{"id":1155,"date":"2017-09-24T07:40:22","date_gmt":"2017-09-24T11:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?page_id=1155"},"modified":"2018-01-13T21:12:15","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T02:12:15","slug":"2017-autumn-road-trip","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/shearwater-iv\/shearwater-iv\/2017-autumn-road-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Autumn Motor Home Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joan and Stu set out on an adventure.\u00a0 After years of driving boats, a few large boats, we decided to rent a motor home and go for a short cruise.\u00a0 This thing is gigantic, fully expanded it has over 400 square feet of floor space, sleeps 6 very closely-related people, has a full-size fridge, oven, 3-burner stove and the most uncomfortable queen bed we have ever experienced.<\/p>\n<p>We loved it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1238\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Loading-the-RV--300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Loading-the-RV--300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Loading-the-RV--1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Loading-the-RV-.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1236\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Fueling-at-Racewayt-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Fueling-at-Racewayt-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Fueling-at-Racewayt-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Fueling-at-Racewayt.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The destination was motivated by the Bat Mitzvah celebration of Stu&#8217;s grand-niece Deanna held outside of Philadelphia, a round-trip distance of about 3100 miles.<\/p>\n<p>We were on the road for 16 days and stayed in National Park Service&#8217;s camp grounds, commercial camp grounds, the parking lot of a Marriott, and two comfortable nights as guests of 24-hour Walmarts in their parking lot shared by many other RV campers and truckers who were welcome to use their parking facilities at night.<\/p>\n<p>Please follow our journey <a href=\"https:\/index.php\/shearwater-iv\/2017-autumn-road-trip\/southbound-along-the-eastern-shore\/\">North on the Eastern Shore<\/a>, the f<a href=\"https:\/index.php\/shearwater-iv\/2017-autumn-road-trip\/deanna-marissa-bat-mitsvah-do-we-have-enough-photos-to-enclude-this\/\">amily visit,<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/index.php\/shearwater-iv\/2017-autumn-road-trip\/northbound-on-skyline-drive-and-blue-ridge-parkway\/\">Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Mountains Southbound<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/index.php\/shearwater-iv\/2017-autumn-road-trip\/visit-charlotte-add-the-names-please-melbourne-and-the-jean-and-gary-glenn\/\">visits with relatives and friends <\/a>along the way.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joan and Stu set out on an adventure.\u00a0 After years of driving boats, a few large boats, we decided to rent a motor home and go for a short cruise.\u00a0 This thing is gigantic, fully expanded it has over 400 square feet of floor space, sleeps 6 very closely-related people, has a full-size fridge, oven, &hellip; 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