Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Most of our drive from Vermont has been rainy, and non-eventful. We really made a bad choice on our route south. Trying to avoid New York City traffic, we took a more westerly route, and ran into lots of hills, then in Pennsylvania, lots of mountains. It was “up, down, around, up, down, around,” again and again. In the rain, it is rather tedious. Tuesday night we stopped at the same parking lot that we stopped at coming up, across from Keystone RV Center in PA. It was a free night, and in the morning after buying some propane from them, we were on our way.

Tonight, we are parked in a WalMart lot along with about 5 other motor homes and RVs, and a couple of semis (so far). This is in Bristol, VA. When we do this, we are always mindful of our exit options. We park so we can leave easily, but during the night, another motor home or 18-wheeler can hem us in, delaying our departure, or causing a rather anxious exit.

No matter, we plan to get a good night’s sleep, and figure things out in the morning.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Before the night was over, there were about 10 overnighters parked near us. We left at 6:30 a.m. and have been pummeled for the last 300 miles with rain, rain, rain, rain, rain. All through the Tennessee mountains, it’s been tense driving for Tom – rain, wind, wet highway, poor visibility. But all we can do is press on, and hope for clearer skies down the road.

This is what it looks like driving your house at 60 mph down the interstate highway. Notice the binoculars on the floor; helpful for spotting diesel prices before the exit passes us.