Our travels: NC to KY: Day 1128 (Year 4, Day 33)

Wytheville, VA

Thank G-d all is going well so far.  We left Washington, NC around 1:30 pm on Tuesday and arrived at our first destination - Mebane, NC, 150 miles away.  This morning we left Mebane and arrived in this area, another 150 miles (left at 8:00 am and arrived at 10:30).

Both campgrounds have been real gems and we both truly wish we had the ability to live serendipitously -- that if we really like a place, to stay a while.  But such is life.

I have lots more details and hope to make a post about the adventures after we're settled in.

Let's just say the biggest challenge, other than fitting in 8 hours of work into 4 (we need to get up very early, so working late at night isn't an option) was finding a place to stay in or near Louisville.  There's a huge hot rod rally - national championship finals - that takes place the first week of August, plus it's a huge tourist area especially during Labor Day weekend, so we couldn't find anywhere that had long term availability without having to evacuate us at some point because they were sold out on those dates.  After hours and hours on the phone and online, we found a place to stay for the weekend (at the KY Expo Center where the event is), then they will move us to their boondocking lot where we won't have any connections for an entire week.  But it was the ONLY place in town to stay.  After that, we found a place in Clarksville, IN which is only about 5 miles away (I didn't realize Louisville was that close to the border).  It'll involve tolls, but Mitch's company will pay.

The best news is that we'll be joining another active Jewish community again.  In fact, we have been invited for Shabbat dinner this Friday with the rabbi which is great because we'll be traveling  most of the day (we have 400 miles to go, so we need to do 200 tomorrow and 200 Friday) and won't have any time to prepare for Shabbat.  This takes a lot of stress off the plate.