We have less than 500 miles today, but we are still up and rolling at first light.

They just turned the lights on in the breakfast area when we got down there. The usual for each of us, BB noticed there was oatmeal ... after she had her food. Not too many up at 6 am on Sunday morning. One lone guy and another with very young kids, but without his wife (I'm guessing she was sleeping in)

We stopped at the next exit for fuel, cheapest until VA.

Fresh meat almost right away this AM, I've never seen it before where both the carcass and the spewed blood were both steaming off the highway. Lots and lots of carcass' on the road this AM.

First stop this AM was after we were back on the freeway, at Cross Lanes, WV. At Sheetz, they are like a large Holiday or Super America with a MTO / Made To Order food place inside. Burgers and Subs I think.

Our first taste of holiday traffic was east of Charlotte, WV, there was a guy on the side of the road holding a 'slow' sign ... a mile around the curve traffic was backed up for the toll booth. Another guy standing there, likely to keep all the lanes full. One of the three toll booths we went through today had a semi backing up traffic, 3-4 cars pulled out of his lane into mine and I still got thru by the time he did. Must have been counting his pennies.

Lunch was in Princeton, I had mentioned Wendy's because that was the one I remembered being there. But looking at the clock it was not even 10:30 and if they weren't serving breakfast they wouldn't be open yet. So I decided at McDonald's before we pulled off the freeway. By the time I noticed there were cars at Wendy's I was in the wrong lane and already past. Drove thru McDonald's but there was no where to park so we parked at Bojangles. Then decided to eat there figuring if there was no where to park it might take a while to order. Bojangles was quick, all the chicken is already under the warmer by the time you order so quick. Oh ... and we are now in eastern time so it was 11:30 here :)

Before we got to the WV/VA line the traffic was at a dead stop, right before the tunnel. Something must have happened in the tunnel because both directions were backed up ... for miles. Many places. Worse in the on coming traffic.

Gas was cheap again in Wythville, but we didn't need any yet. Our next stop was Mt Airy at another Sheetz. Opps. There was a line in for the women's rest room so when I came out I stood nearby waiting ... and waiting ... and waiting. Finally I start seeing people come out that I watched go in, looked at my phone and BB had texted me a while ago ... 'in the RV.' Guess we don't always recognize each other.

Miss leading signs, the kind where it says two lanes go straight and when you get there three of them go straight. Makes for extra lane switches and almost lost BB near Greensboro because of one of those ... and someone wouldn't let her over.

Stopped for fuel just east of Greensboro, put in $7 to get to the drop. Then we got stuck in traffic, four lanes down to two. We were in the fastest lane but it still cost us close to an hour ... and it was getting dark. That extra hour we had this AM was gone. Finally we clear the accident and still have an hour to go. By the time we got on the beltway, I realized we had been here before. Later BB told me she realized it then too.

It was about a half hour after sunset by the time we got to the motel. Comfort Suites, it is two blocks from our drop so we can go get the rental in the AM, come back and drop the car, take both RV's to the dealer, walk back and pick up our rental.

No place close to walk to, had been a place across the side street but it isn't open any more. Didn't want delivery so we went to Jersey Mikes ... but there was an Asian place next to it that got our business tonight. To go. Ate it back in our room.

The two RV's were pretty close in mileage. I spent $1 more than BB did on fuel and still had a range of 34 miles while she had less than a range of 25. So no extra fuel left this trip ... and we made $125 on the fuel, thanks to Gas Buddy and 60 mph.

Instead of writing about our plans, I will wait until tomorrow and write about what really happened.