On The Road Again & Happy Birthday

Today is Lexa's 15th birthday and we called to wish her happy birthday, but all we got was a message saying they weren't there.  We called again, but no dice.  So, Happy Birthday Lexa.  We hope it was a nice day for you and you had a good time.

It's hard to believe that we were in Larry Jr & Jane's driveway for over two weeks and it was time to leave.  We had made reservations at the Pocahontas State Park in Chesterfield, VA and it was time to hit the road.  Jane stopped in to tell us goodby on her way to work and wished us a safe trip.

Grant came out to the motorhome and joined us for breakfast.  He likes to have Grandma fix him hot chocolate to go along with the milk and cereal.  He had his NATO helmut with him and really seems to enjoy wearing it.  We were sad to have to tell him good bye since he is a lot of fun to be with.  I asked him where his buddies were and he said he wanted to spend time with us and would see them later.  Great kid.  

We got up early and started putting away all the stuff that had managed to creep into the motorhome.  I hope we find where we stashed the things when we need them.

With a toot from our air horns, we were off and heading down the road and one of Larry Jr's neighbor was power washing the sidewalk by her house and I offered to let her wash the motor home for $20, which she refused.  We had only gone a mile when we ran into road construction, but managed to be the last vehicle in line to get through one lane area.

We had an easy drive up I-85 once we got by the next construction area which lasted about 15 miles.  The traffic moved fairly quickly and then thinned out once the construction zone fell behind us.  I-85 in Virginia had some really rough spots that shook the motorhome and we slowed down to get through the rough areas.  

The Virginia state police were out in force stopping speeders.  I think they must have set their quotas up a couple notches again.  We were running 65mph and weren't affected by the police, so it wasn't a problem for us.

We arrived at the Pocahontas State Park around 6pm and managed to snag a nice pull through campsite that is relatively level.  We had to dump our holding tanks first since they don't have sewer hookups at this park.  You would think for $30/night they would provide them, but they don't.  

Carolyn and Mann came over and joined us for some Tequila Lime chicken wings and catch up conversation.  We chatted until it was after 11pm and they had to begin their drive back home.  This area is loaded with deer and you can't make good time driving since the deer are so thick.