Well, we're finally in North Carolina. Susan and I have wanted to go to the East coast and we jumped at the opportunity to do it. But we had to get there first!
I finished work on Friday night, July 2, we finished packing up the RV and headed out of Billings. I have to send a big shout out to all of my coworkers at the Billings Clinic. You guys were all wonderful to work with and I consider you all good friends. Thanks for having me for three months!
We took off and drove to Broadus, where we parked along side of the big rigs that had pulled off the road. We went to sleep to the sounds of their engines idling and others passing by.
We had a long way to go, traveling from Billings to Roanoke Rapids in just one week, so it was all about getting early starts and covering big miles. But in true Digby-May fashion, we took time to explore and enjoy this amazing journey across America.
Rapid City, SD brought us Mt Rushmore and Crazy Horse Monuments. Lakefield, MN dazzled us with local fireworks from miles away... and gave us our first view of hundreds of fire flies. It was magical.
Monday was a super great visit with my Uncle Lew Digby, cousins Linda Digby and Sue O'Brien and second cousin Beth Digby-Britten (with husband Dan and kids Ella and Josie). We had a great meal (thanks Dan) and did some long, overdo catching up.
Tuesday was a night with my brother-in-law Mike May and his two girls, Michaela and Hannah. Bloomington, IN didn't disappoint either. It's a cool town with great, local beer.
Wednesday was to take us to Knoxville, TN, but at Lexington, KY the wheels (almost) came off the happy bus. You see, coming through the "hill country" was going well until I lost ALL power and, of course, I freaked out. Our unexpected stop there turned out to be a wiring problem that was easily fixed and gave us a chance to check out the horse farms surrounding the area.
Thursday was our longest day, topping out at 460 miles, but got us to Charleston, SC where we hung out with the Kettrys. Linda was so nice to show us around downtown and play tourist with us. Thanks Linda.
And we finally made it to our new home by last Saturday night. My odometer registered 2650 miles from our last home. Hot, sweaty and tired, but thankful that we are here. You'll have to keep posted to what NC has in store for our "Dog and Pony Show."
