RVing can produce some pretty funny situations, not always the fault of the RVers. When we were new at it and learning the ropes we did the usual funny newbie things, some of which were so funny we'll laugh about them forever. (The funniest was one I'll never put down in writing.) Jim was always sure people were watching us and laughing, so today we got to do that ourselves, although what our neighbors did was nowhere near as funny as some of our screw-ups. There was a young couple near us with their new travel trailer. They were taking their sewer hoses out of the boxes so this was obviously their first break-down. The young man couldn't get the two hoses put together right but finally thought he had it. He stuck the wrong end in the sewer and had an elbow connecting the two hoses so they bent in the middle. He finally managed to get it done but it wasn't pretty. We will commend him, however, on not dumping everything on the ground which is a sight we've seen more than once.
As we set off up I-75 for Dayton we remembered this section of highway from last year when we had to stop at a nearby Chevrolet dealer because of problems we were having with the truck. It turned out the problems were being caused by the new PPEI tuning chip which we were finally able to get fixed in Rapid City, SD, after a very stressful 1500 mile drive.
Ohio River dividing Ohio and Kentucky.
Today's drive was much better than last year's although it wasn't entirely uneventful. We decided to go around Cincinnati on I-275 instead of going directly through the city on I-75. It was about 16 miles longer but we figured the traffic would be lighter. Overall it was good, but there were areas of heavy traffic nevertheless. In the midst of one of the heavy-traffic sections a huge piece of styrofoam (about 8'x4'x3") came flying into our lane and we had nowhere to go but into it. Good thing it wasn't plywood. The truck didn't get scratched but it knocked a piece of the side mirror's heavy plastic casing off so the innards are now showing. First on the list of repairs for this trip.
Bass Lake Campground, Wright-Patterson AFB
Bass Lake
The campground is nice and quiet, surrounded by a lot of open space. There's a nice lake (which isn't as big as it looks in the picture) with fishing allowed for a fee, of course. Kayaking is free. We thought we might be able to do some fishing and kayaking but I've discovered there's a lot more we need to see here than we can get done in the time we have available so it probably won't happen. The campground host told us the National Air Force Museum takes three to four days to go through (plus there's all the Wright Brothers sites). It has four hangar-sized buildings which cover the history of aviation from the Wright Brothers to the present.
The temperature is supposed to hit 90 for the next two days so we'll undoubtedly be in the air conditioned museum.
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