Sunday, January 5, 2014

FIRST SECOND DAY

well we are finally going to spend our first night in the new rig...left yesterday sat at about 9:30 am and the driving was kinda slow out of ithaca til we got to 17..then the roads were clear and dry but it was windy...at the first rest area we sropped we wanted to check to see how everything was riding and couldn't open the door,,we thought oh my it is frozen so we bought some de-icer sprayed the door...guess what it didn't work..we we call the aod assistance service we have on the rig..told them our problem and said we were going to stay in a motel last night..we were told call when we get there and they woukd send someone to help us out..got to the motel..lar banged on the door a few times and believe pr npt the door finally opened up..there seems to be a problem wsith the deab=d bolt..so we just didn't lock it today...seems like we might need a new door lock.. today we had planned on stopping at the woodrow wilson presidential library in stauton , virginis guess what we called and they didn't open up till noon...so it was decided not to wait till noon so we kept going...got on interstate 66 and started up a hill and it started to rain and then icy-slushy-then saw cars heading in the wrong direction on the highway lar had already dropped it down to 20 30 mph and we drove this speed for about an hr...he even noticed some slipping but he kept it steady and we were ok...after we got down off the mountain then it was just rain and heavy at times... so a 5 hr drive day turnekd into an 8 hr day... arrived at campground about 6:30 now to set up..new we rig that we haven't used before is all new and different so it has taken us more time that usuall..but right now it seems as thou we ar all set..and it is only 8:15pm almost time for bed...but i guess we will enjoy a glas of wine and something to eat before.. all's well with us and have thanked god several times that he as been with us over these not so good roads.. sorry no pictures yet as we haven't taken any haah

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