Once we were on our way again, Jim decided that he would go home for his Mom's funeral. So, we looked at the maps of where we were and where we were going and decided that Lexington, KY was our best bet of getting reasonable flights for Jim and a good place to park for me. I wanted a Thousand Trails park, since that's already paid - and we knew it would be a place where I'd be comfortable. Wouldn't ya know - there's not a one in Maryland, West Virginia or Kentucky!? But there is an RPI park about 120 miles from Lexington. Because of our Thousand Trails membership, we can stay at RPI parks for $8/night.

We drove all the way thru West Virginia. It's a good thing we already have that on our map!



Beautiful countryside. Almost heaven ...



We drove as far as we could and finally pulled into a rest area in Kentucky at 10pm. We raised the Datastorm dish and got online to book an airline reservation. Jim found flights to Ft. Lauderdale for $650 ... ouch. He noticed that they all stop in Cincinatti first, so what if we drove to Cincinatti and he flew from there? Nope - that's even more expensive?!? Go figure. He found that, flying into West Palm Beach lowered the price by $200, so that's what he booked. He printed the reservation and we were set. Using our mapping program, we found the exact location of the airport and the nearest Walmart Supercenter. We plotted our course to park at Walmart. We'd unhook the car there. Jim would drive himself to the airport and leave the car parked. I would drive on to the campground. When he flew back, he could drive to meet me.

So far, so good. Here we are in the Walmart parking lot and he's leaving me.



That sure felt weird!

I wanted to wait to hear from him at the airport before I hit the road, so I did a little grocery shopping at Walmart. Uh Oh ... they don't sell wine! WhatEVER am I going to do?

Jim Instant Messaged me from the airport - they have free WiFi - and all was well. No lines, no hassle. He was checked in and the flight was confirmed. So, I stowed the dish and started driving. Two and a half hours later I pulled into Diamond Caverns Resort. The only problem was that I couldn't take any pictures of the beautiful Kentucky scenery!

So, here's home for the next week:

Why couldn't you take any pictures of the Kentucky scenery?

Because I was driving.