Up, Down, All Around.....

Since we entered Virginia a few weeks ago our travels, when we have been traveling, have been UP and DOWN.....very little flat, or straight.  Tuesday was even more so.  Thankfully we only had a 120 miles to drive, and that is exactly why I like to break drives down into 120-140 miles increments.

Our overnight stop Monday night in Weston, WV was delightful.  Very quiet, and once again we were not bothered by anyone.  The Walmart there is not a 24 hour one, so once the store closed at 10 pm the only thing we could hear was the humming of cars along on the Interstate.  

Our next destination after Weston was Cumberland, MD at another Walmart.  After an uneventful day of a lot of UPS and DOWNS, which included a couple of rest stops, we arrived  at the Country Club Mall in Cumberland around 12:30.  In addition to the Walmart there was a J.C. Penny, Sears, and numerous other typical stores found in a mall setting, including some movie theaters.....perfect!  After getting ourselves situated in the Walmart portion of the mall we got dressed and went into the mall to get a bite to eat at the Orange Julius stand in the food court area.  Our movie choice, Olympus Has Fallen, started at 1:50 pm so we had plenty of time to have a leisurely lunch.  The star of the movie is Gerard Butler, who is one of my favorite actors.  The story line sees the White House attacked, and taken over by North Korean terrorists.  Gerard, of course, is a one man wrecking crew, and succeeds in killing all 28, or 30 terrorists, saves the President, and prevents a nuclear holocaust.  I actually enjoyed this movie a little more than the last "Die Hard" movie we saw back in Savannah.

After the movie we took a walk around the entire circumference of the mall ending up back at the coach just before it began to rain, and what a nice rain it was!  It continued raining, with occasional lightning and thunder, until after midnight sometime.    We watched Bones and Castle before retiring for the night around 11 pm.

Wednesday we will arrive inside the "Beltway" to spend a week to 10 days seeing all we can see of Washington D.C.  We'll be staying at Greenbelt Park (run by the National Park Service) where we will be able to use our Golden Age passes to stay for $8 per day.  There are no hookups, so we will be living off our house batteries, solar panels, and small Honda generator.  All the other RV parks in the area charge $58 to $70/ night, which I am not going to pay.  It, Greenbelt, is "first come first served", but I'm not worried about getting a spot.  What I am worried about is whether, or not we will find a spot big enough for our 62'.  Based on the aerials it appears there are may two, or three spots on "D" Loop that will work, and also give us a shot at the southern sky for our DirecTV dish.  We'll try and find a large parking lot within a few miles of the park to park the coach, then drive the T-Bird over to Greenbelt and check out the sites available.

Thanks for stopping by!