Ossipee, NH to Harrisonburg, VA

We left Ossipee today at 6 am and were out of New England by 11 am. Good start, right? Then we hit Pennsylvania. Oh what a doozy. Northern Pennsylvania drags on forever and is far from scenic. Southern Pennsylvania smells like cow poop, and nearly every town ends in "burg." Poopsburg.

We also drove through Maryland, briefly, but the highlights for me were West Virginia and Virginia. The speed limit on that stretch of I-81 is 70 mph. That means you can go 80 without being pulled over! Convenient, since I can't drive 55. (Of course there will probably be a pile of automated tickets from speed cameras when I get home - W.R.)

My belly hurts. Day one of our road trip diet: bacon, egg and cheese pockets, Filet O' Fish sandwiches, Combos, Twizzlers, Raisinets, Japanese food and sushi. Ouch.

Now here's Momma Rigaz with today's wildlife and roadkill report. (This is what kept us entertained.):

ALIVE
18 deer
20+ hawks (Ashley forced me to stop at 20 - W.R.)
5 Canadian geese
numerous ducks flying north in V formation (Yeah for New England! - W.R.)

DEAD!
14 deer
6 possums
8 groundhogs
4 skunks

3 fox

3 raccoon

1 moose (I can not confirm this one Ashley saw it and I was concentrating on the road - W.R.)

The temperature was 23 when we left Ossipee and 58 when we arrived in Virginia!

Tomorrow we're heading to Nashville via Knoxville. It's supposed to take nine hours. Once we're there, our plan is to take a tour, maybe hit up the Country Hall and Fame Museum (yeehaw), get some good Southern food, catch some live music, and drink in a saloon. Goodnight, y'all!