On Down the Road

Our stay at Stony Fork USFS Camp was nice and we would have liked to stay a few days, sweet camp. But the rain that been chasin’ us is gonna’ be snow here on Saturday morn so we have to keep movin’. Night one, Morgantown, WV, snow forecasted. Night two, Bland, VA, snow forecasted. Didn’t know that Murphy fella’ had an in with Mother Nature.

Friday night we were just north of Columbia, SC and cause we wanted to celebrate my birthday, we were dining at Ruby Tuesday’s. So with the help of Google Earth, I found us a restaurant adjacent to a mall and Wal Mart, so I we could park this ‘Big Sucker’. Our meal was very good and we decided to move on down the road a little further. We stopped at a Wally World Resort, found a level spot and parked. Then it was into the store to get approval to stay the night and buy a couple o’ things. Forty dollars and several hours later, havin’ paid more than a campsite fee, we ventured back to our home in the parking lot. Just as we reached the door I notice a flash of somethin’ in my peripheral vision. I saw a BIG RAT head right into the storm drain five feet from our rig.

That’s it! Dump the groceries in the door, close it, lock it and drive away. Now I’m not afraid of furry little creatures like rats. I even babysat one for a neighbor for a week several years back. But I don’t want them livin’ with me. In my house, on wheels. We’ve had mice in both our campers at times, but I’m not doin’ rats! We even discovered a mouse in the middle of the night trying to steal a pack of saltines. He was under the stovetop pullin’ and each time we turned on a light he’d duck down by the burner, but continued to pull, pull, pull on the crackers. If we’d had a video I’m sure we’d have won the money on America’s Funniest Videos.

So down the road we go to the ‘Lowes’ Big Box Store and RV Park. It was deserted and quiet with no drains fer’ them furry critters to hide in.

We slept well and headed south again, stopping again at the Mighty 8th Air Force Museum in Pooler, GA, but that’s a story for another day when I have more time. We did outrun the rain/snow today.

So I’ll leave ya’ with a little somethin’ to think about. “Lookout fer’ them storm drains when ‘Parkin’ Lot Campin’.”

So folks, We hope to see ya down the road as we’re;

Dancin’ on the Wind.