After a wet night, we awoke to sun peeking through the grey clouds and a beautiful view of the Western Virginia mountains. Having sampled the warm weather over the last few days, we were keen to descend again from altitude and its chillier climes so we departed our penultimate state in the morning and arrived […]
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Day 12: On the home straight
May 11, 2012Day 11: Easing up, but not there yet
May 11, 2012Technically Day 11 began were Ryan left off in his last post as three hours of it were spent by Ryan and myself around the campfire in Kentucky. The Bourbon Barrel ale was going down well, the fire was burning beautifully and the occasionally star would pop out of the clouds. We’d try to work […]
The Road Trip Glossary
May 10, 2012An attempt to explain some of the terms used in our blog posts: Boonying – To park on the side of the road for the night Dinghy/Toad – The vehicle in tow Go back – To lie in the bed while travelling, watching the world slide past Jimmy – Our male in house voice operating […]
Day 9: Traversing the mid-west
May 9, 2012With good weather ahead and the wind at our tails, we departed promptly from Shelby RV park, and we certainly didn’t look back. We had become accustomed to warm welcomes and a can-do attitude from our park hosts, but Shelby unfortunately let the side down, with 2 very surly hosts, pitiful wi-fi and dingy showers. […]
Day 8: High and dry
May 8, 2012There was always going to be a day which began like this. The fact that we rolled into the High and Dry RV Park late last night (having just moved from Mountain Time to Central Time and lost an hour) should have been a clue. The High and Dry RV Park lived up to it’s […]
Lord Calvert
May 8, 2012Road trips such as this one are a voyage of discovery. Some of the things that Malcolm has learned on this trip are that part of his family tree must have moved to Canada, had subsequently been enobled and then latterly discovered the ancient art of preparing the Uisce Beatha, the water of life, or […]
Day 7: Through Mountain and Plain
May 7, 2012Waking up, I felt a repetitive banging noise going on inside my head. Where was that coming from? Was it due to the rare cask-strength Scotch that Malkie had produced round the campfire the previous evening, for slow contemplative sipping. Hardly. More likely the half bottle of Bushmills that Uncle Stephen unwisely left in the RV and which also […]
Day 5: Off the tourist trail
May 4, 2012Every holiday I seem to go on I face the same dilemma. The tourist hotspots draw you towards them like a magnet. They are highlighted on the map, there are endless roadside signs encouraging you to take the exit in 40 miles, then 10 miles, then 5 miles and somehow the names of these places […]
Day 4: Yellowstone
May 4, 2012We all wake early to a bright, clear and very cold morning. Last night we made it to Deer Lodge, MT. The RV park had a notice to find our own space and to drop the $30 in a letter box. Of course we did, we’re RVers now, and we abide. The reason it’s so […]
Day 3: Peaks and triumphs
May 2, 2012I am writing this from the comfort of my notably soft and luxurious bed, whilst Ryan, Malkie and Maisy guide us though the north-west corner of Montana up front. Although perhaps not the safest travelling arrangement, it is in fact legal to cruise at your functional leisure without a seatbelt in a motorhome within America, […]