I felt compelled to start writing. I had mixed emotions about sharing all the fun stuff and nice weather we are experiencing. But I know David Cundy and Gabe are probably getting worried. Are they safe? Did a bear eat Joe? Did they run out of beer? These are very ordinary concerns. First off let me say we feel terrible about the negative temps you are experiencing. So I will not dwell on the 36 holes of golf we played or the sunburn that Karen(princess) got.
We got off to a very scary start. I came home from work Sunday and we decided to pack and try to out run storm Octavia. We packed it all up went outside and Minnie did not want to start. I jumped old Minnie with the van but decided to leave on Monday instead.
Monday morning we woke up to -4 degrees but I guess I don't have to remind most of my readers about that. I jumped the Minnie again and went up to Firestone and and bought a new battery. Well we jumped on the road and tried to get ahead of the storm. That plan went okay till we drove right into the eye of the storm. Trucks and cars all over the road and ditches. We did good but realized after several slow downs we needed to stop get a room and drink some of the beer. I convinced Karen we had to much weight and needed to consume some of the cargo.
We got off to a very scary start. I came home from work Sunday and we decided to pack and try to out run storm Octavia. We packed it all up went outside and Minnie did not want to start. I jumped old Minnie with the van but decided to leave on Monday instead.
Monday morning we woke up to -4 degrees but I guess I don't have to remind most of my readers about that. I jumped the Minnie again and went up to Firestone and and bought a new battery. Well we jumped on the road and tried to get ahead of the storm. That plan went okay till we drove right into the eye of the storm. Trucks and cars all over the road and ditches. We did good but realized after several slow downs we needed to stop get a room and drink some of the beer. I convinced Karen we had to much weight and needed to consume some of the cargo.
We stopped in Princeton WV, and that is probably the closest we will ever be able to say we went to Princeton. We had some food compliments of Mama Primozz and a nice comfortable bed at the Hampton Inn.
Glad to be safe we got a good night sleep and got ready to take on Octavia(little bitch) the next morning.
Bad news fans... went out to warm up the Minnie and it wouldn't start. I was parked in a foot of snow and the plow trucks kinda buried me. So a very nice gentleman out for morning walk and cigarette(oxymoron) suggested I beat on the starter and I told him we haven't even golfed yet. Then the maintenence guy for the hotel came out and helped us beat on the starter. What does someone who cooks for a living use to beat on the starter...of course a meat tenderizer. After 1 hr of tenderizing the starter I decided to pray instead... and the son of bitch started. I grabbed the princess and took off down I-77. We drove for 400 miles never shutting Minnie off. Stayed at a Camping World in the parking lot just in case it wouldn't start in the morning.
Good news kids it started and we took off and drove to a campground so I could get the Minnie ready for camping. In the RV world we call it " summerizing the cabin". I am really trying to stay away from that summer word in fear that you might stop reading and destroy your computers.
So this takes us to Wednesday 2/18 and we are at Mike Roess Gold head State Park. So far all the plumbing is working and that is a good thing for reasons I won't get into! Building a fire tonight because we are cold ....oh sorry about that.
On our way now to River Bend Golf Links to use our membership in the golf-RV club. We'll see how this works? Maybe there is a free lunch out there. Well probably enough updates for now. I 'll let you know how the free camping in the parking lot turns out. So until we read again keeps the heaters on the beer cold and the laughter flowing!
Glad to be safe we got a good night sleep and got ready to take on Octavia(little bitch) the next morning.
Bad news fans... went out to warm up the Minnie and it wouldn't start. I was parked in a foot of snow and the plow trucks kinda buried me. So a very nice gentleman out for morning walk and cigarette(oxymoron) suggested I beat on the starter and I told him we haven't even golfed yet. Then the maintenence guy for the hotel came out and helped us beat on the starter. What does someone who cooks for a living use to beat on the starter...of course a meat tenderizer. After 1 hr of tenderizing the starter I decided to pray instead... and the son of bitch started. I grabbed the princess and took off down I-77. We drove for 400 miles never shutting Minnie off. Stayed at a Camping World in the parking lot just in case it wouldn't start in the morning.
Good news kids it started and we took off and drove to a campground so I could get the Minnie ready for camping. In the RV world we call it " summerizing the cabin". I am really trying to stay away from that summer word in fear that you might stop reading and destroy your computers.
So this takes us to Wednesday 2/18 and we are at Mike Roess Gold head State Park. So far all the plumbing is working and that is a good thing for reasons I won't get into! Building a fire tonight because we are cold ....oh sorry about that.
On our way now to River Bend Golf Links to use our membership in the golf-RV club. We'll see how this works? Maybe there is a free lunch out there. Well probably enough updates for now. I 'll let you know how the free camping in the parking lot turns out. So until we read again keeps the heaters on the beer cold and the laughter flowing!
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