23 July 2014

Left Springfield promptly at 0600, ahead of the worst of the Washington / Baltimore rush hour traffic.  However, comma, with I-495 closed (rumored to be so for several years), all the Philadelphia-bound traffic had to squeeze up I-95 through Wilmington, so there was a major slowdown along that stretch.  In spite of that, made it to Fern Lake in just over 9 hours, not having pushed very hard because of a new, large (24 ton capacity), very heavy (560 pounds), disassembled, hydraulic log splitter filling the bed of the Tacoma. Upon arrival, found Ian, Fred Cushman (another Goose Creek carpenter), and Perry hard at work installing purlins and joist hangers.  Also found ample signs that while I was away, the mice came out to play with Dolores… Just after the carpentry crew left for the day a major thunderstorm came rolling though, squelching plans to relieve driving stress and the 85° internal RV temperature with some quality lake time.