Day 13 - Travel North

Saturday we left Daytona.  The weather forecast is for rain on Sunday so it seems  our timing is good.   We pulled out of camp about 6AM, with June still sleeping, and headed for June's nephew's place just outside Raleigh, NC.

Since we left before breakfast we stopped at a Cracker Barrel about 8AM for breakfast. I would recommend their Strawberry stuffed french toast..it is like dessert for breakfast.

We had no traffic issues with the exception of one traffic jam north of Jacksonville, FL for a three car wreck that cost us about a half an hour. We arrived at Eric's and Myra's place right around 5PM. The temperatures were still very nice, 80F and sunny. We traveled 550 miles in 11 hours with a breakfast, lunch and two fuel stops. With the price of diesel fuel below $2/gal we have upped our cruising speed to just over 70 mph. The roads and traffic have cooperated.

Eric and Myra have a very nice place in Pikesville, NC. Eric has already planted some of his garden and things are turning green.













Eric also has a Harley, a brand new Ultra Glide, yeah I am jealous but nearly as much as Ed...it is his color.












Sunday is Eric and Myra's 12th wedding anniversary so we decided to go out to celebrate. We had dinner at a Texas Road House in Goldsboro, less than a half hour from their house. After a good meal we returned to Eric and Myra's and watched a movie, Dolly Pardon's 'Coat of Many Colors'... yes, it is a sappy feel good flick.


We lost an hour of sleep last night, so it is about 7AM now and we will likely get a late start. We  have about 850 miles left, I expect we will get to Binghamton, NY tonight and spend the night before pressing on to home.