Road Day One and Two

Don’t worry, I am not likely to post daily, but I have time this afternoon.

We set out from Malena and Dan’s at about 9 AM.  I had chosen a Passport America (half off regular price for us cheapskates) campground south of Greensboro.  When we set up the route it looked like about 4 hours.  Short for a first day, but heading toward the coast there were not a lot of choices and no Passport America stops. 

Early on I discovered that cruise control was being intermittent.  Most frustrating at the beginning of thousands of mile of driving.  After an hour the everything in the coach was up to operating temperature and dried out and cruise resumed working as expected.  This is the second time it was not worked well after an extended storage in cold damp conditions.  I had the entire module replaced in the spring and it is no better.  I think I will ignore it until it fails again.

As we rolled we agreed that a stop at Replacements Ltd was definitely worthwhile.  Especially since we would be passing within 10 miles of it.  There is always something we need, just a month or so ago and sterling teaspoon had found its way into the disposal.  We pulled into their lot and had lunch and a wonder through the showroom and finally we bought the replacement spoon. 

An hour down the road we pulled in to Cross Winds Family Campground which is very new looking and VERY empty. As I spoke to Glenda, the owner she told me that this campground is less than two years old and that explained why they were not listed in the Passport America directory, just on their web site.  We are an hour south of Greensboro and about the same north of Charlotte NC.  The owners are very friendly and facility is very well set up.  Every site is full hookup and cable and Wifi.  The sites are level and large.  For our RV friends, if you are in the area, you might want to stay a night, especially if you belong to Passport America.

The second day on the road was mostly uneventful.  We left early and rolled most of the day to Savannah GA.  The only stop was at the Darlington Speedway Museum in Darlington, SC.  This is a motley collection of several NASCAR race cars, pictures to follow, and a Hall of Fame that is of interest to serious fans, but is poorly executed.  The best part of the stop was a quick look at the track itself.  It was a fine place to stop for lunch and the tour was only $5, Carol skipped it, so the lunch stop cost one museum entrance.

Our scare for the day was one idiot driver who is lucky she and her passenger are alive.  As we were passing an on ramp at about 62 mph (in a 70 zone) she started to pull in front of me at about 40 mph.  I honked the horn, flashed the lights and stomped on the brakes.  Carol was working with the GPS setting up our next stop and her first indication that we were in trouble was the sudden deceleration.  She had some unrepeatable things to say as our pulses slowed and I regained road speed.  I must admit to some justified road rage, displayed as an evil raised fist out the window as they passed me a few miles down the road.  I have a lot of reasons for holding my speed to 62 and avoiding these sorts of incidents is one of them.

The day ended in a mediocre campground (Biltmore Gardens) in the Savannah area.  This is our second mediocre to miserable camping experience in this area.  We like the city, but. . .

More in a day or two.  We leave for Cuba next Thursday, January 14.