We're in West Virginia again?

We are now bound for Michigan.  Most of today was spent crossing Maryland, but by mid-afternoon we found ourselves passing through West Virginia again, 48 miles of it this time, and we finished the day in Washington, Pennsylvania, a small town about 20 miles southwest of Pittsburgh.

The scenery along this route through the Appalachians is especially lovely this time of year with the fall foliage near its peak, and the views are often spectacular, which I think is great but gives Nancy the heebie jeebies, to use the technical term, as she has a thing about heights.

To reach the KOA park for tonight, we had to leave the Interstate and go to a small town then drive several miles of winding, hilly, narrow (about a lane and a half wide, maybe--it's hard to judge as there were no lane markings) rural roads.  As we climbed the final hill to the RV park, Nancy was joking that at least we didn't have to worry about getting a spot and I said that we should get extra points just for being able to locate them.  Were we in for a surprise.

We got the last spot they had and from the sound of it, maybe in all of southwestern Pennsylvania.

Seems that about 3 years ago, a ginormous gas deposit was discovered here and the economy has been going gang busters ever since.  Housing is hard to come by and many gas field workers are permanent residents of RV parks like this one.  The expectation is that the good times will continue for the next 30 years.  And on top of that, they have since discovered a huge lake of oil beneath all that gas.

So far, our experience with RV parks has ranged from ones that were virtually empty to a few that were nearly full, but we rarely had someone camped in the space right next to us. Tonight, of course, we have people on both sides and the one on the side facing our door is uber friendly.  His name is Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jones and no, he is not black.  He was born in Tampa, is a 72 year old retired welder, has been RVing since 1961, and boy, oh boy, can that man talk!

Day 24
Abingdon, MD to Washington, PA

Daily Mileage:  294.3
Total Mileage:  5,823.9