Day 44
Travel days are always fun. For one thing, I get to watch Geri and Don fuss over where they’re going and how they’re going to get there. Once they agree on which RV Park they want to go to, then Geri calls to make a reservation. If it turns out that we can’t go there because they don’t have room for us, then it starts all over again. Then, once they’ve gotten a reservation, they have to agree on the directions on how to get there. Like today, the Park where we’re going is on a road where a bridge is under repair, so we have to take a detour to get there, and the directions we got from the lady at the park were a little confusing. Don was looking at a map on the computer, and couldn’t find any of the roads the lady was talking about. But they decided to get underway regardless, and they would figure it out when they arrived in the area, near Washington, North Carolina. This morning was kind of dark and blustery, and it was raining a little bit. We headed north up highway 17 through Jacksonville and past Camp Lejeune, seeing some really beautiful country. We got to Washington about two in the afternoon, and followed the lady’s directions perfectly to the Park. When we got there and Geri opened the door, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing! Beautiful grass, acres of it! I was so excited! A nice young lady who had escorted us to the site in a golf cart saw me and liked me immediately. She gave me a lot of petting and compliments, then took me for a ride in her cart. That was a lot of fun! Then Geri took me for a walk in the grassy field, and I ran and rolled to my heart’s content. What a nice place! When we got back to the coach, I had to lay down and rest for a while. Don and Geri were doing some cleaning, and I had to get up and move once in a while, but I still got a good nap. Geri called a local groomer, and it looks like I get a bath and grooming tomorrow. I probably need it badly, particularly after that little incident with the fire pit. My tail plume hasn’t looked the same since.
I got my dinner, which Don fixed, and then we all got in the truck and went into Washington to look around. It’s a very old city, founded in 1776, and was the first town in the country to be named after George Washington, our first president. It has a lovely waterfront on the Pimlico River, and some old buildings downtown, some well preserved, some not so well. Geri and Don had dinner at a place called Blackbeard’s, which was the name of a pirate who hung out in this area. They said it was great, lots of shrimp and clams. We went home, did the blog, watched 24, and went to bed. Grooming day tomorrow!