On Our Way to PA!

Ken and I were up at 6:15 and got ready for today's departure!  The no see ums were so bad this morning and they made it rather miserable for Ken to unhook the sewer, water, and electric.  He was outside for about 30 minutes and felt them biting all the time.  I did the final clean-up inside and joined him outside for about 10 minutes.  It was awful!  

Chuck and Melissa had set their alarm to come by and say good-bye.  We only spent a short time together because it could have gotten rather emotional. These 14 days have been wonderful!  We left our campsite at 7:30 and then hooked up the CRV at the front of the campground.  We were on our way to Lazydays near Tampa by 7:45.  The drive went well and we were at Lazydays by 10:30.  After unhitching the CRV and making sure we had everything we wanted to take home, we were on our way by 11.  Waldo will stay there for the next 3 weeks getting the slide repaired and doing some needed warranty work.  We will pick him up when we leave for our trip out west.

When we got to the border of Georgia we switched drivers so Ken could take a nap.   After I had driven about 36 miles into Georgia, Ken woke up because he bit his tongue.  It wasn't bad, but thank goodness he did it.  I mentioned that the air didn't appear to be working very well and he immediately noticed that the CRV temperature gauge was in the red.  Fortunately we were at an exit and could get right off and there was even a huge shoulder so we could pull off and be safe.  As soon as we turned off the engine, the steam poured our from under the hood.  So we waited about 30 minutes and checked the radiator and the coolant reserve.  Both appeared to be full.  The other good part - there were four nice hotels across the street.  So we started it up just long enough to get to the parking lot of the Comfort Inn.  We checked in and starting looking for a car repair shop in the area and found one about 1 1/2 miles down the road.  You could make an appointment on line which we did, but we will call them at 7 tomorrow morning and hope we can get it repaired and back on the road quickly.  Hopefully it is just a fan or belt.  We will see!!!!

Another good thing - there was an excellent restaurant called the Millhouse Steak House at the neighboring Holiday Inn Express where we had a delicious dinner.  It is a place we would highly recommend for both the food and the pricing.  I had a sour apple martini for $1.99 and they have draft beer for the same price.  It is located at the Brunswick Exit off Interstate 95 about 36 miles into Georgia.  We had planned to get to the center of SC today, but so much for that plan!!!!  Tomorrow is another day!

Talked to Cindy and Melissa and watched some TV.  Looking forward to a good night's sleep before we "tackle" tomorrow!