So after a day in Venice, we are heading south down the east side of Italy, the back of the boot, if you will. Our first stop was at a Farm Camp south and just outside of Venice. I was greeted by a friendly, English Speaking, host and we got checked in, and led to the camping area, where we parked. We think we were the only guests, as a few cabins, and another camper looked as though they were occupied by full-timers, maybe even workers at the farm and restaurant.

We decided to have dinner at the restaurant. Like we really had a choice, it was farm to table Italian Food! It was quite good, and our waitress spoke English very well.

It was a peaceful night, except for the occasional Hee-Haw from the Donkeys in the field next door. We woke up in the morning, each took a shower, and ate breakfast. In addition to dinner, we also got some laundry done the night before. Before we left, we tracked down the donkeys, and fed them some carrots that we had, and had not eaten, thinking they we would go bad soon.

We pulled the camper around to the restaurant entrance, and I went to check out. They had a pretty good lunch crowd. I was told by the waitress that we had left a couple of socks in the dryer. Her daughter had found them in her laundry. She offered to drive up, five minutes, to get them, but I didn’t think she needed to bother. As I got ready to leave, I saw Kasey walking across the parking area, with purpose in her step. Apparently, a lunch patron had backed into the motorcycle rack on the back of the camper. The damage looks much worse than it is, as it damaged the license plate holder, and not any of the structure. We still filled out an accident report.

It was a bit of a shock, and not in the plan for the day, so we were a bit off the rest of the day. It wasn’t long that we arrived in the next town, and where we would be parking for the night. We could actually see the Mesola Castle from our spot. It was a popular area, as it filled up with campers. We were also treated to a soccer game. The next morning, Saturday, featured a Town Market, and that put us back on track mentally. We got some great veggies and bread. We spent the rest of the day relaxing.

Sunday Morning came, and we decided we would stay that night as well. We took another walk around town with just about everything closed. The campers still kept coming and going. There were a couple of signs that said you couldn’t park in certain spaces on Monday Morning. We adjusted Holly out of the zone, or so we thought.

Monday morning, I thought we were going to see them work on the power poles and water so they would function again. Nope, we had a front row seat to fire training!

So Monday and Tuesday would be filled with trying to find someone to refill or exchange one of our gas bottles. We are finding out that each country seems to have its own system. We thought we had a Farm Camp that listed it would refill tanks from other countries, but when we made drive out in the country to the camp, we were greeted by a closed gate. It opened as we waited, and a couple in a car told us that we could go back and camp, but none of the services were available. We decided to move on, and found a free parking spot in the Marina in Ravenna. Kind of an odd place, but quiet for a night’s sleep.

We continued our journey for gas the next day, but after tries at a few stations, we made our way to Mapa, a camp store and dealer. After going in the wrong entrance, and waiting for the store to open at 3pm, we were helped by Erina, a knowledgeable camp store employee. She was nearly a female version of Tymeck. In addition to a new tank, a new hose, and hot plate, we headed back out for our next camping spot. Another parking area near a soccer field. While it was free to stay at night, and water was free, we needed coins to pay for electric.

I took the next day to catch up on social media and videos and planning our next few days. We discovered a country inside Italy, Europe’s third smallest country. That has adventure, Empty Nest Adventure written all over that! So that is where we are headed.