West Virginia

 October 4, 2022

Robert Newlon Air Park site 4

Huntington, WV

Momma says she still goes into shock every morning when she opens her eyes and looks at the ceiling to view the time on the projection clock.  It's not the time that shocks her.  You see, the clock also broadcasts the current temperature.  When the first number is a 4 (as in temps in the 40's) it can be a rude awakening for sure.  Thank goodness, as the sun rises, so does the temperature.  It even gets into the 70's if we are real lucky!!

We have relocated to West Virginia...Huntington, WV although there was a moment of doubt when we arrived.  We had been assigned site 5.  We had been told at the time we made the reservation to just drive straight to our site and settle in.  Tina, said she would stop by later with our receipt.  

Well, that sounded simple enough,  except there was a Bershire Class A occupying site 5.  Hmm???  And then we saw the Mobile Repair van at the front of the coach.  Hmm??  

As it turned out, the lady in the Berkshire was on the phone with the office when Momma strolled up to her door.  She was extending her stay on site 5 so Tina reassigned us to site 4.  There are still empty sites here. No problem for us.  But the Berkshire owners definitely had problems.  

They had stowed everything for departure yesterday and the husband decided to wash the windshield.  It seems the ladder shifted and he toppled on the ladder. The wife took him to urgent care who sent him to the hospital where he was diagnosed with 3 broken ribs.  No wonder he was having trouble breathing.  With his history of asthma, diabetes etc, they admitted him to ICU in an attempt to prevent pneumonia from developing and monitor his condition.  

Now that sounds so quick and simple when written in a couple of sentences, but with 50 people at the hospital waiting to be seen, the wife never returned to the rig until 2 am.  If we had arrived a tad earlier, we probably could have saved her that Mobile Repair call.  The Berkshire was ready to roll down the road and the wife had no idea how to set the rig back up for a longer stay (connect water, sewer, electric, slides) so she called a mobile tech to come out.  I'm sure their home in Wisconsin feels a long distance away at this time.  

This RV Park not only is by the Ohio River.  It has trains and an air field as well. 

The trains whistle as they go by....but not very often.  We haven't seen any skydivers or planes take flight as of yet.  I guess it might be a bit too chilly to step out of a plane.  Or maybe it is more of a weekend thing?  We're hoping to be entertained with some air activity on the other side of the fence.  

I'm Chloe