Today we traveled slower than turtles! Every time we turned around there was MORE construction! We, meaning Ed, drove 440 miles but it took 8 and a half hours, which averages to about 52 miles per hour. That's actually faster than it seemed at the time!
We did make it to Petersburg, which is just south of Richmond, Virginia and are staying in a Walmart parking lot. As is proper RV etiquette, we asked the manager permission to stay overnight. He, as most do, said it was fine.
Ed asked about a restaurant and he sent us to a brand new Mexican restaurant down the road. They have been open only 6 days and are having a soft opening - waiting for their liquor license to come through before their grand opening. We were almost the only ones there so got lots of attention from our waiter, the manager, the busboy, and the chef.
When I told the manager about it being Ed's birthday, she gave him a lucious dessert - tres leches (a moist cake). The Birthday Boy got several birthday calls, which brightened his day, though he might not admit it!
He's just carrying on about the weather - it's down to about 62 degrees now and breezy. I've told him he's got one more day to moan about the weather and that's all he's allowed. As for me, it's nice not to be sweating and walking around with dampish clothes all day!
Ed's now trying to figure out why we're drawing 10 amps of power from the generator when only the lights are on. The fridge is on propane, so it's not that. Pepper will likely be coming into the bed with us, as her heating pad draws too much power to have on when we're not hooked up to electricity.
We hope to be home by early afternoon - and let's hope there's no more road construction!
Ed would have been smothered over the weekend--it was 90ยบ! It's supposed to warm up again over the next few days. We'll be very glad to see you.
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