Today we left the hovel and picked up our "little car" from Washington airport. The lady at Dollar car asked us if we had a sat nav and wished us luck when we replied no! Once actually out of Washington, navigation was OK and we made our way to Williamsburg, Virginia. We spent the time listening to country and western music on the radio, Will played with the cruise control and I counted the amount of blown out tyres on the road. I had my first "Wendy's" - it was lush and gave me an opportunity to steal more plastic cutlery.
The camp site is lovely. We have pitched our tent in a shady spot in a big field with only one other tent (everyone else is in RVs). There is a nice swimming pool but the water is really warm and not very refreshing.
I'm loving having the car and our little tent - our own little home. I am now sat in the tent (writing on a notepad). The noise of the crickets (or cicadas??) is deafening and the fireflies are so bright they light up the tent like flashes of lightening. Fireflies are amazing (don't get me wrong, glow worms are cool too), because they can fly! You will be walking along and they light up in your face like blobs of fire! It is still really warm so the tent is open apart from the bug netting. The moon is streaming through the trees into the tent and, as the sound of crickets singing and bugs dropping from the trees doesn't send me to sleep, we wonder if there are any bears in the wood...
Today's temperature: 35C
Local accent: changing to a more southern twang
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