Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009 - Verona, Va

Well, today started out with a little learning experience. I was dumping the tanks and when I pulled the gray tank handle, it and the tube extension pulled out of the underbelly. Figuring out how to fix it I got drenched, but got it fixed.

Long travel day today, 8 hours. At least that is the longest drive I have planned for this trip. Trip took us thru the Appalachian Mountains and we are now in the Shenandoah Valley. I don’t know a better way, but the West Virginia Turnpike was a wash board. It was not the whole day though, and the roads had been great up until then and again after we exited the Turnpike. By the time we got as far as West Virginia, there was finally a little color in the trees. The news on the TV said the color peak won’t be for another couple of weeks, so we’ll probably see the most color on the way home thru Pennsylvania and Ohio.

We are staying at the Shenandoah Valley Campground for two nights.

As usual, we are ‘roughing’ it with WIFI and Cable TV. It’s a nice campground and seems to have as many as a dozen tame rabbits that are in the park.

I’m sure they are there just to tantalize Penny. Tomorrow we will take a drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway and see some of the local sites.