Tuesday, July 14th – Make some tracks!

Up around 6:45. Beautiful, sunny morning. Made some coffee and then started some oatmeal. The fire was still smoking outside. internet was working better this morning so I did some graphics work before and during breakfast

After breakfast I went down to the creek for a swim before packing up and hitting the road. We’re going to make some tracks towards a spot in Kentucky today. I have to teach at 6 so Pam will find us a stop once we get on the road.

Leaving the campground we got a call from Roger so we talked to him while we drove out on the windy road. Beautiful country. Kind of reminds me of Maine a bit. Rolling hills, lots of fields. Maybe more like Vermont.

We didn’t take a lot of pics today because we were driving a lot. But here are a few. The town we stopped in to eat and teach a bit was St. Albans, West Virginia. Pam had found a “city park” on free campsites.net. When we arrived, the sign said 2 night maximum but the campers that took up all the spots looked like they had been there for 2 years! The park was right on the Kanawha river and there was a boat launch. It looked like a nice spot but there were no sites.

We went across the road to a Walmart that had been closed and checked the signal. Not good so we moved on. We just kept our eyes peeled for a cell tower and we didn’t go two blocks before Pam spied one. The area I pulled over in looked very rough. We decided to keep moving.

A few miles down route 817 I spotted a small park by the river. We turned around and I pulled down the steep driveway. There were a couple civil war monuments and a path down to the river. I fired up the generator to get the AC going and Pammie took a stroll down the path. When I joined here, she was shaking her head to the negative. Unfortunately, the area was totally trashed…like, covered with trash.

We ordered some takeout from a diner close by and took out lives in our hands walking down 817 about a mile to pick up the food. Back at the camper we chowed with the AC on. I taught a couple lessons, with not very good results, and then we took off.

We pulled into the Kentucky Welcome Center around 8, I think? It was quite crowded with trucks so we pulled in a car parking spot. Fired up the generator again to cool her down and made a couple cocktails…with bourbon to celebrate Kentucky! I didn’t take any pics and I didn’t sleep great either but it was free and perfect for the night.