My Sunday update is being written in Starbucks, Newark, Delaware. Spent the night in the van at a Flying J (appropriately named) truck stop in North East, Maryland (descriptive of where in Maryland it is and the name of the town.) It was a warm night in the van, 35 degrees and Ozzy and I slept well.
I didn't really like my MD experience all that much. Went to Havre de Grace which looked like a nice town on the Chesapeake, but, Ozzy and I went looking for an area to camp and in the process (excuse my language) it cost us $8.00 to cross a bridge...$8.00 to cross a fucking bridge??!!?! It would have cost us $43 for a state park campsite...$43 for a fucking campsite??!!?! or, over $100 for a motel room, even with my telling the people I was a member of AARP and the discount they would have given me...over $100 for a fucking bed for the night??!!?! Stopped at the truck stop where the young woman behind the counter basically said, park anywhere!!! So a good night after all. Also, had a pretty good seafood, scallop dinner in North East.
It was a really nice drive from Gettysburg yesterday to Maryland. Crossed the Mason/Dixon Line and paid $2.79 a gallon for gas.
Gettysburg was a good experience...took the auto tour of the battlefields. Really is a very moving experience. I'm not usually a souvenir buyer but I bought myself a multiple blade knife which has my name and Gettysburg carved into it which I thught would make a nice addition to my survival kit. In my left front jeans pocket I always carry a nail clipper, a lighter and a capo...now I have added my Gettysburg knife to the mix...should be ready for all occasions.
Newark, Delaware looks nice and I will explore for a bit. This is as south as I will go this tour before I go back to NH in January for the month. DC when I head south after January. Should be in at least the 50's today for temperature. Things are heating up.
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