Sunday, December 31, 2017

Back to Maryland

October 29 - November 1:  Our first travel day was very windy.  It was quite hard for Bruce to keep in his lane with wind gusts of 20-25 mph.  We had to cross a very high bridge on Route 295 going around Jacksonville.  Definitely a scary white knuckle kind of day.  We stopped the the Georgia Welcome Center just to calm down.  Our president of the Rally, Mike, pulled in beside us.  He  didn't like crossing that bridge either. Weather has turned cold.  Stopped at a Cracker Barrel for dinner and spent the night with seven other rigs. Weather has turned cold, extra blanket time.  Good breakfast the next morning and off we went.

We have been having a problem with our jacks beeping even though we know they are  fully up.  It has come and gone but today it was on and off all day.  Drove as far as Smithfield, NC.  We stayed at a Walmart.  Bought some nice battery powered lanterns, $20 (remember we are having an electrical crisis) to see us through the evening.  Continued the next day on to Wilderness.  The place was empty.  Chilled that evening and up early the next morning.  Cleaned tanks, added ATF to jacks and the beeping stopped.  We had done this before in Arkansas, but after a little research we did it again and it worked.  We were home by 3:00.  Unloaded necessary stuff and put it away. It was a long day but always good to get back to our sticks and bricks.

Thursday, November 2:  Up early and off to a trip with the IBEW Retired Members.  Lunch at the Eden Resort in Lancaster, PA.  Wonderful buffet lunch then off to the American Music Theater for their Christmas Show, Home for the Holidays.  This was one of the best music shows I ever saw.  I had chills during some of the performances.  Everyone left the theater feeling good and ready for Christmas.






We celebrated Thanksgiving and Christmas with Candice's family.  They are all so warm and welcoming.  We enjoyed every moment with them.  We had Christmas dinner with Dad at Aspenwood.  New Year's Eve was a trip to Fredericksburg, VA.  We joined Terry and Camille Butler and his brother Mark and his wife, Kathleen at the Yak-a-Doos to bring in 2018.