Places
QTS Hop 4: Savannah, GA, to North Ft Myers, FL
417 miles via I-95, I-4, County 557, US 17 and FL 31. This was the last hop of the relatively short QTS and I was hoping to complete the trip with no “dings” to report. Alas, ’twas not to be. We got two rather significant dings on Saturday. Day 1: Savannah, GA, to Daytona Beach, … Continue reading
Savannah, GA
We will be leaving the Savannah Oaks RV Resort today (Saturday) after spending a pretty nice 6 nights here. This was a working week for me, so we didn’t do a lot of sightseeing, but we did get to downtown Savannah twice to look around – once on Sunday night and again on Friday afternoon. … Continue reading
QTS Hop 3: Lorton, VA, to Savannah, GA
2 days, 577 miles via I-95 and some local roads. Day 1: Lorton, VA, to Wade, NC 293 miles, of which all but 10 miles were on I-95, with a refueling stop in Rocky Mount, NC. As usual, tears were shed when Jett said goodbye to her sons and her grandkids. We had her 8-year-old … Continue reading
Happy 90th, Mom!
The weekend before we started the trek south I had the opportunity to fly coast-to-coast from Massachusetts to Oregon to visit my mother, who recently celebrated her 90th birthday, and my sister who… well, I won’t mention her age, but you can do the math. While there I also had the opportunity to enjoy some … Continue reading
QTS Hop 2: Bellingham, MA, to Lorton, VA
2 days, 493 miles via I-495 (MA), I-90, I-84, I-91, I-95, I-286, NJ 440, US 9, I-195 (NJ), I-495 (MD and VA) and some local roads. I routed this trip so that we could overnight in NJ and thus earn the right to put another state on our map. In retrospect, we would have been … Continue reading
Hunkering down
Last year we left MA before the cold weather set in. This year we waited long enough to see campgrounds close and witness the preparations for those foolish enough to ride out the winter in New England in their RVs. There are more of them than I would have expected. I think there are only … Continue reading
QTS Hop 1: Littleton, MA, to Bellingham, MA
1 day, 37 miles via MA 119, I-495, I-495 and MA 126. It was a judgment call as to whether to include this in the QTS. It was really nothing more than a repositioning cruise, necessitated by the closure of the Minuteman Campground. So we had to move Patience down to Bellingham for 2 weeks … Continue reading
Minuteman Campground
Our home for the past 3 months has been site 67 at the Minuteman Campground in Littleton, MA. This park does not have some of the bells and whistles that we have seen at other places – there is no fancy “clubhouse,” for example – but it is very nice in its own way. Lots … Continue reading
QTE Hop 6: Lorton, VA, to Littleton, MA
2 day, 534 miles via I-95, I-495, US 29, I-70, I-695 (near Baltimore), I-83, US 30, US 222, I-78, US 22, PA 33, US 209, I-84, I-90, I-290 (near Worcester), I-495 (near Boston) amd MA 2A. This was a grueling weekend, primarily due to the fatigue from the previous weeks, the complicated route to our … Continue reading
QTE Hop 5: Georgetown, KY, to Lorton, VA
2 days, 569 miles via I-75, I-64, I-77, I-79. I-68 and, near DC, I-270, I-495 and I-95. Day 1: Georgetown, KY, to Sutton, WV The only things that made this day difficult were the terrain – very hilly – and the rain – intermittent with occasional downpours. I was also pretty weary after the work … Continue reading