We’ve kept on truckin’ on to warmer climes. After visiting an old friend in Charlotte, N.C., we spent a couple of days relaxing and catching up on laundry and the like in a KOA.Â
 I am getting a bit sick of stopping for a “campground” only to find out that it’s basically a parking lot for mile-long RVs that charges about the same as a cheap motel and closes the bathrooms for the hour before checkout(!?!?!??!), but like a chain restaurant, it’s a dependable mediocrity when you have a need in an unfamiliar place.
The trip so far, roughly:
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