Time to Leave Pohick Bay

Monday, 28 May

Yes, “that” time came all too soon, I’m afraid.  A shame, because with most of the weekenders and the biker groups gone by 11:00a, quiet reigned at the campground once again.  It was difficult to pack up and leave, but leave we did.  Knowing we have only six months to go (knock on wood) before we get to stop worrying about such things made it a bit easier — just a bit.

Nothing exciting to write about, but I didn’t want to leave our weekend stay hanging without an end.  It was a work day for me — unfortunately, proposal work doesn’t take a holiday just because there’s one on the calendar.  It was much too hot and humid to sit outside anyway, so I didn’t mind being stuck inside too terribly much.  We did get to sit in the screen shelter for a while during the early morning hours, though.  That was the highlight of our day.

Having paid the $10 late check-out fee, we had until 7:00p (maybe 8:00p; the young volunteers at the office weren’t sure) before we had to leave.  Unfortunately, with tomorrow being a workday, we didn’t have the luxury of staying that long.  We departed around 3:00p.  With the temp at a nasty 96F (36C), and the sun streaming in through the windshield, we had the generator going almost the entire way home so we could run the house A/C to keep things comfortable in the cockpit.

We put the Phaeton to bed at storage, taking an extra few minutes to put up the tire covers.  Alas, we have no immediate plans to go camping until August.  Oh well, the time will come when we won’t have to worry about squeezing in a weekend here, a weekend there.