A smooth first day...a bumpy landing

We were off a little after noon, all smiles and excitement.

I had a conversation with my neighbor, expressing surprise that I was able to convince my wife to accompany me on a four week camping trip. I...ahem...wasn't able to accomplish that feat, but we're looking forward to picking her up in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in a few days.

We took a little time to throw a frisbee around at a posh rest stop in Maryland.

It appears that the finding of a campsite is a bit more of an art than a science. Thus the first night we ended up driving down a broken road, turning into what looked like something out of Deliverance, driving past a den of barking dogs, to a fire pit and a broken picnic table in the middle of the woods. Getting water was a trick, as the tap spat out brown well (hopefully?) water. We ended with s'mores and smiles, however, capping our first day.