Day Forty-Eight


Another wet day thanks to Hurricane Florence. With only a couple of days left until I roll into Chez Monet I can't focus on anything else. I hope my "fur kids" remember me.
Today I was shooting for Pittsburg, Pennsylvania as my destination. That puts me within an easy two-day drive from home.
Over the last month and a half and nearly 10,000 miles, the trailer has a few minor warranty issues so I will drop off my trailer at the dealer in Whitby on Wednesday afternoon before going home.
The drive today was the most challenging as I was dealing with heavy at times, non-stop rain all day long. It was so bad that cars were pulling off the road and others had their hazard lights flashing because it was difficult to see with all the wheel spray. I shot a short video to show you just how bad it was but the radio was playing so when I tried to upload it to YouTube it was blocked due to copyright protection of the music. I have tried and tried to remove the audio from the video with no success. You will have to trust me on how bad it was.
Shortly after I shot this video, a pickup truck I was following spun out and crashed into the ditch right in front of me. He and I were only doing 55 mph and we were really trying to be careful due to the crazy weather. Luckily when his truck did a 360-degree spin on the freeway it suddenly darted toward the ditch backwards so I missed ploughing into him. I wondered as I drove on how this could have happened. The only explanation was "hydroplaning" which happens when your tires ride up on a layer of water causing you to lose control because you're no longer in contact with the road surface. This generally only happens when there are sections of standing water (puddles) or the rainfall is particularly heavy.
Later that afternoon I arrived at a KOA in Mercer, Pennsylvania, northeast of Pittsburg. It was still raining as I set up the RV and settled in for the evening. Being Monday night and having cable I figured I'd watch Monday Night Football. Alas, their cable did not broadcast the game.

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