I just needed a place on the way World of Warcraft Goldto Tennessee to rest up a while so a park in West Virginia seemed just right. The drive all the way down through the state to the bottom on I79 was remarkably easy even though it is solid mountains. The highway is laid out well without steep ups and downs. I arrived at Jim’s Campground with a choice of partial hookups with grass right down by the river orrunescape money full hookups above on a gravel plateau. I checked out the cheaper river area first but quickly found there would be no hope of using my satellite dish down there. That was somewhat contradictory to the idea of resting to me and I discovered their weekly rates are very very affordable even for full hookups so I moved up to the plateau quickly. As a bonus, the plateau is closer to the wifi antenna so it gets better signal (not that it was bad down by the river). The plateau also has cement patios with tie downs built into them and some new picnic tables. It was so hot and muggy, I put out my awning, both for me and for my refrigerator. I had used some WD40 on the roller mechanism in DC so it came out much easier than usual. I may use it more often now! The tie downs were nice to use and a great idea in a gravel area like that. There’s no pool and Armani beltI didn’t see anyone in the river. I had a great view of Jim’s house which is on top of the automated car wash he bought. Jim’s a smart guy. He bought the old car wash with both self-serve and automated car washes. It came with a bunch of land. He has a beautiful white treehouse built on top of the one car wash. I love the hanging decks and screened porch which has a ceiling fan. He added in a small campground where he has a few permanent residents and lots of us others. He added wifi for the park. Then he added a storage facility where he rents lockers. While here, I picked up a pair of HD Sunglasses from Walmart. I love As Seen on TV gadgets and the idea of sunglasses that would fit comfortably over my prescription glasses was appealing. I have to say they are everything they said. No lies. They are very comfortable, don’t add the usual weight on my nose that hurts, protect my eyes from the side while not blocking my peripheralTag Heuer watches vision, and actually do make things appear sharper as advertised. I wore them all over and just love them. I can even wear them in a store without darkening my view while still providing good sun protection for my eyes outside.There’s a reason that cheerleading squad is out in the Taco Bell parking lot, every Saturday afternoon, wearing skimpy bikini tops, sudsing up your car. Car washes are big money and they need new uniforms! But, why should giggling sixteen year-olds, smacking their gum and overusing the word “like” get to have all the fun and make all the money? You could become a parking-lot-car-wash mogul and easily make a couple hundred dollars this afternoon, playing with your friends. we were told we'd have to wait 15 minutes until the car wash man came on duty. The second place actually had a garage-type building that looked like an automatic car wash. But as a man with a water wand began to manually soap down our buggy, we soon realized this was just an enclosed version of the other big-brush place. When Kip asked the water-wand man for directions to the airport, he was told to, "roll windows up and put car in neutral." Strange wayautomatic car wash to get to the airport, but hey – there’s magic in Ireland, so who knows? We tried it. Turns out we didn’t believe hard enough as we still had to drive to the airport, albeit in a nice, shiny and only slightly more dented than it was seven days ago rental buggy. I think the people at EuroCar were so happy that two Americans actually returned the vehicle with all the original glass intact that they didn’t even blink an eye at the hubcap issue and sent us on our merry way in a speedy fashion. We sprinted through a very crowded Dublin airport and made it aboard the plane with about 5 minutes to spare. Our first-class seats were glad to see us and, frankly, we were glad to see them too! (The complimentary mimosa was a nice touch too.) Lunch was a beef fillet, mac and cheese, cauliflower soup, and a salad. It is amazing how effortlessly the huge, jumbo jets move and glide into the air. We were off the ground before we knew it. Kip settled into a movie and I peered out the window to catch a last glimpse of the beautiful country we were leaving. The air was clear and I managed to finally get a good look at the Slieve League cliffs. Impressive, even at 30,000 feet up |