June 18

Google maps tells us it is 3 ½ hours from New York to Plymouth. It is not. It took us close to 6 hours. Admittedly we did sit still on the free way for a good part of that. I have never seen so much traffic. The other thing is google maps routed us through the Holland Tunnel. It is against the law for an RV to go through a tunnel (because we have a propane tank) so a nice police man rerouted us. Which was a great thing because even though the tunnel was more direct it went through some downtown which isn’t the most RV friendly route. We got to Plymouth around 6:00 took a look at the rock and walked around a bit. Rick had never been there before – I think I spent so much time preparing him not to be disappointed that he was actually pretty impressed. It was a lot better than I had lead him to believe. Plymouth is a cute little town and it was fun to walk around and look at the boats. We decided to stay at the Wompatuckit state park. It was really pretty – I know I say that every time- but it was. It was very densely forested – in fact we had a little bit of a hard time getting into our Rv spot because the tree branches hung so low we totally scrapped the top pulling in. We were afraid we would knock the air conditioning unit off but other than saw off the branches we didn’t see any other way to pull in. So we just did it and all was well. It was getting dark when we pulled in- by the time I made dinner and we got cleaned up it was dark – and dark in a densely wooded campground is DARK. Anna needed to go to the bathroom so I walked her there. It was a stupid idea. We didn’t bring a flashlight- another stupid idea. We got lost and just ended up forging a trail through the forest. I was pretty scared we would meet a bear or a cougar or a raccoon. But we made it back alive and so far no poison ivy or ticks so I think everything is ok. Rick and I had a hard time sleeping because we were freezing. We didn’t bring a lot of blankets since it is the summer and haven’t needed any thus far but it got pretty cold. In fact this last week I have heard a lot more complaining about being cold than hot. Not so the first couple weeks of our trip.