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<\/a>TS4-1 Hop 6<\/p><\/div>215 miles via VA 234, I-95, I-195 (west of Richmond), VA 76, VA 288, US 360, VA 360 and CR 726. Cumulative tow miles: 837. Truck miles: 334. Cumulative truck miles: 1675. The extra truck miles reflected the trips we made up to Alexandria and various errands.<\/p>\n
This was one of those hops where the GPS did not agree with the Google map.\u00a0 My intention was to follow the map, but I couldn’t think of a good reason why the GPS disagreed so strongly.\u00a0 Eventually, as we approached Richmond, I gave in to my gnawing doubts and decided to trust the GPS.\u00a0 Shortly thereafter we discovered the reason for the discrepancy: VA 76 was a toll road.\u00a0 The Google map was set to avoid tolls.\u00a0 No going back at that point, so we had to roll through the toll booths\/detectors using our EZ-Pass.\u00a0 It probably wasn’t set correctly for the rig, so maybe someday I will get a letter in the mail asking for the additional 75 cents.\u00a0 I will be on pins and needles for months.<\/p>\n
We were a bit nervous about this hop as it was the longest, toughest test yet of the repaired rig.\u00a0 But it went smoothly.\u00a0 The brake controller needed a tweak once again, but no big deal.\u00a0 Overall, it was a pretty uneventful 4-hour ride.<\/p>\n
Our home for 3 nights was the Prince William Forest Campground<\/a>.\u00a0 We originally booked this site in desperation, because we just couldn’t get an adequate booking at our usual haunt, the Pohick Bay Regional Park Campground<\/a>.\u00a0 Then we had to reschedule the booking twice: first when we thought that we would get the RV back on Saturday and then again when we got it back on Friday.\u00a0 As it turned out, booking on Friday working in our favor because we were given a short site when we were arriving on Saturday, but got moved to a larger site when we extended it to 3 days.<\/p>\n We liked this campground more than we expected to. The sites are large and shady. The staff was wonderful. We will come back to Prince William again.<\/p>\n Dinner after our arrival in Keeling was take-out from Bojangles. Very tasty chicken. A normal day on the road. Are we fully recovered from our Binghamton disaster?<\/p>\n Time will tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 215 miles via VA 234, I-95, I-195 (west of Richmond), VA 76, VA 288, US 360, VA 360 and CR 726. Cumulative tow miles: 837. Truck miles: 334. Cumulative truck miles: 1675. The extra truck miles reflected the trips we made up to Alexandria and various errands. This was one of those hops where the … Continue reading