Dover AFB

Our first stop in our new RV. Well, new to us – we found a used 2019 with a layout we liked. We are doing a couple of weeks to join friends in a Change of Command and a Retirement. Since we didn’t want to do the entire drive to Norfolk in one day, we stopped overnight at Dover Air Force Base. Traffic wasn’t bad at all on the 4th. Honestly, it was the best drive in terms of traffic from CT through NY and NJ I’ve ever had in the summer.

We took turns, each driving about an hour and a half. It takes a lot of energy to control the truck and pay attention to everything around you. We got to Dover around 4pm. Setting up the trailer was easy. The dealership we bought from showed us everything the day we picked it up.

The base has a museum, and the RV camp happened to be very close to it. It’s closed Tuesdays, so we weren’t able to visit it. We did walk Cody around the fence to check out what we could.

We’re pretty sure they had an old Air Force One or Two out there. We couldn’t find the sign for it to confirm.

There was also a KC-10 out on the runway. It was so difficult not to just walk out to it! I’m sure the base police would have rolled up pretty quickly…but maybe not.

We saw a few aircraft land and take off. Overall, the camp was great–super quiet, easy to get in and out. We’d go there again.