New River Gorge
Bear Mountain Cabins & Campground
On Sunday I made the drive from the Shenandoah National Park area to the New River Gorge area to the Bear Mountain Cabins & Campground. 
The campground was beautiful and not very busy during the week which was nice, plus it was less than five minutes away from the New River Gorge’s Canyon Rim Visitor Center. It also worked out well for my parents since there were Mom approved cabins (read: cabins with indoor plumbing) in the campground for them to stay at.
This campground was unusual in that while it was fairly large and had over 200 sites, it was not setup well for RVs as most sites had the camp side stuff like picnic tables, fire pits, and bear proof food storage on the wrong side for RVs. While not the end of the world since most of my time was not spent at the camp site, it was still inconvenient. Three nights with zero hookups was the longest I’ve done that, and I think it went pretty well (at least from a no hookups perspective), so that was a good experience. I knew water wouldn’t be a problem, as I can pretty easily do three or four nights without refilling the fresh or dumping the other thanks, but I wasn’t sure how well the battery would hold up since it was a very shaded site, so I didn’t think I would get much help from the solar panels. Fortunately a lot of the leaves had started to fall, so I was able to at least recharge the battery a bit every day. Assuming the same amount of sun I got while I was there, I could probably have gone six or seven days before needing to worry about breaking out the generator. There was also very little cell service at the campground, I would occasionally get enough service for some texts to come in, but it was pretty difficult to send them. It did give me a good chance to try out the recent iMessage feature that allows 
It is the exact same color and trim level, so other than being bigger (taller and longer), it looks pretty similar. It has a diesel engine too, which is a first for me. I never felt like my F-150 didn’t have enough power to pull my trailer, but the new truck is heavier duty so it doesn’t get pushed around by the trailer in windy conditions, and the diesel engine brake is amazing for maintaining speed while going down hill without having to worry about burning up the standard brakes. Another nice feature of having a diesel engine is the ability to use the truck lanes at truck stops, which makes refueling so much faster (much larger fuel nozzles fill my 35 gallon tank in a little over a minute), and safer and easier (getting in and out without worrying about cars and just being able to pull straight through every time).