Ugh! Going home. Quick breakfast of cereal and fruit. Since we didn’t unhitch last night it was pretty quick to shut down. Bill did the tank emptying job and we headed out shortly after 8. At the end of the drive where we turned to get on the interstate there was a fruit stand and a little gas station store. The fruit stand was closed but we saw a truck of watermelons in front of the gas station and signs indicating fruit so Bill went in and they had what I was interested in. We got a 25# sack of Vidalia onions to share, a case of nice big peaches and just a basket of nice looking tomatoes for us.
Around 10:00 we stopped at the last Flying J on the way home to fill up one last time and took our potty break and Xena’s potty break. Once again Molly spent most of her day on the console between, periodically sticking her face into the air vent or looking out the window on Bill’s side. We stopped at a rest area at lunch time and there was enough ham left for Bill a sandwich and I had my hummus and cucumber on a sandwich thin. We finished off the cookies we bought in Scottsboro. On the way home we listened to a book on CD, a western, will not get to hear it all so maybe when we go to see Cleveland vs Rays this weekend we will listen going and coming and hear the end.
We parked at the end of our driveway at about 2:30 and then was the worst of the trip. The unloading! I wanted all the blankets, couch throw and bedspread washed, so we had a ton of dirty laundry, the clean clothes, all the “stuff” we bought, our books and maps, the stuff from the fridge and freezer, the pets stuff – whew—it was really hot in the RV and I was mopping the sweat up. Bill ended up backing the van up to the RV and loading it to avoid so many trips back and forth up the driveway. That was after he attempted to used Harry’s old wagon, but the wheel fell off! Then there was the putting away all the food before we could take the RV back to park it.
There was tight squeezing (at least for me it was tight) to get the RV around the trailers at the warehouse and then took some back and forthing for Bill to get me into our spot, but we did it. I didn’t want to have to ask Mark or Kurt to come out and do it. I opened the fridge and freezer to dry out and we covered the wheels and came home. It was a sad, sad ride.
I did 3 loads of wash and we went out for Chinese as I was too tired to even think about cooking after putting everything away and sorting out our purchases and bagging things up for my family and friends.
It was a great trip, even with the various mechanical issues. We drove 3,645 miles and lived to tell!
Around 10:00 we stopped at the last Flying J on the way home to fill up one last time and took our potty break and Xena’s potty break. Once again Molly spent most of her day on the console between, periodically sticking her face into the air vent or looking out the window on Bill’s side. We stopped at a rest area at lunch time and there was enough ham left for Bill a sandwich and I had my hummus and cucumber on a sandwich thin. We finished off the cookies we bought in Scottsboro. On the way home we listened to a book on CD, a western, will not get to hear it all so maybe when we go to see Cleveland vs Rays this weekend we will listen going and coming and hear the end.
We parked at the end of our driveway at about 2:30 and then was the worst of the trip. The unloading! I wanted all the blankets, couch throw and bedspread washed, so we had a ton of dirty laundry, the clean clothes, all the “stuff” we bought, our books and maps, the stuff from the fridge and freezer, the pets stuff – whew—it was really hot in the RV and I was mopping the sweat up. Bill ended up backing the van up to the RV and loading it to avoid so many trips back and forth up the driveway. That was after he attempted to used Harry’s old wagon, but the wheel fell off! Then there was the putting away all the food before we could take the RV back to park it.
There was tight squeezing (at least for me it was tight) to get the RV around the trailers at the warehouse and then took some back and forthing for Bill to get me into our spot, but we did it. I didn’t want to have to ask Mark or Kurt to come out and do it. I opened the fridge and freezer to dry out and we covered the wheels and came home. It was a sad, sad ride.
I did 3 loads of wash and we went out for Chinese as I was too tired to even think about cooking after putting everything away and sorting out our purchases and bagging things up for my family and friends.
It was a great trip, even with the various mechanical issues. We drove 3,645 miles and lived to tell!
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