Monday, July 23, 2012

A journey of 4000 miles starts with a 300 mile day (ancient Chinese proverb, per Luke)

(written on Sunday, published on Monday, after we found wifi…gotta love McDonalds!)

300 miles, 40 mph average, 7.4 mpg average, and we made it!
Too late this morning, around 9:45-ish, we finally left for the Big Adventure.  In the misty fog, Luke pulled the RV out of the driveway. Around 3 a.m, had  begun to wonder if the car would trail properly behind the RV or if we would have to unhook it and begin all over after the RV left the driveway.  No worries, the car followed the RV perfectly.


Next, our first RV-in-the-Rest-Area shot!  Here we are, snuggled in with the big rigs and other RV’s, a hundred miles or so out of Roanoke.


It wasn’t easy, but we both managed to control the RV as we pulled up the WV mountains --- 7.4 mph worth!  So, gas mileage isn’t so great.  But, we weren’t the slowest thing on the road!  Well, not all of the time, anyway.
Smoke howled a good bit of the first couple of hours, then found comfort in our laps, helped by the air conditioner blowing on her face and sweaty paws.  She really didn’t settle down until long after we finalized our stop at our campsite for the night.  Then all was good – snacks, play, love, and sleeping on the bed with us.  Oh, and the window, of course….

Here we are, nestled in the woods at the Graystone State Park, Graystone, KY, for 2 nights.  We figured that we better take a day to recover from the first day’s trip.  Tomorrow we’ll explore the area, go back into town, and have an earlier dinner here at the RV!  But for now, all is good, we are safe and sound and tired/elated.



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