Monday, March 24, 2014

Saturday, March 22, 2014

We got to sleep in today as the Quartermaster Museum we planned to stop at didn't open until 11:00 AM and we were only an hours drive from it. My daughter's husband is stationed at Dover AFB, and we have to jump through hoops just to get on to the base housing area. So I was surprised when all it took to get on Army Base Fort Lee was our drivers licenses. I also felt sure we would need to park the motor-coaches at a Walmart or such and drive the tow SUV. So that also surprised me that we could take the RVs on base as well. The Quartermaster museum was very informative and interesting. Bob who was drafted in the Army many many years ago. He found his insignia in a case from his division. He also bought a Army Veteran hat. We have this long standing friendly rivalry as both George's and my Dad were Navy men. And now I have a SIL in the Air Force. GO NAVY! Afterward we had lunch in our respective RVs and then Bob had noticed that when we entered the gate on to the base that there were two gas stations that had diesel at a cheap price. Bob lead the way and when we arrived at the stations they had the pump isles perpendicular to the station and we having a longer motor-coach plus towing knew from experience that we would get hopelessly stuck. So Bob pulled in with their RV and there was a thin shoulder we could have waited on but it appeared to me as our car wouldn't fit on it too. So I made the judgement call to go on ahead of them. We at this point were going to go home, which they knew how to anyway. I texted them to say we were on our way, and that we were going to the Pilot down the road. It took us a long time to go a short distance, so I called Cherry Hill RV Park a great campground for touring the Washington, D.C. area, plus it is close by to the METRO. (excuse the construction as they are in the midst of adding a water park and conference center). The place in season is a bustling place which you need to make reservations for. It's one of our favorite campgrounds to stay at. Its also open all year. We were able to get a pull through campsite and we were glad we stopped. Only problem was the hot tub was closed which was disappointing for George. By this time my cold was full blown and I slept on the couch to keep from coughing in George's face. Abby our cavapoo slept part of the night on top of me and the other part on the other couch. I played Scrabble and Words with Friends on my ipad before finally falling asleep.

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