Saturday morning 3/3 we planned on leaving 3 Flags RV Resort, Wildwood, FL early but the weather in route looked bad so we held off. I was trying to decide if we should wait a day until the bad weather passed when they said there may be tornados in Florida from the storms. That did it for me so we hit the road at about 11:00 am.
It was a nice sunny day for 1/2 the trip to our destination in Yemassee, SC when we hit the storms. The rest of the trip to Yemassee was in very heavy rains and wind but at least we didn't hit any tornados. It was raining lightly when we arrived at The Oaks at Point South, Yemassee, SC. We only hooked up the electric but it was nice not get soaked doing it. The torrential rains started again and pounded hard all night but stopped just in time to leave in the morning.
We got a nice early start and headed up I-95 for the next leg of out trip home. All the storms had passed during the night so we had a nice sunny day with light traffic. We were planning to stop at a campground in northern North Carolina for the night but as we approached I was not ready to stop so we pushed on up the highway. I don't like to drive long hours anymore but for some reason I just felt like driving. We made it all the way to a Flying J truck stop north of Richmond, VA just above where I-295 rejoins I-95. We fueled up, had supper at Denny's, and hunkered down for the night.
We were planning to get up at 6:00 am and be on the road around 7:00 am but that was not to be. I woke up with a start when Bev shouted out that we over slept and it was already 7:00 am. I jumped out of bed, got dressed, and was getting ready to head out when I happened to look up at he clock. IT WAS ONLY 1:00 AM IN THE MORNING!! I guess Bev didn't have her glasses on and mis-read the clock. We had all the shades down so we didn't notice that it was still pitch black outside.
OK, what to do? Well I was up, dressed, and wide awake so we decided to hit the road at 1:30 am. Actually it was a blessing because we were able to get through Washington and Baltimore long before the rush hour traffic started. It can be a real bear trying to get through Washington and Baltimore during rush hour. We even made it across the Delaware Bridge before the traffic started. We drove up the New Jersey Turnpike until we reached the Garden State which we took because I rather cross the Tappanze Bridge than the George Washington Bridge. Of course you know we hit traffic in the New York area but it really wasn't that bad. It only added 45 minutes on to our trip. We arrive in Danbury and stopped at the rest area on I-84 to dump the holding tanks.
An hour later after a stop at BJ's for gas we arrived back home in Burlington and what a SHOCK! There was no snow on the ground all through Connecticut until we arrived in Burlington. There was a good 4 inches of hard frozen snow and the camper parking area was covered with large mounds of frozen snow and ice. I blame Irene Kelsey for this! On her Facebook post she said she would put in and order for snow when we returned so we didn't miss the fun. Thanks Irene I did get to play in the snow. It took me quite a while to remove the ice so I could park the camper. I chopped and chopped with my pick-ax but alas the spot was good enough to park the camper. Oh, my sore back!
Now I'm glad we left Virginia at 1:30 in the morning and arrive home at 11:00 am. It gave me time to clean out the parking spot. It would have been something if we arrived home after dark, what a mess that would have been.
To make matters worse the temperature dropped to 10 degrees overnight. Even worse than that Bev and I were spending the night in the camper because we were not ready to move our stuff back into the house. No problem though because the Winnebago can handle the cold although I much rather it be 80 Degrees.
Why are we back in Connecticut anyway? We were nice and warm in the Florida 80 degree weather. Oh the humanities of it all!!
