North Carolina

It's been a few days since I wrote anything. We're currently
in Virginia, via South and North Carolina.

On Thursday we slept at a Pilot truck stop in Gaffney, near
Spartanburg, South Carolina.

We managed to get showers, after a nice truck driver gave us
his shower token. Pilots have a scheme where 50 dollars worth
of gas gives you a free shower. We can only fit 50 bucks in when
we're empty, and it's impossible to judge when we'll hit a Pilots.
So we can never get a free shower :(

Anyway, this bloke didn't want his shower. Hurrah.

On Friday morning we drove into Winston Salem, North Carolina.
My cousin Samantha lives there, with her husband David and
daughter Grace. We had planned to see them on Saturday, but after
wandering round Winston Salam and having a cup of tea in a cute cafe,
we decided to give them a ring to let them know we'd arrived early.

So we headed over at about sunset on Friday evening, looking
forward to a warm meal and a good nights sleep! It's odd how
I think in terms of sunset. We never ever know what time it is,
seeing as we hardly ever have battery on any of our electronics,
and even when we do, we aren't sure what time zone they and
we are in.

We judge the time by the position of the sun, like proper cowboys.

Anyway, Samantha's friend Michelle, from Virginia beach, was
visiting for the weekend, and Sam cooked for us while we chilled
out, before heading to bed.

Yesterday, after a delicious donut breakfast, the lot of us headed
for Pilot mountain. Our RV did real well to get to the top, and the
views over North Carolina were pretty impressive. After walking
round the funny shaped outcrop of the mountain, Will and I once
again got back on the road.

We spent last night in a little town called Roanoak, Virginia, in a
Walmart. We could easily have driven further but after eating
nothing but donuts and chocolate bars I felt all peculiar, and stopped
for a rest which turned into a nights sleep.

Today we're planning on driving to near Washington. We want to
get showers before we get there, as it's been a while and I want to
be clean for DC!