Well, we made it to our first destination--Charlottesville, VA. We had a very good trip even though we had to clean up stuff in the camper every time we stopped. The spilled bottle of olive oil was the worst, but as my daughter reminded me, at least it wasn't honey and 85 degrees like she had to deal with. We are learning a lot about what works and what doesn't in our "little home on the pavement"!
Our first day of travel involved massive rain and wind and we didn't make it out of MI--spent the night in a truck stop in Fowlerville, well known to my trucker hubby. We had breakfast there the next morning and then headed out through Ohio. It was still overcast but not as wet. There were some areas of beautiful scenery even though we kept saying, "I bet that was really gorgeous a few weeks ago". We missed a lot of the fall colors, but imagination is a blessing. We spent the next night in a Walmart parking lot in Washington PA.
Sunday we drove the rest of the way and found the scenery increasingly beautiful when we got to VA. The Blue Ridge Mountains were very pretty and the gold leafed trees on the hills as well as the cattle sprinkled throughout, and the many rivers and rocks along the way, often reminded me of the song--

He owns the cattle on a thousand hills,
the wealth in every mine.
He owns the river and the rocks and rills,
the sun and stars that shine.
Wonderful riches more than tongue can tell,
He is my Father so their mine as well.
He owns the cattle on a thousand hills,
I know that He will care for me.

Just be glad I can't sing it for you.
We arrived at Jeffrey and Heather's home about 3:30 and got the camper parked. Ari got adjusted to their dog, Lucy, very quickly, which we were all glad of.
Monday, Heather and I took the dogs to the dog park to let them run, then Bruce and I spent relaxing and getting the camper
organized while the kids worked. Jeffrey gave us a tour of down town Charlottesville--a very historic city with a lot of culture variety. That's it for now. I catch up on the next few days (which are much more exciting) later.