and finding new restaurants, especially the local “Mom & Pop” type in our travels. They will have to wait another day to try them as the restaurant had already closed (at 3pm) for the day as we were leaving. When we were leaving the restaurant we met a couple just arriving that had driven over from Connecticut especially to have the famous fried clams that HoJo was also known for. We asked the cashier if they actually ever baked their macaroni & cheese and she acted quite surprised and offered to bring out the “Chef”. The closest it came to being baked was maybe passing by an oven on the way out to our table. ![]() ![]() The mac & cheese was laughable and looked more like cooked elbow macaroni stirred into a Cheese-Wiz type concoction (and tasted like it as well). Niki opted for the Famous Baked Macaroni & Cheese ($12.95). I ordered the HoJo burger which was actually pretty good ($12.95) …. The soup choices this day were minestrone and chicken noodle. We ordered from the lunch menu which came with the limited Soup/Salad Bar. The other side of the “Bar” – called their “Smorgasbord” offered several warm selections like beans, rolls, spaghetti (that hadn’t been stirred in awhile – spelled “congealed”) and another vegetable. This one had two sides – one was a small salad bar with a choice of two soups, iceberg lettuce, spinach leaves and only a choice of cucumber, cherry tomatoes and shredded cheese for toppings plus a selection of four dressings. We looked at the salad bar before being seated to see what it was like as we often just order the salad bar. We arrived around 2pm and were a little concerned as there were no other vehicles in the parking lot nor other patrons in the restaurant – but then again it was past normal lunch hours. We drove 80 miles one way to visit this Howard Johnson’s Restaurant – truly as their sign says – the “Last One Standing” in the World. We will do our best to be objective with this review. As always, if you have any questions send us (Niki and Jack) an email to and we will do our best to answer you. You’ll also find links to the photos, reviews and trip reports for each trip. You’ll find the mileages and the costs for gas, camping and dining as well as the Seasonal rates at both destinations and our costs for propane and electric. For comparison we show the stats on a quick seven day trip North to spend the Summer Season in the Adirondacks and compare it with a long and leisurely 17 day trip to spend the six Winter months Season at a nice RV Park on the “Sun Coast” section of the Gulf in Florida. We’ve just added a chart that breaks down the actual costs on two recent Snowbird trips. We have a great deal of information on the website including photos, videos, dining & campground reviews, RV route maps, and sections on Workamping, Fraternal (Clubs & Organizations) and Off-Season Camping in the Northeast and how we plan the trips as well as tips on repairs and additions we have found useful for our rig. You probably had many of the same questions we had starting out, like will we be able to afford this kind of lifestyle? Well, we have kept a trip diary from those early days and have been sharing what we have learned both here on our blog and on our website at. We’ve taken different routes on most trips and have pretty much covered the best North and South RVing routes from the Northeast to the Gulf Coast and Florida, and from the Atlantic seacoast to the Mississippi River. We have spent the last eight years as Snowbirds and moving our Fifth Wheel with the Seasons. Our Snowbird RV Route South to the Sunshine State That’s our signal to start packing up for our journey South to spend the Winter months in the land of palm trees and warm Gulf breezes. Then along about September we begin to feel those Northern nights cooling down and the leaves beginning their Autumn change. Each Spring we feel the urge to be on the road again and heading North for cooler Summer temperatures. ![]()
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