Wednesday, 19 August---Relatively uneventful day…we basically drive the length of Tennessee and end up in the mountains at an RV camp that is nice, but crowded. It has also been raining a lot, and we are starting to realize that you can’t trust the GPS machine Hallie gave us when you are in tight quarters. The machine obviously doesn’t realize that we are in a 40’ rig, not a Volkswagen….it took us into some ridiculously tight spaces and turns in those mountains. Christopher had banged his head 3 times today…it seems to be catching on.
Thursday, 20 August---Fine day, evening from hell! Drove from Knoxville, TN to some small town in Virginia. Most of the day it was raining off and on, but the view was pretty, so it was alright. We thought we were starting to get the hang of it, so we pre-planned where we would stay for the night, called ahead to make sure they had a spot for us available, and checked to see what time we had to be there by. We were actually going to arrive early for the 1st time, we figured about 5 or 5:30 we would be totally set up, get a decent meal, and just chill out for the night. Most nights we have been setting up around 8-9 PM, so we were looking forward to having an early night. It just wasn’t meant to be. The GPS machine got us again, and this time it meant to keep us! What happened was that we missed a turn, so the GPS had to recalculate, and when it did, it decided to take us 6-8 miles thru the woods. We were on a winding dirt road in a 40’ long, 96” wide RV. This ever-shrinking road could not have been any wider than
90”, and we have the scratches from the tree limbs on our RV to prove it. At one point we came to what looked like a hand-made concrete bridge that had a warning sign not to exceed 5 tons…as I recall, that is 10,000 pounds, and our RV weighs 30,000 pounds. My stomach is still in a knot just thinking about it. When we finally broke thru to civilization again, the RV staff gave us a sight that we couldn’t use our air conditioners and that we had to back into, as opposed to a pull-thru like they promised. So we initially had to un-hitch our car, and then re-hitch it when we realized we weren’t staying. Once we left, we were probably at least 300 yards down the road and about to enter the interstate when we realized the car still had the emergency brake on…so we stopped to fix that…the smell of burning rubber was horrendous…I just hope we didn’t totally mess up the car. In the end, we ended up probably 20 miles away, again in a Walmart parking lot. And it was 9:30 PM, and we were all exhausted. The stress of this “easy living” is killing us!!!
Friday, 21 August---Thru Virginia and into Pennsylvania today, weather still rainy off and on. As I am typing this it is almost 6:30 PM, and we have just lucked out at finding the Tri-state RV Park in PA. Although this is the earliest we have parked for the night, we really need to plan better once we get to the Boston area.
Thursday, 20 August---Fine day, evening from hell! Drove from Knoxville, TN to some small town in Virginia. Most of the day it was raining off and on, but the view was pretty, so it was alright. We thought we were starting to get the hang of it, so we pre-planned where we would stay for the night, called ahead to make sure they had a spot for us available, and checked to see what time we had to be there by. We were actually going to arrive early for the 1st time, we figured about 5 or 5:30 we would be totally set up, get a decent meal, and just chill out for the night. Most nights we have been setting up around 8-9 PM, so we were looking forward to having an early night. It just wasn’t meant to be. The GPS machine got us again, and this time it meant to keep us! What happened was that we missed a turn, so the GPS had to recalculate, and when it did, it decided to take us 6-8 miles thru the woods. We were on a winding dirt road in a 40’ long, 96” wide RV. This ever-shrinking road could not have been any wider than
90”, and we have the scratches from the tree limbs on our RV to prove it. At one point we came to what looked like a hand-made concrete bridge that had a warning sign not to exceed 5 tons…as I recall, that is 10,000 pounds, and our RV weighs 30,000 pounds. My stomach is still in a knot just thinking about it. When we finally broke thru to civilization again, the RV staff gave us a sight that we couldn’t use our air conditioners and that we had to back into, as opposed to a pull-thru like they promised. So we initially had to un-hitch our car, and then re-hitch it when we realized we weren’t staying. Once we left, we were probably at least 300 yards down the road and about to enter the interstate when we realized the car still had the emergency brake on…so we stopped to fix that…the smell of burning rubber was horrendous…I just hope we didn’t totally mess up the car. In the end, we ended up probably 20 miles away, again in a Walmart parking lot. And it was 9:30 PM, and we were all exhausted. The stress of this “easy living” is killing us!!!
Friday, 21 August---Thru Virginia and into Pennsylvania today, weather still rainy off and on. As I am typing this it is almost 6:30 PM, and we have just lucked out at finding the Tri-state RV Park in PA. Although this is the earliest we have parked for the night, we really need to plan better once we get to the Boston area.
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ReplyDeleteI'm still laghing, sorry Paula but you hava an art to write just like sitting with you.. GD gps directions we just got back from NY and it happened to us Michael was so frustrated that he drove into a parking garage forgetting we had a car carrier on our roof rack ... oh well look forward to your blog
ReplyDeleteMia
Hey Ya'll. Enjoying the blog. Easy Life - huh? It's a learning thang. I'm sure it will get like second nature soon! Be Save.
ReplyDeleteBrenda
Where are the pictures of the beach and you all in Boston
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