TS4-1 Hop 6
This was one of those hops where the GPS did not agree with the Google map. My intention was to follow the map, but I couldn’t think of a good reason why the GPS disagreed so strongly. Eventually, as we approached Richmond, I gave in to my gnawing doubts and decided to trust the GPS. Shortly thereafter we discovered the reason for the discrepancy: VA 76 was a toll road. The Google map was set to avoid tolls. No going back at that point, so we had to roll through the toll booths/detectors using our EZ-Pass. It probably wasn’t set correctly for the rig, so maybe someday I will get a letter in the mail asking for the additional 75 cents. I will be on pins and needles for months.
We were a bit nervous about this hop as it was the longest, toughest test yet of the repaired rig. But it went smoothly. The brake controller needed a tweak once again, but no big deal. Overall, it was a pretty uneventful 4-hour ride.
Our home for 3 nights was the Prince William Forest Campground. We originally booked this site in desperation, because we just couldn’t get an adequate booking at our usual haunt, the Pohick Bay Regional Park Campground. Then we had to reschedule the booking twice: first when we thought that we would get the RV back on Saturday and then again when we got it back on Friday. As it turned out, booking on Friday working in our favor because we were given a short site when we were arriving on Saturday, but got moved to a larger site when we extended it to 3 days.
We liked this campground more than we expected to. The sites are large and shady. The staff was wonderful. We will come back to Prince William again.
Dinner after our arrival in Keeling was take-out from Bojangles. Very tasty chicken. A normal day on the road. Are we fully recovered from our Binghamton disaster?
Time will tell.