In the interest of time and... well... interest, I am going to sum up the last 2 days: We did laundry and packed. That summed it up.
Now on to today. We pulled out of Wagontown, PA this morning at 6:00 am EST. We drove for what seemed to be an eternity. We arrived at the Bristol, TN KOA at 5:30pm.
After checking in, we went to eat at the Cracker Barrel (or Crackel Barrow as my girls call it.) As usual the front porch of the restaurant was lined with two rows of rocking chairs facing each other. The elderly frequent this establishment and today was no different. It seemed that every chair was filled with a happily stuffed senior citizen as we braved the Old Spice gauntlet. Dinner was fine. Obviously we were back in the south as displayed by the giant bowl of grits my daughters were scarfing down, and the glasses of sweet tea Terri and I drank.
Okay, now I have to do some venting. Have you ever noticed that the things that seem so cool at the beginning of a road trip somehow start to loose their charm when you are making the mad dash back home.
Case in point, all of the KOA's we stayed at during our trip TO PA seemed quaint and it was fun to "rough it". Tonight it was all just so irritating. My towel was scratchy. The water temperature vacillated between scalding hot and 1 degree above freezing. While drying off with my piece of sandpaper, I realized that my efforts to bend into a trapezoid to shave my legs were all in vain as I managed to miss every other inch. Oh well, it would have to do.
Tomorrow, we have what might be the true test of sanity as we will drive the long leg of the trip yet. We will go from Bristol, TN to Little Rock AK. It will probably take 10-12 hours without stops. We will either come out of it stronger or ready to strangle each other. You will have to read tomorrow' s post to find out.
Over and out,
The Wagon Queens.
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