The first night on the road was spent at Colleton State Park in South Carolina. This is a really nice park and easy to get to off I-95. The next morning because we awoke really early (4 a.m.!!!), we decided to go ahead and leave. We were told that if we needed to leave before the gate was unlocked that the combination was ####, to pull down sharpley on the lock and it would pop open. After 20-some very frustrating minutes of both of us trying to work the combination (upsidedown) and in the dark with a flashlight and magnifying glass, Frank went over to the Ranger's Residence and woke him up only to find out that after working the combination you were to squeese the top and bottom together. Worked like a charm!!!
The second night was spent at Claytor Lake State Park in Virginia off I-81, exit 101. Again, a very, very nice park with many level RV sites with water and electric. The next afternoon we arrived in Front Royal to spend several days with my sister,Janice. The following day we went down to Grottoes so I could meet her newest grandson, Alex. We then went to Mt. Crawford to the Green Valley Book Fair where I bought very little compared to previous visits as most of it seemed to be the same-old, same-old. After that we went to the Dayton Farmers' Market to get our supply of miniture marshmallows. Of course, we went to Michael's craft store to buy some supplies for our crafts. It's frustrating when we have great coupons but everything we want is already on sale!
On Friday Janice and I ran over to Winchester to Michael's and JoAnn's to hopefully use up our coupons. Again, everything we wanted was already on sale, so I gave my coupon which was expiring on Saturday to the woman in line behind me.
When we returned to Front Royal, we stopped by McDonald's to pick up a lunch for the birthday girl, Emma, to have lunch with her at school. Upon arriving at the school, we found out we were an hour too early. As her mother is a teacher at the school, she went to her classroom and got her released to have lunch with us outside at one of the picnic tables.
Frank and I left for Luray to spend a couple days with his sister,Kay before leaving for Niagara Falls on Monday.
