You know you're getting into your
vacation when you lose track of time. For some reason the kids are
still asking me, "What day is it?" And I truly have to
think about it before I give them an answer.
It seems like each day is a trip
unto itself. Each evening I think, "Well, here we are in XYZ."
and then, "Where were we this morning?" so I'm checking our
little travel itinerary to give you an update because all I can
remember about the past few days are sick kids and coke slurpees.
When last I posted we were in Lake Anna
State Park, Spotsylvania, VA. We drove through some beautiful
Virginia countryside to get there. A little tedious when you're a
land yacht but the scenery was worth it.
We left there and did 168 miles to
Enfield KOA in North Carolina. We got here early and the kids had
some time to play mini-golf (or put-put as some of you may call it)
and we got some laundry done.
Our plans for the next day were to
boon-dock in Florence, SC. For the uninitiated, that means camping
out in a Wal-Mart or Sam's Club parking lot. The upside is you can
legally park overnight and not have to pay a camp fee, but the down side is
you have no connections. This means what ever levels your tanks are
on (fresh water, waste water, battery) you have to live off that.
However, once we realized the weather
heats up down south (we're slow learners) we figured boon docking was
not a good option. Without an electric hook-up, we wouldn't be able
to use the air conditioning unit to alleviate the heat. Not wanting
to sweat to death, we decided to find a campground for that evening.
Having some margin built into our day,
we made a stop at JR's. I'm not sure how to describe it. I think it
started out as a cigarette, cigar and wine wholesaler which grew into
something bigger. For you New Englanders, I think the best way to
describe it is like Ocean State Job Lot only neater and cleaner. And
with people carrying out ten cartons of cigarettes at a time. The
kids found some trinkets, I got a new Pyrex bowl and a Coke Slurpee,
but we left the strawberry smoothie wine behind.
And here is where building margin into
your day is a good thing. We got into camp around 4:00pm. However,
three of the kids have been warm and complaining of headaches for a
few days so we decided to get them checked out. Bo found a walk in
clinic two minutes from here and we came to find out the three kids
have strep. With the wait at the clinic and then running to the two
CVS stores to get the meds, Bo didn't get back until 9:00pm. If we
had tried to pack in more miles to our day, he would not have gotten back until
midnight. Having picked a
camp and limited the daily mileage, he got back at a
reasonable hour and had a cool night's sleep.
While I feel bad the kids are sick,
they function fine once the Motrin kicks in. I'm also so
very grateful to have with easy access to healthcare and medication.
So today we're off to Kingsland, GA.
It's a bit longer day mileage wise, but we will be fortified with a
Waffle House breakfast and an early start.
Here's some pictures so far.
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| Toasting marshmallows at Enfield KOA |
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| JR's Cigar, Cigarette and Stuff Emporium |
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| some of the lovely, blingy items available at JR's |
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| The Bieber perfume set I'm getting for all my mom friends for Mother's Day. |
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| Quiet time on the road. |
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