Day 8 - Time to Leave Our Nation's Capital

Well, it was time to go and even when we didn't get to see everything that was on our list, we knew that we were to experience more wonderful things about our nation's history.

We left about 9:00 and headed south toward Williamsburg. Catherine's family has relatives located in Bowling Green, VA. This just happened to be on our way. We called them to let them know that we were on our way and they told us a much better route to take instead of the interstate. It really was great! The scenery was beautiful and the traffic was really not bad at all. We arrived at their house a little after noon, and they had lunch waiting for us. What a treat! Boyd and Leslie Moore are really nice people. Boyd is Catherine's dad's first cousin. We had a really wonderful visit with them and their really cute dog, Mei-Mei (pronounced may may). She is a really cute shitzu with a lot of personality. They even had some things that kept Amy and Erin interested the whole time we were there. After a while, it was time to go, but we wanted to show them our little camper. When I opened the door, I noticed that sometime on the way, one of our cabinet doors had come open and broken apart. It was lying there on the floor in pieces. I took it off the hinges, and Boyd was able to put it back together for us. We also noticed that something was wrong with our lights. They wouldn't work. A little investigating revealed a blown fuse right at the battery connection. I didn't have any replacements, so we would have to find a parts store. We got back on the road and continued on to our destination.

We finally made it to Williamsburg and our home for the next three nights. The campground was really pretty nice and much cheaper than Cherry Hill in Washington. The pads were concrete and we were able to just pull through the site and hook up. And it had lots of shade trees to keep us cool. Of course, after seeing the pool, the girls wanted to swim. Since it was too late to go look at any historical sites, we ate dinner and the girls headed for the pool. After swimming, we pretty much hit the hay for the night.