I’m not sure why I have such a hard time writing the last blog entry for every trip. I guess I don’t want them to end. For my last day on the road, the plan was to hook up and go to the Gettysburg visitor center (assuming it was open during the shutdown) and see the exhibits since I had not done that during my first visit. The ranger had recommended that I drive the battlefield instead. I had felt in retrospect he’d given me a bum steer because the battlefield was so overwhel

This morning, tired of oatmeal for breakfast, I heated up leftover fajita veggies from the Mexican restaurant and served them with two eggs over easy. Yummy! I didn’t unhook again last night, so it was easy to get going. I refueled before I got back on the turnpike and was on my way. I should have known the day would take some weird turns as soon as I turned off the turnpike to get on Rt 30, Lincoln Highway. I was tired of the turnpike and not eager to take the trailer throu

Today was all about driving. I decided to take an extra day and go back to Gettysburg, so I wanted to get a little past Pittsburgh to have a short drive on Saturday. Since I had gotten gas last night before I pulled in and I didn’t unhitch, I was able to get on the road quickly. But I had slept until 9:30 due to the time change. :( This section of road is not remarkable except for the amount of road construction. I felt like most of Indiana and Ohio tollways was being repair

Finally, it was beautiful day after all the rain and mist since I’d left home. I was up early to make sure I made check out at 11 and had time to drive the Danada forest preserve to meet my friend Lori. Buddhas was feeling perky this morning so I took her on a long amble, for her, along trails behind the camp ground. I got hooked up without a hitch. Hah, pun intended. And I arrived athe preserve early enough that I could have a walk around the little lake. Fall colors were gr

I slept well despite being in the flight path for Chicago O’Hare airport and close by train tracks. My slumber was rudely interrupted when the army of zero turn lawnmowers arrived to cut the grass at 8 am this morning. Why does a campground need a perfectly cut grass all around? Why does America have such a great love affair with green lawns? All right , I could go in a whole rant about the lack of any useful habitat that grass provides and the use of Petro chemicals to ma

For me doing something new is exciting, but I am also very good at catastrophizing. I guess that is the project manager in me always thinking about what can go wrong. But as some have said, feel the fear but do it anyway and that is why I was on the road just before 9:30. I was an hour behind schedule, but not due to hooking up because I did that the night before. Just last minute packing and organizing. I pulled into the grocery store about five miles down the road just to d

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