We moved....

The site we've been on isn't available for tomorrow evening so we needed to move tonight to another site. Only took us 20 minutes from the time we pulled out till we were set up, one row over, in our new location.
Here's the view from our front door.

We went for a quick dip in the pool to cool off from the move. This site (C6) is a little bigger than the other one in that we can park Bertha right next to the rig. Very nice !

We started our two days of training on the Penske trucks at the Woodbridge location. Joe and Candace are really nice people. Joe is a retired cop and they've been working at this location for the last five years. We only had one truck go out today and one come in but I think we'll have more coming and going tomorrow. The process seems pretty easy and the Penske website pretty much walks you through everything. This site has 500+ storage units so smaller than Whippany. Everything is on one floor and the units are not climate controlled. When Candy toured us around the property every corner of the building (and many of the light fixtures) have taken a beating. I don't know where these people down here learn to drive but I'm really glad we didn't park the rig here. Folks seem to have a hard time navigating around the property without hitting things. Tomorrow is our last day here and then off we go to get our rig fixed.

Dumfries, VA

After checking out the Mini U site in Woodbridge, Linda and I decided it was just too tight to park their for our two days of training. The manager there had given us the name of a nearby campground....Travel Trailer Village. Based on that name I was expecting a mobile home park but it is a really cute campground, tucked away about 2.5 miles from 95. We got a 39' pull through spot on the end of a row and I certainly wouldn't want a spot any smaller. I put orange cones out at the back corner of our motorcycle lift and the front corner of our bedroom slideout so folks driving down the roads, on either side of us, don't clip us....little tight. It's a beautiful area...all wooded and the pool is smack dab in the middle of the campground (about 6 sites down from us). If someone needs a place close to DC or the nearby attractions, this would be a cute option. Also cheap...$30 for a full hook-up pull through site.

We are relaxing today....were extremely pooped yesterday from driving all day. We barely crawled the last 20 miles getting here due to the traffic on 95 below DC. Took us over an hour to cover that last leg of the trip...UGH !! Is nice to have FULL hook-ups again. This is the first time, since leaving Baton Rouge in May that we're plugged in, cooled down, hooked up to sewer, can take a full length shower (yeehaa !)don't have to be miserly, etc. I feel like we've died and gone to camper heaven !

Tomorrow we learn about Penske rentals at the local Mini U here then we need to get back to the campground and "check in" so we can move our rig to another site, due to someone coming in on Wednesday to the space we now occupy. We will not have sewer at that site so lots of long,hot showers until then :) We'll work at this Woodbridge location Tuesday and Wednesday and then Thursday morning we'll drive to an Excel dealer ninety minutes from here to get our black tank checked out. Hoping it's nothing too serious so we 1) don't have to stay in a motel while repairs are being done and 2) we can get back on the road for our next assignment. Talked to Bubby today, from the Excel dealer and he's ready for us. Can honestly say that I've never know someone named Bubby before....known a fair amount of Bubbas but no Bubby's. Hoping this Bubby knows his stuff.

Almost Done...

We've finished up our training at the Whippany,NJ site. Peggy and Roger have been awesome trainers and great hosts for us while we've been here. It was an exhausting week...our heads are filled with all the info we learned and we've got all kinds of manuals and notes with us to help us when we get to a site to do things on our own. (We also have Roger and Peggy's cell phone numbers :) We are sad to be leaving our new friends but we need to be in Woodbridge, VA for more training on Tuesday and Wednesday. There we will learn about renting Penske trucks.

We will pack the rig up tonight and head out early in the morning. We have 5 hours to drive tomorrow till we get to the campground in Dumfries, VA where we will be staying tomorrow night. We may also have to stay there on Tuesday and Wednesday night because we're not sure that we can make the turn into the Woodbridge facility with our big rig. They said they have difficulty getting in with their 26' box trucks so it sounds a little tight. I've made "just in case" reservations in case we have to stay more nights at the same campground.