Oct 12th to 14th - NJ, MD, Virginia

Oct 12th - Sun - Pomona, NJ
No, we didn’t move. Pomona is actually where we are staying near Atlantic City.
Catch up day so we had a nice, late breakfast and then walked around the park and chatted with the owner for a while. I needed to do laundry again but only 3 washers were functional so it took a bit longer to get it done - which was fine as the laundry room was near our site so I didn’t have to stay there all the time. Went for a drive and found a WalMart for a couple of items. I had a nice chat with Aunt Jessie before starting dinner.

Oct 13th - Mon - to Maryland
If you remember from my Friday entry, we got new springs put on the other side of the 5th wheel today. We got there about 10 and the mechanic had us back into a bay and took off the old springs. Of course, the new ones weren’t there yet (I think they waited until we were there to pick them up even though we had paid for the parts & the work) so we ended up not getting on the road until 2:30.
We just wanted to get to Maryland at a reasonable time so took some toll roads. We ended up paying 5 different tolls (3 roads, 1 bridge & 1 tunnel) for a total of $22.50. Went through Baltimore in rush hour traffic made worse by an accident that was almost cleared up as we went past it - only one smashed car on the shoulder. We decided to stay in a WalMart in Frederick as it was late (6:45) and we just wanted to stay the night. I called ahead to make sure we could stay there and the lady was so nice, saying “just don’t park too close to the store”. We “paid our dues” by picking up some ready-made dinner and hit the sack.

Oct 14th - Tues - to Front Royal, Virginia
Sunny day for a nice drive through lovely countryside this morning. Rolling hills, lots of green fields, tidy farms and trees changing into their fall colors. Set up at the Front Royal RV park, had lunch and went into town. At the information center, we purchased discount tickets to the Skyline Caverns and decided that we had time to see them today. We waited about 20 minutes for the one hour tour to start.
The tour was interesting. The caverns are a modest size but you get to see formations close up and even flash photography is allowed. There are formations called anthodites which are only found in 2 other locations in the world. They are 4 to 7 sided crystals that grew on ceilings in only one section of the caves that was a vacuum before it was discovered. Now that the vacuum no longer exists, the crystals are not growing. There are also some fish in a pond and a beautiful reflecting pond that you will see when I post my pictures.
We fueled up at $3.47 per gallon (love it!) and picked up some steaks for the barbeque since it was 86 degrees. We were sitting by a fire when our neighbor came home and he ended up chatting with us for quite a while. He stays here during the week and works at a nearby golf course. Then he goes home to West Virginia on the weekend, opposite to the other seasonal campers who are here on the weekends.