The slide-out went in, mostly, so we were on the road again. It was only a three-hour drive, but we had to dump and didn’t get started until about ten and didn’t get there until nearly two. There was a horrid lot of traffic on I-81 going up through the mountains of Virginia. Horrid!
And on to Fort Chiswell RV Park. We’d been there before and liked it very much—for an RV park. While checking in, I tried to explain that we’d been able to use our dishy last time by putting it at the front of the site so we needed a similar site this time, and the lady immediately said, “Oh, you want a satellite site!” Yes, that’s exactly what we wanted. It was in full sun but will be okay with our good air conditioners. And just fine when the sun goes down.
I'd forgotten that the park had this mountain in the distance. A big cloud hovered over it for a long time, looming.
There’s a lot of room to walk the dog at this park. No trails, but plenty of mowed grass. Shortly after arrival, I tried to give her a short walk but it was still awfully hot and also I put on tennis shoes and that wasn’t cutting it. Oh, the misery. I decided to wait, and try later with sandals on.
Okay, much better with sandals. We walked all around, past the stinky algae-covered ponds (some kind of sewage treatment thing? It was like that last time we were here, too), and down into the little mowed habitat. Saw one hummingbird there. Cooper’s Hawk, tons of goldfinches. Merlin heard a Field Sparrow but I don’t know whether I saw one or not. Plus lots of chipping sparrows and robins. It was a somewhat pleasant walk and my toe didn’t hurt too much.
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