A Bunch of "Firsts"

The last few days have been a whirlwind of activity.  I'm really excited because I have new tech (Ipad) to play with but have been too screaming busy to get at it.

Jeff spent most of Thursday "de-winterizing" the RV, which meant flushing the antifreeze out of the water system...and refilling and reflushing...and refilling and reflushing.  It literally took most of the day and well into the night.  While he did that, I went back and forth to the house with loads of stuff to set up housekeeping.  Thanks to Lou and Abbie for the assist.  I had to finish and get the car home by dark so I didn't turn into a pumpkin, so I prepared one last big car load for Jeff to drive down once he finished his chores.

We worked on setting up until after 2am and slept our first night, parked in Long Valley.  I found out that not only is the bed nice and comfy, but my front passenger reclining seat eases my back pain as well as the power recliner I have at home.  Even though I had enormous pain at 2am, by morning it was pretty well mitigated.

After a few minor glitches Friday morning (how do we start the hot water heater?) we got on the road a little after noon.  We thought we would get to Fredericksburg, Virginia around 5:30, a little later than we planned.  After 3 hours of crawling along I-95 we pulled into KOA Fredericksburg around 8.  The campground host very graciously escorted us to our campsite and made sure we knew where everything was.

A list of some of our firsts:

• first night in the RV
• first long drive
• first quickie pullover to pee (ask Jeff about his in-traffic event)
• first meal on the road (just a sandwich, but nice not to stop)
• first hooking up of utilities and setting up camp
• first home cooked meal in the new home

I can't believe how relaxing this is.  I am not a nature girl, but it is so quiet and peaceful at the campground.  It is so dark at night that you wouldn't even know there are other people here.

I feel younger.  Jeff was gone all day riding with a local guy.  I "played house" and cleaned.  White couches and Jeff do not go together well.  At least they are leather, so I could just wipe the chocolate off, haha.  I also learned how to flush the black and grey tanks; quite an accomplishment for me.  We had an OK internet connection so I got caught up on work and what was going on with the outside world.  Made some barbecued short ribs for dinner and now I am toast.

If any of you have seen the movie RV, there is a lot of truth in that.  We watched it last night after dinner and were totally ROFL.  Fortunately, none of that stuff has happened to us.

Tomorrow, we are going sightseeing in Fredericksburg!  I can't wait.  We saw the National Museum of the Marine Corps from 95 yesterday, and I absolutely have to go see it.  Besides honoring our veterans, the building itself looks amazing.  I think we will also see the Rising Sun Tavern and Mary Washington's house.  Oooooh, I love history.