First day on the road - always exciting and full of expectations, trepidation, and of course - the unknown…
I have not done the trip west in a few years, certainly not alone like this since my motorcycle epic of 2004 - Seattle and back, six weeks on the road, but staying in hotels. It was fun, at least looking back I can say that, at the time there were moments of awe, moments of amazement, and the odd moment of visceral fear…. This trip is different, I’m in a tear drop camper that has limited space, no heat, no a/c and bugger all room… It’s great. So tonight is in Buckeye Lake, OH, a haven for mosquitoes but so far no cicadas.
The camper was two minutes from I-70, the route that leads to Buckeye Lake and beyond, so with the Mistress of Google Maps to guide me - off we set. It was supposed to be I-70 all the way, but about a half mile from the I-68/I-70 split she changed her mind - take I-68…. A quick swerve across four lanes of traffic and me and the trusty camper dived down the road to Morgantown and I-79 north. Good choice Mistress Google, western Maryland is quite beautiful with mountains, rivers and beautiful views around every curve - somewhere I’d like to explore.
So, I crawl into my modern igloo and see what tomorrow brings.