Here we go!

The big vacation is finally here. Monticello, Williamsburg, Jamestown, Washington, D.C., Gettysburg and home......

Saturday morning I had to help at the Academy give a POWER test, (physical fitness test) to potential recruits. I took CC into work and Rita brought the boys, Hunter, (13) & AJ (11) out to school around 10am.

She had Rita's car all hooked up by the time I walked out of the office and we were on the road by 10:20.

This easy an easy trip to plan. Hop on I-64 and go east. That's it, one highway all the way to Williamsburg.

The boys had a bunch of "homework" to do on the way and games to play. One of the games was the License Plate game. So we were looking for and calling out plates all morning.

We drove for about 3 and a half hours then pulled into a Rest Area for lunch. The boys went on a "recon" mission looking for license plates while Rita made some sandwiches. Had a nice lunch and hopped back on 64....

Our first overnight was outside of Ashland, KY. Checked in about 5:40 CDT. Cranked off 427 miles today. Not to bad of a day. Kept the cruise just under 65 mph. I'm pretty certain that the bug population is seriously depleted.

We stayed at a KOA campground. Not bad, but not glamorous either. The boys helped us hook up CC and seemed to enjoy the work.

One of the first things you have to do is clean off the bugs from the windshield and the front of CC.

This is what the whole front of her looked like.

Best part of the campsite is they had a nice pool and it was the perfect temperature.

 

After swimming and throwing the boys around we headed back to CC to grill some steaks and relax. We prowled the campground after dark looking for license plates. We were getting fanatical. We got 32 so far and were worried about some of the obviously hard one like Alaska & Hawaii. After walking around with flashlight like a bunch of bungling burglars we only found one extra license plate.

So here we are, sitting around a fire that Hunter had carefully built, showing off his Boy Scouting skills, when a late arrival showed up. We sat there & watched them hook up right in front of us. When AJ noticed that they had Alaska plates, woo hoo!

Thought about making s'mores but our butts were dragging so we called it a day.

 

 

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