Today was a travel day so we loaded up our stuff and skedaddled out of the Candy Lane RV Park near Winchester, VA, headed northwest. Candy Lane was a very nice park with good roads, good wifi, cable TV, good satellite reception and full hookups but I think we may have been there at the wrong time of year. It is hotter than hell and the oppressive humidity makes any kind of outdoor activity damp. A T-shirt is good for about 10 minutes outdoors before sagging towards the earth. I noted some funny smells and I think it was the operator.
Because of the strange orientation of states, we left the park in Virginia but in less than a quarter hour we were entering West Virginia. Perhaps 20 minutes later, we passed into Maryland for a short drive before entering Pennsylvania. Four states in 45 minutes. Not long after entering Pennsylvania, we crossed the Susquehanna River where we could glance to the east and see Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, home to a March 1979 radioactive cloud release that allegedly hurt either nobody or a whole generation of people that were living downwind. We didn’t see any purple gas coming out today so I guess we are okay.
About an hour or so after entering the state, we turned onto the Pennsylvania Turnpike, a toll road. We stopped at the proper tollbooth, got a chit indicating where we got onto the road and proceeded easterly. On the chit was a table that users reference to ascertain their toll before getting to the tollbooth where they are exiting. Based on how the tollbooth attendant saw our vehicle, we determined we would be obliged to pay either $3.05 or $6.85 when we got off the Pike in Manheim. The toll guy charged us $5.05.
Not a mile from our exit we turned into the PA Dutch Resort owned by Thousand Trails. In this campground we pay nothing because we are members. There are full hookups but no wifi and no antenna, cable or satellite TV reception. Fortunately, we have a big library of movies and TV shows. It seems a little cooler here than where we were this morning.