New Rules

Rules have a way of helping us manage life and circumstances on our terms. They can lead to legalism, but they can also lead to a way to bring calm to a new potentially anxiety generating experience. Rules often emerge from difficult or painful experiences. Figure out the circumstances these rules came from...

New rules for the road:

• Decide before noon how far we will drive and (roughly) where we will stop
  
• Have several options of campgrounds figured out and call them by 3 pm
• If at all possible get parked and set up before dark!

Hard driving on day 2 led to more new and sometimes stressful moments. Having to make at least 500 miles a day to get to Del Rio by Saturday and Kylan's birthday party, we fell a little short of that getting to South Montgomery AL by quitting time (as determined by the New Rules). We hit Atlanta at a good time traffic-wise, but it is still stressful driving a Big Rig with a tow-vehicle through a major city.
In spite of the New Rules we had a little trouble getting a confirmed spot at an RV campground. We did stop while the sun was still shining, but we had some new setup challenges. The "pull through" spot at the campground was too short for our rig and tow car. Ed went to unhook the Honda and move it and the battery was dead.stopped (with the sun still shining). He got help from another camper who kindly gave a jump. Then levelers on the RV didn't work right and it took some time to get them to cooperate.
Someone once said that the problem with the idea that "experience is life's best teacher" is that life gives you the exam, before it teaches the lesson. Lot's of lessons being learned here!