Day 15 – Hagerstown, Maryland

So we go from days filled with adventure and excitement to a day like today; like watching paint dry.  Actually, today was designated, according to Don, as “Rope Yarn Sunday”, even though it was Tuesday.  That’s an old Navy term (I mean old) for Sundays at sea, reserved for cleaning and minor maintenance, including salt water showers for the crew.  This happens every couple of weeks when we’re on the road; Geri works the rig’s interior, spending a lot of time on the floors, and Don works on whatever maintenance problems have cropped up during the trip.  Today he was working on a bad lighting circuit in the bedroom area that was blowing fuses, plus a problem with the brake and stop lights on the truck.  He thought he had the fuse problem licked, until Geri reported that she had heard a pop from the fuse box and the bedroom light went out.  Looks like both of these problems are going to go to the Pros soon. 

By mid-afternoon, they had run out of things to do, so they embarked on another shopping expedition.  As it was pretty hot and muggy, they left me in the coach under the air conditioning; just as well, as I still had a nap time deficit from the last two days.  They returned a few hours later, and told me about their visit to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal locks in Hancock.  This is a canal that they started to build back in the 1820’s, and was in operation up until a few years before Geri was born.  I think they still had mules pulling the barges then.  They said that the locks on the canal were built out of huge blocks of stone, and that the canal went over streams that it crossed in aqueducts.  They also had to tell me that the grass around the canal was beautiful, and I would have loved it.  Maybe, but I sure wouldn’t have loved the heat.  They took some pics, and I’m sure Don will post some.  Geri did some shopping, too, and got some stuff she liked.  That’s a good thing.

Dinner was Ham and Yam, which I like, ‘cause I get some great yam skins out of it.  Short work on the blog, and then ready for bed.  We’re on the road north to Pennsylvania tomorrow, with a stop at a RV facility for a look at the truck lights.  Hope to be near the Connecticut border tomorrow evening.  I’ll be giving you a full report!  Sleep tight!