Leaving the Snow Behing

February 9th - Monday  67 degrees - Lexington, South Carolina

We finally found a window of opportunity to get our RV out of the barn on Friday morning.  Lou was able to back in into our driveway on the first attempt without getting into any of the drifts.  We quickly packed it ready for the trip south.  Janet and Brion arrived early Saturday morning to help us put the last few items in and Brion helped Lou connect the car to the RV and they noted we had a problem with the lights on the car and that delayed our departure by several hours; however, they stayed with us until we were ready to depart.  It was nearly noon when we got onto Route 15 heading south.

Janet brought us a beautiful Cyclamen plant to brighten our table for Valentine's Day and Brion  picked up a delicious loaf of cinnamon  bread.

The plant is sitting on a table runner that Susie made us to go with the quilt she made Lou for Christmas.

When we arrived in Virginia it was 52 degrees.  The Welcome Center was truly a welcome sight.  That had been our goal to made Virginia the first day, but with the late start we were afraid that me might not be able to make it.

Welcome Center - Virginia

Do you notice, there is no snow in Virginia?  We noted that gasoline was $2.09 a gallon.

We stayed the first night in Winchester, VA at a campground that we had stayed at before, Candy Hill.  It turned out to be an excellent choice, as we were able to flush out all of our winter antifreeze and get fresh water through our system and fill our tanks with fresh water, get hooked up and all of this was accomplished before it got dark and cold.

We had a dinner of potato salad and pulled pork barbecue, which really tasted good, with the very mild temperatures.   We opened up the screen door and let in the fresh air and looked outside at the absence of snow!!  This ended day one on the road.  The first picture shows daffodils that are coming 

up.