We left Harrington Delaware and our friends at the FMCA rally, heading for Reston VA.  We drove west, and crossed the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis Md.  The Bay was full of beautiful boats with their sails billowing in the breeze, and Norm really felt sad, missing the wonderful experience of being propelled along by the breezes in Ahneya, our sailboat that is currently for sale.  After crossing the Bay, we stopped at a local campground to fill up our propane tanks.  When she went into the campground office, Shelley noticed that the staff was eating pizza for lunch, and she remarked that the pizza looked good and that she was hungry.  So, would you believe, she was given two slices of pizza for us.  Really remarkable. 

We arrived at Lake Fairfax County Park, our home for the next week.  While Shelley checked in at the office, I separated our tow car from the coach.  She returned with our campsite number, and led the way up a hill to a really pretty setting.  In the campground people were doing all sorts of camping.  We noticed families in tents and small pop up campers all the way up to large, luxury motorhomes.  We leveled our motorhome and plugged in the power (there was no water or sewer hook-up at our site, but they were nearby).  I cranked up the satellite dish but could get no reception.  We needed our daily TV fix, so we stopped at the campground office and got moved to a nearby site where the reception was better.

During the week, we went back and forth every day (18 miles each way) to Leesburg, VA, where our daughter Janice, her husband Rob and grandchildren Lilly and Zack live.  We spent the time there hanging out with our family, and doing daily chores with them.  Shelley spent hours and hours with Rob working on setting up our computer system so that we will be able to stay in touch as we wander through the country.  On Friday evening, Lilly (age 5) and Zack (age 3) came to spend the night with us!!  We got home just before the skies opened up!!  The 4 of us ate dinner and watched "The Toy Story"!!  The kids were so excited about having an evening without having to follow their parents’ rules.  On Saturday we brought them back to their home, where we also spent time with our niece Claire.  It was really a busy week, but its always wonderful to be visiting family.