Traveling on interstate 95 in a 30′ motorhome plus a 16′ car in tow and another 6′ in tow bar makes for one interesting, yet fatiguing driving experience. You really have to pay attention 100%, maybe more like hyper percent! We had to make several stops for either lunch or fuel. The GPS said the trip to Fayettville, NC would take 5 hours, but all in all, we arrived 6 and 3/4 hours later. The campground we were staying at required us to be there by 6 PM and we made it in time. Whew!

While in Fayettville, it gave us the great opportunity to visit our niece and nephew Abigail and Robert and their 3 year old daughter Grace (who we haven’t seen since she was a month old). We had a bite to eat with them, and their dog (Alice) and Pogo played a bit. But Grace really wanted to spend all of her time with Pogo. It was cute.

So, the title of this post starts with “Rainy”. An hour before entering Fayettville, we were hit with rain. It rained that night, but cleared out later in the morning. It was cool out. We needed to get an early start because this leg to Little Talbot Island State Park was a bit longer time wise. But, first we had the opportunity to fill up our fixed propane tank there on site. It stopped raining shortly after we left.

Again, we had to make good time, keeping up our speed with traffic even though at 70 mph we’re going to burn through gas like crazy. We also had to make it to the park by 5:45. Thus we had a couple of trips to fuel stations.

We made it just in time, again, trying to get to our site in the woods (no escort) and set up for the night. We were so wiped out that the thought of getting back into the car to eat out was out of the question. So, we cooked “at home”. Here we are eating a spicy black bean chicken and rice dish Ken just threw together from scratch, improvising with what we had on hand. It was delish!

It had already started to rain while we were eating. Looking at the radar, it appeared that we were in for a night of waves of rain bands heading eastward across the state. The good news, though, is that it’s WARM out: 78 degrees and AC needed to sleep. Woohoo! overnight brought some really strong storms

The overnight brought large dumps of rain! Our awning would occasionally do a large dump of water. The first time it did this, Ken thought we were hit by something! So, he went outside to check on things. In the morning, we adjusted the pitch on the awning to better drain the rain for future downpours.

The rain stopped mid-morning and when it cleared, the skies turned bright blue as we watched the temperature climb to 82 degrees before 11:00. Today, we’re off to Atlantic Beach to visit with our friends Sherry and John, who have a house here as well as back home.

Sorry we don’t have more photos, but due to long driving times and rainy days, we couldn’t make this page any more colorful.