Rhodes? Where we are going..

We stopped over in Connecticut for a few days. Kind of a laid back segment of swimming, walking, and whatever the park had to offer. We stayed at a campground called Odetah. It was quite packed and there was a huge contingent of Brazil soccer fans there. Flags were flying and massive amounts of cheering sounded through the park when Brazil scored.

In the section we parked in, we were one of a few RVs in a sea of tents. One of the other campers was trying to split the difference.

At first I was like “come on man.. that’s just sad”, but then I took a closer look and they had sealed it on all sides. I think I switched to the ‘ingenuity side’ when I started to ask myself questions like:

“Did they cut out the mesh in the window to improve airflow?”

and

“If the mesh is there, does it serve as a dust filter? How often do they have to clean it?”

We eventually made it to Rhode Island and today Jenny’s Dad took us around to all the places he did stuff when he grew up in Woonsocket(WinSocket?).  We had a property owner ask us if we needed help. Jenny’s dad explained what we were doing and said, “My Granddad planted those maple trees when I was 7.” Apparently when he was three, he wandered across town and no one thought too much about it… man, different times…

So this area is lousy with old textile mill buildings. We went to this area that had several and one as a museum.

They had built a set of water ducts and sluice gates to channel water to each from above the water fall right next to all the buildings.

OMG! WATCH OUT JENNY!

It was pretty cool, but I don’t think there are any mills actually milling about anymore. They are being repurposed for restaurants, offices, apartments, and it even sounds like a tech incubator. It reminds me of some of the older building office space in downtown Austin.

We are actually staying at a campground called Normandy Farms in Foxboro, Massachusetts. Lots of pools, lots of activities, really nice showers…

Camping showers are a big deal. This RV has a shower, yes. It can get you clean. It can even be refreshing. However, you only use it at places that are… less than ok. It’s kinda cramped and if you use the ‘pause’ on the shower head, it kinda forgets the water is supposed to not be all hot water. After a moment, it goes back to normal, but you have already screamed. There is also the question of “how full is the grey-tank?”

A good campground shower is clean and dry outside of the shower stall. Stepping out of a hot shower into cold floor-water undoes some of that clean feeling. A good shower has good water pressure and good hot water. A good shower has at least some air conditioning, so you don’t go from shower to sweating.

This place has really good showers. There’s be no post-shower foot-washing back in the RV for me this week!