We left Jane's house this morning with the intention of meeting some Airstreamers-in-the-making along the way, and then proceeding to Cape Charles, VA. But fortune intervened. We met Bobby, Danine, and their 6-year-old daughter Elise in the parking lot of the Annapolis Mall and found we had a tremendous amount in common.

They are planning to sell their house next year and go out on a 10-month voyage around America. They are considering buying a Airstream Safari 30, just like ours. Being readers of this blog, they are considering the Nissan Armada or Titan as a tow vehicle. They are planning to homeschool Elise. So we had a lot to talk about ...

By the end of lunch, they had convinced us to stay in the area a few days longer and courtesy park at their in-laws' house. We'll take the girls to the DC-area sights over the weekend. I know Emma will like the Museum of Natural History, since she's into rocks and creatures. So we are now in Falls Church VA parked in a tree-lined suburban cul-de-sac. We'll resume our originally scheduled route on Sunday or Monday.

We are getting no solar power lately. Everywhere we park we are under trees, and today has been very cloudy. Fortunately, our courtesy parking hosts have been allowing us to plug in, so it has not been a problem at all.

By the way, our water heater, which absolutely refused to do anything yesterday, is now working perfectly. I have no idea why.

Our scammer is getting bold. Today he started to threaten Ayres!

hello,
i got a message from my mover that you cant use western union,what do you mean by that,i am beginning to think this is a whole else of ****,if they dont get the money today via western union,i will invite the appropriate authorities.
thanks

Talk about cajones. A person who writes phony checks drawn on non-existent banks, uses four different aliases, and commits fraud is threatening to call in the authorities?

The "shipping company" wrote in too:

HELLO,
JUST TO REMIND YOU THAT WE ARE NOT THE BUYER BUT JUST THE SHIPPER,WE DONT TAKE
ANYTHING OTHER THAN WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER,I AM LOCATED IN VA AND I DONT
KNOW HOW YOU WANT TO FIND YOUR WAY.I AM JUST THE MOVER SO I URGE THAT YOPU FIND
A WESTERN UNION OUTLET OR MONEY GRAM OUTLET AND SEND THE MONEY AND IF YOU ARE
CONFUSED ON WHAT TO DO LET ME HAVE YOUR NUMBER SO THAT I CAN GIVE YOU A CALL.

GET BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

VELECIA FARMER

Does anyone want to take "Velecia's" phone call? Talk about an opportunity for fun! I'll start the bidding at $1. ;-)