Quest For Spring - Day 2

March 2nd - Wednesday

Left Carlisle, PA at 11:00 AM after making some minor repairs to our hot water. Lou found the only way we could get hot water from our hot water tank to our sink our sink and shower was to put it through our winterization system, so for the time being this is the process we shall be using.

It is a bright sunny day with one sign of spring, no snow. We have noted many RV’s going north and we are in hopes this means there will be room for us in one of the many RV parks in sunny Florida, as many of the Military Base Parks do not take reservations. First come first serve basis.

We spotted the White Tail Ski Resort which is located in Antrim County 16 miles from the Maryland border. We had tried to tell our granddaughter, Michelle about it and couldn’t remember the name of it, this time I am writing it down, so we will remember, it looks like great slopes to ski.

Gasoline prices are $3.38 here. We arrived at the Maryland border at 11:50 and on into West Virginia at noon with a temperature of 59 degrees and a very strong wind. Estee was sleeping very peacefully in her bed located under the kitchen table.

We stopped at a Welcome Center in Virginia at 12:25 PM for a walk and to fix our lunch. We both agreed that was the nicest Welcome Center we have been in with the exception of the one in Mansfield. The bathrooms were very special --- with family restroom and toddles size potties and sinks. There were computer rooms, snack rooms and lounge rooms. While on our walk I picked Lou a dandelion and Estee grabbed it and ate it!!

We were back on the road at 2:10 and the temperature was 62. We stopped for gas at a Kroger gas station and it was $3.25 which was a bit cheaper and plenty of room to maneuver the RV around in.

The rest of our day was not the best, we started looking for a place to spend the night, Lou remembered a place he had stayed before but it was back at Natural Bridge and the only other place was 69 miles further south, so we decided to go back, well it got dark, and my DH is not fond of my GPS, but I decided it was time for some drastic measures, so I put the address in and off we went, only to arrive and find they were closed for the season. Feeling a little “miffed” Lou went into a campstore and asked for advice and they shared with him this was the first year they hade closed in the winter and they called three other places and found them closed also. He came back and told me the sad story and I programmed Walmart into the GPS and DH told me he had never stayed at a Walmart, my remark “hey, consider this your first time.” We pulled into Walmart in Salem, VA at 9:30 PM and were darn glad to be there.

We dined on left overs and called it good.