After leaving FL for NC, we enjoyed a warm sunny weekend at Lake Waccamaw NC attending a family wedding.
The weather was clear, sunny and warm and the wedding was even nicer. It was good to see a lot of the family we have not seen for awhile, including some new members. We parked on the lake shore in the yard of a family member, but had little time to enjoy the lake. We did get to spend an hour one afternoon on the dock enjoying the view and visiting with Martha, BJ’s sister.
About 10 miles from there on the way in we lost a shroud off the front RV roof air conditioner. We did not know it until after we got there but remember it because there was a bad bump in the road and shortly afterward a car passed us with a lady sticking her head out the window pointing up with her arm! We stopped shortly after that when safe but could not find a problem. It was only after we parked and I climbed up on the roof that I found the problem. Well, Lake Waccamaw is scenic place but not an economic powerhouse! No RV parts stores available.
However, my new Trikke T-12 Roadester was at Martha’s when we got there. I had ordered it before we left FL and it took me about 2 hours to assemble but another two days to get the tires aired up. They take 80 psi and that pressure is not commonly available at gas stations in this rural area. Nonetheless, I got them aired up and tried out the newer, bigger Trikke the day before we left.
We left Monday AM and had a nice trip north. While on the road we contacted an RV dealer in Richmond and ordered the shroud so that is taken care of. It will be in by the end of the week. We arrived at Ft AP Hill, a US Army base north of Richmond a little bit and settled in at the FamCamp. This is a very large training/maneuver base started up before WWII and certainly simulates the land mass in Europe. Wooded, rolling terrain that is similar to much of Europe, but not much related to where the action is now. Nonetheless, it is used to train all the services in warfare in this environment!
Talking about environment – we caught up with the winter so we are slowing our northward movement for a while. High today is supposed to be 63 degrees!! Low last night was in the mid-40’s and supposed to be lower tonight! We are planning on touring some of the Civil War battlefields around Fredericksburg and Richmond tomorrow if the roads are cleared by then. We plan on moving on to DC this weekend and spending about a week doing the tourist thing there.
After that we will move on toward Philadelphia where we hope to get a good Philly Cheesesteak and then maybe to the Hudson River Valley around the USMA for a few days before heading to RI to see the grandkids and their handlers.
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