Friday 6 June
Trip Start
Apr 13, 2008
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Trip End
Oct 27, 2008
Morgantown,
West Virginia,
United States
Saturday, June 28, 2008
We find that when we do stay at Walmart's we tend to leave early and today was no exception. We drove onwards into West Virginia, which is a particularly lovely State that looks after its visitors. All the rest areas have Dump stations and the visitor info and maps they gave us were excellent.
We took a detour off the interstate near Weston and visited a particularly lovely and "free" State park called Stonewall Jackson Lake SP. There we had lunch under a tree right beside an old cemetery and Caroline had a nap. About 1 ½ hours later we continued on to Morgantown where we were meeting up with Mike & Julie, Terry and Sally (Julie's cousin) and Joan (Julie's Aunt).
We had a slight detour that nearly ended in disaster enroute - Rory (the GSP) decided to take us on a shortcut up a very steep and very narrow road that eventually we couldn't navigate and we had to back out of - a very sweaty mission in the 100 F heat.
We finally arrived at Terry and Sally's at 4 pm ish to discover that they lived in a beautiful spot almost on top of a hill with a fantastic view. The driveway up to the house was quite steep and we parked in a hayfield above the house - perfect. We were able to plug into the mains and run the Aircon at night which was a relief because even at night the temperature didn't drop much. Unfortunately the fuse blew the first night and we had a hot night but we solved the problem the next day by running the fridge on Propane while the Aircon was on.
We had a nice time catching up. Terry and Sally own a big farm around the house, basically most of the hill, and they built the house themselves. Terry has a fantastic collection of old and newer Harley Davidson Motorcyles, which he showed Steve and Zach.
We had wild turkey, shot on the farm, and home-grown salads and vegetables for dinner and a few beers - a great end to a hot day.
We have decided to stay with Terry and Sally until Monday because they have arranged a family/friends get together for Sunday night.
