View of the day-Hooking the shop trailer up from its parking spot at the Gettysburg campground.
Another early day, but it was the last day for Gettysburg and we were eager to get loaded up and on the road. Al went over to see if he could get the tire fixed…the man said “come on down”, so he started up the General and then picked Marilyn up so she could drop him off at the truck, go pay the bill at the Rock and get her work done at the camper.
First on the list for her was to get the rest of the laundry dried…the washer crapped out on the last two loads and didn’t agitate or spin, so they were dripping wet. There was a gale force wind during the night so the clothes hanging on the line were almost dry, but they got chucked back into the dryer to finish off. Then came the job undoing all the TV/Internet/computer cables and getting everything put into a safe place for the rough ride north…and of course the joys of cleaning the hoses.
Al had gone to settle up with the farmers and to drop some ‘beverage’ off for the elevator guys that were so helpful in getting us finished up…they even came down to dump us on their day off. When Al got back to the camper, we finished getting everything closed up then went to pay the camping bill and drop off the TV/Internet hardware…sniff.
When we woke up, we had the strong south wind blowing hard and it looked like another promising day until the front passed through while we were hooking up and the wind turned out of the NW…just great. As we left town we knew it was going to be a struggle and our fuel economy was going out the…tailpipe.
We stopped in Herried to check the load, and then stopped for fuel and lunch in Wilton…the wind never changed or died down, in fact, it seemed to get worse. We finally pulled into Kenmare around 6pm, parked the General by the Freight and headed for the campground. Once we were backed in Al went to do a bit of servicing on the Freightliner and Marilyn got the camper organized…well, as organized as she needed for one night…didn’t even bother to put all the slides out.
Tomorrow we face the border crossing…oh joy…
Another early day, but it was the last day for Gettysburg and we were eager to get loaded up and on the road. Al went over to see if he could get the tire fixed…the man said “come on down”, so he started up the General and then picked Marilyn up so she could drop him off at the truck, go pay the bill at the Rock and get her work done at the camper.
First on the list for her was to get the rest of the laundry dried…the washer crapped out on the last two loads and didn’t agitate or spin, so they were dripping wet. There was a gale force wind during the night so the clothes hanging on the line were almost dry, but they got chucked back into the dryer to finish off. Then came the job undoing all the TV/Internet/computer cables and getting everything put into a safe place for the rough ride north…and of course the joys of cleaning the hoses.
Al had gone to settle up with the farmers and to drop some ‘beverage’ off for the elevator guys that were so helpful in getting us finished up…they even came down to dump us on their day off. When Al got back to the camper, we finished getting everything closed up then went to pay the camping bill and drop off the TV/Internet hardware…sniff.
When we woke up, we had the strong south wind blowing hard and it looked like another promising day until the front passed through while we were hooking up and the wind turned out of the NW…just great. As we left town we knew it was going to be a struggle and our fuel economy was going out the…tailpipe.
We stopped in Herried to check the load, and then stopped for fuel and lunch in Wilton…the wind never changed or died down, in fact, it seemed to get worse. We finally pulled into Kenmare around 6pm, parked the General by the Freight and headed for the campground. Once we were backed in Al went to do a bit of servicing on the Freightliner and Marilyn got the camper organized…well, as organized as she needed for one night…didn’t even bother to put all the slides out.
Tomorrow we face the border crossing…oh joy…
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