Oct. 11, 2009

From Camp Decatur, also knows as the Fleetwood Service Center, Decatur, IN.
N 40º 49.496 W 084° 56.356
When we got up this morning there was heavy fog, I couldn’t see all the way across the parking lot. By the time we were ready to travel there was about ½ mile visibility. Back on the interstate there was construction and barrels chocking it down to one lane, so we weren’t going to go fast anyway. About a mile later the fog suddenly ended and we had full sunlight for the first time in weeks. That lasted about an hour and then it was back to cloudy. Today was the first full day on this leg of the trip without rain.
I did pick up a geocaches in an Ohio rest stop.
Where are Cracker barrels when you are looking? We tried to stop at a couple of Bob Evan’s Restaurants, but the ones we tried near the interstate were very busy and none had on site or nearby parking for something our size. We finally saw a Cracker Barrel in Mansfield, OH about six miles past where we were supposed to turn and went for it. This was a standard CB but with a larger parking lot. The space out back where we usually park was occupied and as with others their RV/bus parking didn’t have room for a 42’ and towed vehicle. We parked in the WalMart lot next door and walked over. The full parking lot should have been a hint. By the time we got seated, served and finished over two hours had passed. There was supposed to be a cache in the Off Your Rocker series here. I couldn’t find it in the usual spot and with the crowd I didn’t do a real close search.
We got to Decatur a little after six, The service center lot was very crowded. We went to the dump station and were set up by seven with empty waste tanks and full fresh water.
Since we had a big late lunch it was a snack of various cheeses from Vermont and crackers. We tried some sheep cheese and finished off the water buaffalo cheese. We also sampled some varieties of chocolates that we bought in Vermont at the Lake Champlain Chocolate Company
Alan and Joan ( http://howethsjournal.blogspot.com/ ) are here hoping to get in for service as drop ins. Our appointment is Tuesday. Tomorrow is a free day, I’m going to try to sleep in. Today was another long day of driving, about 400 miles.