Oct 10, 2012 - First day out

KOA campground-Statesville, NC. Wednesday We spent Monday and Tuesday loading the coach at home. This morning we had breakfast in the coach, in our driveway. It was 0945 when we got away. Stopped at Clyde's on 301 for some gas to get us to Columbia, SC. We stopped there and topped off, about 15 cents cheaper than the 'boro. Then went to a nearby Cracker Barrel for lunch. They have RV parking slots in the back. It was a bit foggy at home, and cloudy most of the way to Columbia. Then the skies opened up and we had sunshine the rest of the...

May 24, 2012 - Our First Day

Day 1 of our trip is here...starting on our dream trip! We are headed to Deadwood,South Dakota for our first base camp. Today was an awesome day. PERFECT weather! We drove 457 miles. Stopped in Clarksville,TN for the night. Neil made dinner and we watched a movie. What a nice relaxing evening.Anxious to get on the road again tomorrow for Day 2.

Sep 25, 2011 - Statesville, NC

We are finally heading west! Home! That sounds so good! Now will be on I-40 clear into New Mexico. Drove through 100 miles of almost non-stop population we really weren't anticipating. There are several cities strung together along this stretch with lots of traffic even for a Sunday - Raleigh, Durham, Burlington, Greensboro, Winston-Salem are really close together. This will be an overnight stop for us which turns out to be about 50 miles north of Charlotte.

Aug 31, 2011 - Statesville, NC

Thurs. 9/1 Caught up on laundry, cleaning and Bob went to WalMart - very productive day! Went for a walk after dinner around the campground, Bob FINALLY saw Fireflies - he's so happy - he was like a little kid - took him back to being about 10 years old, it was pretty neat to watch him!

Feb 17, 2011 - Statesville, NC

Drove about 8 hours and stopped at a Hampton Inn in Statesville, NC. The weather was great all of the way, warm and sunny, around 60 degrees. The bed at the Hampton was so comfortable. We had a great dinner next door at the Outback. The free breakfast the next morning was ruined by a family with 5 or 6 kids who were out of control. They had their fingers in everything and were sneezing on everything. John was not happy when we left there around 8am.

Jan 24, 2011 - Ça se poursuit

Début de journée avec une certaine appréhension… Cabooze partira-t-elle ou partira-t-elle pas ? Dehors par une température de -10F avec les cheveux encore mouillés, je me pointe à Cabooze et lui demande bien gentiment de faire tourner le moteur. Pas même un ronronnement. J’aperçois 2 travailleurs qui embarquent dans leur camion et leur demande s’ils ont des câbles… pas de chance. Je suspecte qu’ils ne voulaient pas se la geler ! Je reviens à l’hôtel en pensant que je devrai probablement me résigner et faire venir une remorqueuse. C’est...

Jan 7, 2010 - Cabooze 2 fait des siennes...

Départ de l’hôtel (déjeuner inclus) vers 7 :30. Après les 1,000km d’hier sans anicroches, Cabooze 2 fait des siennes aujourd’hui… Un petit arrêt dans un « Rest Area » pour le dîner s’est changé en un cauchemar non prévu. Ce nouveau véhicule ne voulait plus repartir ! Vive le Service d’Assistance Routière de Honda. Moins de 45 minutes après l’appel, une remorqueuse s’est présentée pour résoudre (on pense) le problème de Cab 2. Après le léger contretemps causé par l’entêtement de Cab 2, nous avons pris du retard sur notre horaire et sommes...

Sep 28, 2009 - The Joys of RVing

We are having a great time but... We didn't arrive in Statesville until 10:30 last night and we just stayed at Wally World. We had to load some more stuff after church yesterday and then we went by the storage unit and emptied some stuff out of the RV. We had way too much in there. Left the piano and guitar and some clothes, etc. Going to leave some more stuff at Melissa's. Well, We were supposed to be in the mountains tonight but here we are in the Camping World parking lot! We had to delay our trip one day anyway because Melissa is...

Jul 25, 2009 - Me & Ma - Camping Trip Number 2

As with all new experiences, I always like to try things first to make sure that I can accomplish them and then challenge my son to do the same thing. Perhaps that's overprotective, but it's what I do. So.....let's see how this thing does in the mountains. Cow makes a reservation while I'm still at work. Home, hook-up, leave. All in all pretty smooth! While getting on I-85S / I-40W in Greensboro, she says that she's made reservations for Asheville West....HOLY COW! Can we go through the piedmont first and then try Black Mountain! I was a...

Oct 30, 2008 - Natural Bridge, VA to Statesville, NC

It froze overnight so there was thick frost on the windshield and our water hose was almost blocked. Flow was reduced until we ran the water for a while but then it cleared. Time to head further south! We did drive about three hours southwest today. The first leg was on I81 which parallels the Blue Ridge Parkway. There were lots of Snowbirds on the highway this morning. Then we turned south on I77, crossing over the peak of the Blue Ridge Mountains at Fancy Gap, Virginia and on to Statesville, North Carolina for the night. The climb to the...

Oct 23, 2008 - Goooooood Morning Freezing Weather!

We woke this morning and found the temperature to be 17 degrees Fahrenheit! Needless to say we were concerned about our pipes having possibly frozen in the night. We looked everything over and as best as we can tell we had no frozen pipes. However, when we prepared to dump our holding tanks we found our macerator was frozen solid and consequently blew a fuse when we tried to turn on the macerator pump. So… after nice hot showers in a cold bathroom (by the way… the shower/bathroom building at the Pegasus Farm Campground is one of the nicest...

Apr 10, 2008 - Gillett / Evernham Racing

From Fleetwood RV Resort at Lowe's Motor Speedway, in Concord, just north of Charlotte, North Carolina. Our final stop, at least as of the time of this writing, was the Gillett/Evernham Racing facility in Statesville, North Carolina. Ray Evernham was the crew chief for Jeff Gordon for the first several years of his career, including three of his championship years. When Dodge decided to reenter NASCAR racing a few years ago, they tapped Evernham as one of their key point men for their reentry. Like Michael Waltrip, bringing (or reentering...