We're Breaking Records

If you read our blog, you already know we're not long-distance drivers. 150 miles in a day is considered a good driving day in our dictionary. 300 miles is an extreme for us. So you'll be shocked and awed by our last two driving days: yesterday we did 375 miles! And, today we did 465 miles!! Wow! Who are these people? Well, we are trying very hard to get to Orlando to spend Thanksgiving with Andy's brother and his family. It's tradition and we've only missed one year that we can recall. We were close enough to give it our biggest effort, and since it was a weekend and we didn't have to worry about the market, we figured we'd go for it.

Achy backs, sore butts, highway hypnosis, crossed eyes...all this and more gives me more respect for the OTR truckers and our RVing friends, Lynne and John, who cross the country in days. Lynne and John go from job to job zigzagging the country as needed - they went from Port Townsend, WA to Melbourne, FL in something crazy like eight days just a few months ago. I truly do not know how they can do it. But, I'm sure it is because we never had to.

Because of our latest travel experience, we've also had a few firsts: 1) we've never driven our RV in the dark before (sounds crazy after 4 years of RVing, huh?); 2) we've, therefore, never pulled into a RV Park in the dark before and had to set up camp in the dark (we always felt sorry for those that had to backup and connect in pitch blackness); 3) this was the first time we maxed out how long we could tow the car before having to re-run it through it's gears; and 4) we're staying in the worst park ever in our history (if we could've seen it when driving in, we probably would've driven away! ha!)