Mac, the fifth wheel is made by a company named Newmar, after I kind of peered around the guy's motorcycle on back. Older couple, looks like they either live aboard or have been doing this a long time.
The rain started to come down last night with a few showers, then just poured most of the night. Pouring now, though starting to get light out.
Going to leave well after 9am, no sense going out in the rain early and really annoy the get to work crowd. Headed to the smallest campground on my list, only twenty spaces, and only two that will allow a pull thru. GPS wants to take me down 81, I'm choosing a route further East down smaller roads. A week from now I have reservations "on the beach" at Cape Carteret NC, going to stay there three days and simply relax and walk the beach.So this week I am headed East towards the coast, so I'll get a dose of flat land for awhile.
One thing I learned quickly was to take the cruise control off on any type of hill. I just have to slow down a little, like many of the trucks, because while I could keep the speed up, the trans will drop down into 3rd, and the tach hits low 4's and that's no way to drive. So I'm learning to slow down and find a speed/combo where it will hold the revs at 3500 on hills, and then drop down to 2000 at cruise. On flat land the rig just hums along at 60-62, I just don't go any faster. What's the point?....
this next stop is one I will likely not take the car off for,particularly in the rain, for sure. It's a place "in the woods" where I can take the time to wash the rv, finish organizing stuff inside, though I am making slow progress.
Sending out a few post cards today to elderly friends. Older folks just love post cards....and these two don't have the internet.
