Rough start to a trip

Getting out of Washington DC in my daughter’s car on a Holiday weekend (Columbus Day) was a terrible idea and turned into a true nightmare that ended up costing us more than one hour in useless delays.

Without expanding too much on the subject it made me realize that I never was cut out for any form of urban living! 

Once on the road and all the way to Brookville, a small Amish town of Pennsylvania where we stopped and spent the night, it was one of these crowded, “accordion style” traffic experiences that I loathe, but still we made it okay in getting to our destination off Interstate 80. 

The next day, that fell on Saturday October 12, we pursued our trip with another six hour and a half driving to Elkhart, in Indiana, a location bordering the state of Ohio that we crossed in full. 

Unbeknownst to me that mid-size town has been referenced as the "RV Capital of the World" and the "Band Instrument Capital of the World" and looks like a pretty forward-looking 55,000 people community! 

Traffic was light in cars but extremely heavy in terms of tractor trailers…