{"id":10053,"date":"2021-05-01T21:33:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T01:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/?p=10053"},"modified":"2022-01-15T18:14:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T23:14:27","slug":"tn7-hop-9-dumfries-va-to-college-park-md","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/01\/tn7-hop-9-dumfries-va-to-college-park-md\/","title":{"rendered":"TN7 Hop 9: Dumfries VA to College Park MD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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TN7 Hop 9<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

60 miles via VA 234, I-95 and MD 212. Cumulative tow miles: 1519. Truck miles: 245. Cumulative truck miles: 2330. The extra truck miles were accumulated due to numerous family events near Dumfries, a trip to get an oil change and one sightseeing trip to Manassas VA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was the first major departure from the TN7 plan. I wasn’t planning to stop in College Park at all and the only reason I did is that my chosen campground at my intended destination for this hop – Woodbine MD – did not have a site available for tonight. This is what happens when one waits to book, thinking that a truck problem is likely going to mess up the plan and I didn’t want to alter more bookings than necessary. The good news is that there have been NO truck problems (knock on wood); the bad news is what has happened here – campgrounds get filled when I don’t book early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I still have one intended stop that I have not been able to book, so it is likely that there will be another change to the itinerary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This hop was so short that I thought I might need to kill some time before arrival. So I pulled into the parking lot at the High Point High School (it was Saturday so the lot was empty) and called my sister. We had a nice chat that did, indeed, kill 30 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My home in Dumfries was the Prince William Forest RV Campground<\/a>. I have stayed here at least three times before. It is a basic campground and only has a few full-hookup sites that can accommodate my 42-foot rig but I did book this one early so I was able to snag one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cristina on the pool deck<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

As usual, there was a lot of dining out on this trip, but the meals were forgetable. And that is being kind. I have to wonder if chefs have forgotten how to cook due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Josh and Cristina’s new house<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I visited Jett’s kids at a very busy time – the twins are selling the house that they have owned for 17 years and are separating, moving into two separate houses with two separate loved ones. Big moves, for sure. I was able to attend the walk-through for one of the houses but the other is under construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also made a trip to Manassas with the dual purpose of filling one of my propane tanks and taking a second look at the Manassas battlefield. I struck out completely on the propane (the pump was broken) and was only partially successful at seeing the battlefield (the day was windy and very cool).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Brawner Farm, the first day of battle<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

My first trip to Manassas, in 2015<\/a>, was limited to the first Battle of Manassas (or, if you prefer, Bull Run) in 1861. That battle was relatively small, on a very compact battlefield which can be viewed on foot. This time I wanted to see the site of the second battle, in 1862. This battle was on a much larger battlefield. There is an 18-mile driving tour of the battlefield. I started this tour, did the first 2 stops, and discovered that there is a LOT of walking required. The day was very windy – 50 mph gusts – and chilly. Very unpleasant. I gave up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I made a feeble attempt to get the truck’s cracked windshield fixed. I filed a claim and tried to contact a glass company. But I realized the the damage, which was originally just a star-shaped chip that could easily be patched, had grown into a full-fledged crack too large to repair. I will have to replace the entire windshield. I decided to wait until I land in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Second day of battle, near the unfinished rail line<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

60 miles via VA 234, I-95 and MD 212. Cumulative tow miles: 1519. Truck miles: 245. Cumulative truck miles: 2330. The extra truck miles were accumulated due to numerous family events near Dumfries, a trip to get an oil change and one sightseeing trip to Manassas VA. This was the first major departure from the … Continue reading »<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[47,15,4,7,5,98,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-places-md","category-places","category-routes","category-rvparks","category-tn7","category-places-va"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1VniU-2C9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10053"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10832,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10053\/revisions\/10832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}