Day 24: West Virginia (cue the banjos!)

We were supposed to stay in Knox one more day, but when we woke up to more rain, we decided to move on.  Of course, we had no cell or Internet service at Knox, so we had to drive into town for a signal.  Lucky for Doug, we found a signal at J-Bobs diner, so we did our research and made reservations over a breakfast of diner food. Doug reached far back to his southern roots and had some kind of meat and hash-brown filled omelet smothered in gravy (See photo).  Something tells me it's going to be a long trip in the truck today.........

Arrived in West Virginia this afternoon, to a cute little campground in between Huntington and Charleston.  Weather is better - still humid , but temps are back down to the 80s.  The pups immediately found a green slime covered pond and dove in, which meant Jen had to give them both baths. They were not happy. 😞

Since it was never dry enough in KY to do our new state ceremony on our map, we did a double-new state ceremony here tonight. We've both been here before, but first time in the RV.

Tomorrow checking out some MTB trails, and well, you know, if a brewery just happens to pop up, we'll be obligated to support the local business. 😉

Day 23: Ft Knox, KY

Left STL long before the sun came up to head east to Ft. Knox, Kentucky.  Even at 0400, opening the door of the RV was like entering a sauna. Blech.

Stayed at Camp Carlson, another Army MWR area just outside of Ft Knox.  It was beautiful - acres of the greenest lawns, huge green trees and a lake. The pups had a blast running around on the grass - much softer than desert rocks. Unfortunately, the weather still sucked - a little cooler than STL, but still miserable. So we just ran some errands and then sat in the air conditioning. Saturday evening, we went over to Jen's old boss's house, COL Cody, who is now the SJA here at Knox. By that time it was a torrential downpour (See photo below) so we sat inside and drank beer and complained about the Army. 😆