This season, we are only going to two away games, so I was really looking forward to our trip to Baltimore. The day of our departure arrived with fog and overcast. As Thurston started loading the RV, the rain started. When he pulled up in front of the Coach's Sand Crane Sanctuary, the skies opened further. That was Tuesday. We drove through the rain for Tuesday night, all day Wednesday, and part of Thursday. The weather made it a dark, dreary, treacherous and exhausting drive, and really wore Thurston out. He bravely did all the driving, keeping us safe on the road.
The RV and towed Jeep weren't going to make it any easier for Thurston. First, the emergency brake was accidentally left on in the Jeep. That caused the RV to react sluggishly - ya think? - but, in a scary incident, left the RV unable to climb a hill, and, wheels spinning, perilously start sliding back down. Coach jumped, that is slowly and carefully climbed out, went back to the Jeep, and fixed the brake problem. All set. Here we go. Uhhh - now what?
Once Coach was out of the rain and back in the nice warm RV, Thurston started driving. But when he checked the rear camera while making the second turn, he didn't see anything. That was a problem, because he should have seen the running lights and turn signal of the Jeep. The Jeep was there at least, but dark. Circling back to the Crane Sanctuary, the Coach again ventured into the rain to check the power connection to the Jeep and test the lights. Thurston, we have a problem. Thurston came back and tried another cable, but nothing doing, we had no lights. So, we decided to turn on the running lights, draining the Jeep battery, so at least it would not be unlit in the dark rainy night on the road. Both wet from the rain, we returned to the RV and were finally on our way at about 7PM. Driving through the rain for the next two days ...
So here we are outside of Baltimore on Friday morning. It's still overcast. I'm hoping we see the sun soon.
Having gotten in to the campground kinda early in the afternoon Thursday, we set up quickly, and even got the satellite working so we could watch Thursday Night Football, Eagles vs Panthers. Thurston found an interesting Jamaiican restaurant, Unforgettable Flavors, and we ventured out. The restaurant is hidden in an apartment complex, in the basement level of one of the buildings, next to a small convenience store. Definitely a mom and pop operation, it had 5 tables and one of the friendliest staffs you can imagine. We decided to order different combination dinners so we could try as many dishes as possible. All were really, really good. As island music played, we feasted on beef and chicken patties baked into tender crusts, braised oxtails, brown chicken stew, rasta pasta with chicken and shrimp, fried plantains, mac and cheese, spinach prepared like collard greens and curried cabbage. The curried cabbage was amazing. The oxtails were delicious. The chicken was superb - everything was good. We also got a pineapple juice and ginger drink that was refreshing and yummy. They gave us samples of their chicken soup and beef soup which were both excellent. I was so glad we found this place. Great find, Thurston!
