Almost Heaven

 Our last stop was at Blue Licks Battlefield Resort Campground State Park.  It was a nice area and very busy with lots of families out for the fourth of July extended weekend. This became even more obvious when on the 4th, 80% of the campers packed up and headed home leaving us retired folks to enjoy the calm after the storm of acivity.  We were plagued by fact we could only hook up to a 20 amp power source, tripping the breaker a few times a day and having to go reset it.  This was due to the fact that the power hook-ups were 50 feet from the RV and the only cord I had long enough to reach it was a regulard 20 amp extension cord.  I'll be getting another 30 amp RV power cord when we return home to be sure this doesn't happen again.

Lynn wanted to visit the museum at the park but it was closed for the holiday as well.  We broke camp on the 5th and made the stop at the Battlefield museum on our way out.  Lynn has a 5th Great Grandfather who was in the Battle, captured by the opposing forces and held captive for 2 years.  Lucky to be alive considering how many men were lost in that brief but devestating battle.  The photo on the right is of the monument erected to those men who lost their lives that day.

We headed out of the park and east again towards West Virginia.  This would be the longest driving day of the trip so far but provided an atmosphere of calming beauty we had been anticipating.  A six hour drive plus a few stops along the way to replenish supplies and there just happened to be a Starbucks right by the Walmart in Lewisburg, WV.  Even Lynn was ready for a latte' this time.  From there it was almost all rural 2 lane roads through the countryside to or next destination at Moncove Lake State Park.  An absolute gem parked between two mountain ridges with mostly level gravel RV spots and 30 amp hook-ups.  No water on the sites but here was a connection as you enter the camping area and we filled the water tank there before backing into our spot.  

This is a beautiful park with lots of activites available to those who want it, and lots of shade and mild temps for those of us that just want to relax and take in the atmosphere.  There is ZERO cell service here but the park does have Wi-fi albeit slow and would drop out from time to time, it was enough for me to get this blog together.  Frustrating since this is my daughters birthday and I am unable to call her.  To make matters worse, I tried to send her a text but the network just wouldn't connect after multiple failed attempts.  Lynn was able to send a text and some time later I was able to get the connection but my text still shows "waiting for connection".  I had planned to put a lot more together for this blog entry but because of the connection issues I'll cut it short here and play catch up in the next entry in a few days.

If you're reading this, It means I finally got a quick connection for the upload.  

Steve, Lynn, Toto, Bilbo, and Georgie Girl.