Saturday, April 10, 2010 - Travel Day to Pohick Bay Park

Out of the campground by 8:45, but then spent a good 20 minutes trying to pay at the ranger station. Whatever happened to just getting a price and paying for it? Now everyone wants your name, phone, address and every other piece of information just to pull a price out of the computer! It’s ridiculous, a huge waste of time. Anyway, we got on the road, and as we went, I found a battery place in Richmond, because we needed to replace the two golf cart batteries we use for auxiliary power. When we first bought the RV, we installed two excellent Trojan batteries, which lasted about 6 years. Then last April, we replaced them in Maryland with a brand the Battery Plus store swore would be just as good. A year later (actually, less than that, as they haven’t been holding a decent charge for months now - we’ve had to run the generator every day we haven’t been on electric this entire trip and before), they needed replacing. The good news (?) was that the place I called was another store of the same franchise, and they honored the warranty, so it didn’t cost us a dime. Just to thank them, of sorts, I noticed they replaced watch batteries, and as Hubby needed his replaced, I asked them to change it out. After a bit, they came back with the watch with the back still off. Apparently, they had the batteries for it, but not the equipment to put the back of the watch back in place (it’s a rather large watch). So they referred us to a place in a mall ten miles away, so we had to divert there to get it fixed. It was going to take them 20 minutes, so we discovered a creamery and treated ourselves to a nice little cup of delicious ice cream. Afterward, we hit the road and finally made it to Pohick Bay about 5:00, after some traffic delays. What was supposed to be a short driving day has turned out to be a long slog! Got set up, the horses on their highline, and ready to relax for the evening!