After visiting a number of big cities we were looking forward to the relaxed atmosphere of the coast. We left Washington DC on a Sunday morning with the plan to head to Ocean City in Maryland and then continue south. Our trip to Ocean City took us in and out of Maryland and Delaware and back to Maryland. There was a lot of traffic on the road but most of it was heading the opposite direction, fortunately. There is only one more week of school holidays so clearly ...

Back in Durham we were able to pay a visit to Cam's place of work and meet with his work colleagues. His office is in the redeveloped American Tobacco Campus. It was so good to meet his colleagues, and there was a real advantage for us as well - on Cam's return to the office after our lunch he was called into his boss's office. Together Bill and Cam then planned our six week trip north and by the time Cam came home I had links to five maps of stages and printed o...

The car had been booked in for a routine service on Monday and was ready by Tuesday lunch time so we decided as Cam was heading off on a business trip for a few days it was ideal timing for us to have our first trip away in the car towing the caravan. We left Durham early afternoon and headed down the I40 freeway towards the east to Jacksonville. It was extremely hot with the temperature outside sitting at 95 degrees F. We stopped a few times including at two lov...

We took a long time to come through passport control in arrival in Raleigh/Durham - this was because there were four attendants for US passengers and only one for all other passports. Eventually we were through, and we were pleased to see our three bags had all arrived from Zurich. Cam was waiting for us and it was so lovely to see him. We were an hour late in arriving and well over an hour clearing the airport. Cam was quick to warn us it was hot, and it certain...