First day to blog about this trip

We left home on June 7 and headed to Atlanta to visit our son, his wife and their beautiful new baby daughter, our FIRST grandchild!  This was the first time to see her since her birth in March.  She’s grown so much!!  She shared lots of smiles with me…maybe she thinks Grandma looks funny!!  Anyway, we had a great time with her and also spent some time with Leah’s family too.  Always fun and festive being with them.

The time came to say goodbye for a while and we left Stone Mountain Campground on June 13 taking I-85 north connecting with I-77 in Charlotte, NC.  We made it as far as Elkin, NC, after driving through pouring rain. 

Heavy winds sent the dirt flying through some construction sites along the highway.  Trucks and cars were pulling off the road and it was difficult to see very far ahead.  Jim kept going at a safe speed and finally came out of the storms.  We spent the night at Walmart (did some shopping, of course).  Nice and cool sleeping.  Beautiful morning to head north after breakfast.

Got an early start and took I-77 north to connect with I-81.  Drive was beautiful and I was able to see the Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance.  The road at times had elevated grades and all the trucks were going slow in the right lane.  We could see heavy rain around the area but managed to skirt around them.  We stopped at the Flying J in Winchester, VA, to refuel.  It was too early in the day to stop for the night but we couldn’t find a good place to camp further up the road so we found the Walmart near Falling Waters, WV, as planned.  We structured this early part of the trip to drive around 300 miles per day.  We left so early this morning and traveling went so well we got here about 2 pm.  We’ll have a good restful night.  It also gives me the chance to sit here and begin this trip blog.

If you keep following this blog I hope you enjoy our trip.  Keep us in your prayers as we seek to make this dream trip come true.