Feb.10, 2013 - Sun - Paducah, KY

Well Pauper's Pride II is "on the road" again, headed for sunny FL. I will be writing my journal in this blog. You are welcome to come along! We are taking our time stopping at several campsites along the way. I may not be able to post every day because we will be staying at state park campsites which don't have  Wi-Fi, but I will try & post when I can. We had a rough start on our journey. It was pouring rain & windy, but Richard handled it like a pro! We left home around 9:00 a.m. and arrived at our first campsite - Victory RV Park in Paducah, KY around 4:00 p.m. which was pretty good considering we drove about 336 miles almost all the way in the rain. Fortunately it stopped raining a short time before we arrived, so Richard was able to hook up the utilities & drain the anti-freeze from the water lines without having to do it in the rain. So we had lights & running water. We were even able to get one station on the TV! We relaxed with a supper of soup & sandwiches, & by 7:30 Richard was in bed sound asleep! He was beat it was 7 hrs. of hard driving.

Feb.11 - Mon. - Dixon, TN.

We woke to a chilly, but sunny, clear day, thank goodness! I didn't get much sleep because Richard was snoring most of the night, In a motor home it's not like I can go into a different room & not hear him!! But I guess he was finally relaxed after the tension of the drive yesterday. Hopefully that won't be the case tonight. The drive today was great. It was clear & hardly any wind. We arrived at TanBark Campground in Dixon, TN early afternoon. It was only about a 4 hr. drive, about 200 miles. Richard had time to check things out on the motor home, like the tires, generator, emergency break etc.It is a small campsite which we stayed at last year. The lady at the check-in said we looked familiar - I guess we haven't changed much in a year (except for my new "smily face" forehead scar!!) We have free WI-Fi & found 17 channels on the TV. We saw on TV that a tornado hit in Miss. near where we are headed tomorrow. Hopefully the bad weather there will be long gone.