Russell is currently racking up the total of states covered in our trip so far, 23. He has just colored in the most recent one on our Good Sam's map that is posted in the cabinet. Tonight we are just north of Nashville and will get to Waco in two or three days.
About Wal-Mart boondocking: maybe better in cooler weather! It was hot! In our Civil War frame of mind, Russell recalled an anecdote about Stonewall Jackson. It seems he would sleep under a wet sheet when in hot weather. Sounded like a good idea, but really messy if you aren't sleeping on the ground. Another thing: shopping carts. The Barboursville, WV Wal-mart had the neatest parking lot of the year last night. Russell corraled carts to insure that none of them were going to come crashing into us. The one that crashed into the RV interrupted one of the few sleeping moments of the night. Poor guy was back out to the parking lot. I think Russell was just taking advantage of the cooler breezes outside. So tonight we are plugged in with a/c at a campground. NICE!
A couple of notes from earlier posts:
- In southwestern Virginia, I wrote about these really old log structures, not barns, not houses. We just couldn't figure out what they were. Paul Urie told us that these are drying houses for tobacco and they are as old as they appear to be.
- On the WV freeway, Russell commented on mowers on the road shoulders. I didn't get it until seeing another such rig later. The men drive the shoulder in CAT machinery with a shredder attached to arms that go over the railing to mow the down slope. The road drops off so steeply that this is the only way to get the job done. Amazing!
Amazing. Beautiful. Spectacular. Superlatives that I'm using over and over again to describe this wonderful (there's another one) country.
We are MOST FORTUNATE!
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