First Night

Not New Years but a new phase of life for us. The current plan is (Lord willing and the house in Suffolk, VA sells sooner or later)...to take several months to make our Oregon journey. For the past 10 years or so of our Air Force career the dream has been to move back to our beloved Oregon. The RV idea emerged over the past year as we wanted flexibility in where we would live once we get back.
The first day out on our maiden voyage/shakedown cruise we got a late start, but still made it to Charlotte NC. It was a day of firsts beginning a week of firsts for our first big RV experience.

• First fill-up...sticker shock!
• First meal in the RV (sandwiches)
  
• First RV campground
• First disagreement (of the trip)
  
• First hookups

Rookie's that we are we thought getting a campground was like getting a hotel...you call, make a reservation and show up. Uncertain as to how far we would get we didn't start calling ahead to possible campgrounds till an hour or so before we wanted to stop. We made three calls and all ended on answering machines. Joy finally connected with someone at an RV park near Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, NC just north of Charlotte, just a few miles before we would have been past it. The whole episode caused some tension between us and what we realized would be many more opportunities to grow in patience with another as we embark on what is a whole new experience for both of us.