Date: 22 June, 2018
Location: Confluence, Pennsylvania
Subject: On the road again
We've been in Blacksburg since early May with the exception of a few road trips in the area. Now it's time to get back on the road. We've done a few "shakedown cruises" in the new RV and are pretty happy with it. Just like a boat, there are some things we really like about it and there are some things we wish we liked more. There are always compromises to be made when you try to fit a living area for two people into such a small space.
Our ultimate destination this summer is Nova Scotia, Canada. We'll spend over a month there but right now we're just meandering through some areas we haven't visited before.
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| If you click on the picture to make it bigger you can see some little yellow dots in the river, they are kayaks! It's THAT far down! |
Our first stop was New River Gorge National River. The views are amazing from the top and the bottom and we've really enjoyed walking the trails, one of our favourite things to do.
One trail eventually led us to a long, narrow spine of rock far above the gorge where we had a specacular view of the New River Gorge bridge. It spans 3,030 ft and is 876 ft high. We had a lovely panoramic view of the gorge, too.
We like to dawdle and have no schedule,
giving us time to stop and explore any little interesting things that
pop up along the way.
Yesterday we came REALLY close to
running over Bambi, a tiny fawn with it's spots still on right in the
middle of the road. Poor thing was terrified! If we hadn't been
going slow he would have been a goner. That would have been
terrible!
We are currently camped at an Army
Corps of Engineers campground near Confluence, PA. It's on the
Youghiogheny River (pronounced "yahk-ah-GAY-nee"). We
love these Pennsylvania pronounciations (for example, "Schuylkill"
is pronounced "sKOO-kl")!!
We came here because our house
batteries are not charging when the engine is running and we wanted
to plug in for the night to get a good charge on them. Just like on
Rachel, Mark is troubleshooting and is confident he can come up with
a fix.
Tomorrow it's off to Punxsutawny,
Pennsylvania, home of Punxsutawny Phil, the world-famous weather
predicting groundhog – you may remember the movie "Groundhog
Day" with Bill Murray and Andie McDowell. Maybe we'll see if we
can watch that tonight so we know what to look for when we get there.
