Back and Forth

Hey all, I want to catch up on my trip so far, so grab a cup of coffee or tea, in my case, and travel the past 9 days with me. On day 3 of my trip, I arrived at Glade Creek Campground and met with fellow VanDweller Dave Campbell from WV. The trip from Kentucky to Beckly Wv was pretty uneventful, except when I stopped for gas at Murphy Gas/Wal Mart, I lost my locking gas cap. Actually, I still have the key and really think it will show up around here once I get my traveling legs under me good and I can finally get organized. Wal Mart sells gas caps, but not for my old van, so I went in town and bought another. Did you know that for those of you in states where Murphy Gas gives you a discount if you use a Wal Mart Shopping card, that you can also sign up with MurPay.com. On that site, you can text how much money you want to spend and get a special code to put in the gas pump. Then pump the gas and what ever the lowest price within 24 hours prior is what you pay. This comes in handy if the gas is skyrocketing. On day 4 of my trip, Dave and I just sat around the camp, ate, walked around the campground and generally had a good, quiet time. The morning of day 5, it was overcast and rain was predicted. Dave asked if we could leave early (we'd planned on staying until Wednesday morning) and I told him I would be happy to stay or glad to go. I really wanted to see my granddaughters in Maryland, so choosing whether to sit in an overcast, chilly campground all day wasn't really a difficult choice to make. So I drove to my daughter's in Westminster MD. Since then I've been here in Maryland, (its now Sunday night). I was here for my granddaughter's 3rd birthday and have enjoyed my stay so far. I'm getting antsy to head on down the road or back to Oklahoma. Why back to Oklahoma already? Well, the realtor called and he has a firm offer on the houses so I might go back to finish clearing out the houses and close on the sale. I've been pulling a 4 x 8 trailer and will offload it here in Maryland then when I come back with the last load, I'll decide what I need with me and what I can leave at my daughter's or give to charity. There's really not that much in the houses, but I kept thinking if I didn't sell the houses and ended going back there in the fall that I'd need what was left behind. I've also been working on orders for customers. I'm going to set up my sewing machine and table in the van tomorrow. Working on special orders while on the road has been one possibility for me to make income and I need to try my hand at it. I've sewn in the van last summer, and used the house battery to power the sewing machine. But, being here for a week, and using my lamp some, I'm not wanting to run my battery down. I have a meter on my inverter but if i get busy sewing and forget to keep track I could ruin this new battery. So, I'm gonna run a power line from my daughter's house to the van. Oh, I also bought a jack up wheel thingy for the front hitch of the trailer. The first time I tried to back up and hitch to it, it took me 7 tries to get it right. Robert Clark has given me some pointers on how to do this without all the false tries. But, with the wheel hitch thingy, if I get close I could just nudge the trailer over and lower it on the ball. Robert also told me what to do so I knew where the back of the trailer was while backing it. See its so narrow that when backing it, you really don't know where it is until its way out of line and in sight of your rear view mirrors. If I don't go back to Oklahoma then I'll head south to Florida. I'll try to get there before the end of the week. I hope you enjoy my blog. I'll be in touch. Peace, Love and Rolling Wheeled Hitch Thingys