71 days on the road.
7204 miles traveled.
With the exception of one stop, a successful memorable trip in our opinion. There were some deviations from the original plan. The stop not deemed successful was Salt Fork in Ohio. A beautiful park, the trouble was with the weather. It seemed the weather system followed us for some time. In Ohio the weather was quite ugly in the direction we needed to go. (north by northwest). We don't mind drizzle or even rain that is green on the radar. Our designated day for sight seeing would have meant driving 50 miles into a solid storm, more dark red than orange or green. We opted to be safe. After the storm had passed and skies cleared we drove to nearest town for groceries. When we came out it was raining and looked ominous to the east. When we got back to campground we found limbs down, hail/sleet piled up against the wall of check in gate. Rather nervous at this point, we were relieved to find Veronica had survived a glancing blow from the storm.
In West Virginia I made a last minute change in our place to stay. My gut was correct in the place we stayed at was fine, where we were supposed to be not so much. In Georgia I changed campgrounds having decided the plan one would have meant too long of day trip. Good decision. The COE contacted me and cancelled our stay at Stillhouse hollow campground. So I found a spot at Bastrop. At the same time I changed a planned stop on Lake Sam Rayburn to one at Lake Livingston.
We spent more time running a heater than we did the a/c. The last two weeks were quickly changing the balance toward ac. Because of heat advisories we decided last night to forego camping at Bastrop. A place we have been to many, many times. Instead we made the long drive from Livingston to home. Home sweet home. Will take some time to empty and clean out Veronica. She is a good traveling companion and we got many compliments on her. She gathered a nice selection of refrigerator magnets to remember her adventure.
time to rest from gathering rosebuds.
