October 16

Moving right along. This is the fourth night since I left Suffolk. Spent last night in a KOA where I was conned into buying some kind of discount package for $10. But the campground was nice and quiet, the shower was warm, I did my laundry for $3.25, and got a good night's rest.

My sleeping bag and self-inflating air mattress are comfortable, even on hard ground, and warm to at least -5C. I woke to ice in the tent the day before yesterday, in a cornfield near Bath. I'm back in the woods again tonight, fifty miles north of Wilmington, where I intend to stay two days.

Looks like rain. I'm getting more capable, and, occasionally, less homesick.