I can't believe the day finally arrived. We actually lived in Plum Nelly for 4 weeks and 5 days! The time has flown by. I will have fond memories of Tina who runs the place. She is such a hard worker and sweet woman. I think we may stay there again when we come in August. Close to everything!
Well, we at at El Burrito (cheese biscuit) and then went to get our X-rays from our Chiropractor, Dr. Davis. I decided I needed one last adjustment and sure enough, I did!
When we came back to pack it up, Burl went into "moving mode" and boy he had everything picked up and the slides going in before I could say, "whats up?" Now getting the tubes etc all unhooked etc, thats something else. I watched, just in case I HAVE to do it. I'm talking the Gray Water and the Black Water.. But it wasn't as bad as I expected. Then we were off, well almost. He pulled the RV to the side of grass near our site and I brought the car along the back to attach to the RV. Something didn't look right but I figure Burl knows what he's doing... hmmmm
So off we went down 382 to 136 to 411 to 75. Well, lets back up to 411! We have crossed into Tennessee on 411 and the road is kind of narrow anyway but we were pooping along pretty good. Then, low and behold a DETOUR! We are not fond of detours but they are a way of life so we decided not a problem. Well, maybe we were overthinking! We get to the 'small' road that they want us to drive down.. a 40' RV with a car following behind. You know how there are always 4-9 people standing around with their little orange vests looking all holy? Then one guy pops out his sign STOP. Like he owns the road! Well we were waiting, patiently I must admit. Finally the endless line of cars, trucks and vans finished coming out of this little road. Now we are the FIRST one in line to get onto this road. Did I mention there are 3 vehicles on the "paving" side of the road? So we pulled onto the detour road. Now explain to me why you WORK on the road that is the detour road? The road we were supposed to go down would not allow us as we had to go down the detour road. But there were no vehicles or work being done on that road???? I'm confused!
Well as we are going down the DETOUR road, they have cones in the middle of the lanes. BUT, let me explain that whoever put them in the middle did not know what middle meant! Most of them were on OUR side of the middle lane...you know where the white line is. Well, Burl had the option of hitting the mailboxes or the cones! Our RV is large so we hit many of the cones. He did actually miss both a lot, but some of the cones probably can no longer be considered usuable again!
The trip from then when we got on 75 was a breeze. I wasn't even nervous. I do have to keep telling him the "blinker" is on so he'll shut the bloody thing off! He can't hear worth... crap! Why does he have hearing aids and not wear them? Okay, I take that back, I don't wear mine either.
We were getting hungry and I came up with the idea of eating a big meal so that when we got to the campground, we could leave the car attached and not have that to deal with in the morning. Well we came to a TA Travel Place that had a restaurant (buffet) so we stopped. Really good food too. We took our time so Burl could rest his eyes and relax. The tension of watching the road and watching the crazy traffic is stressful. I wanted him rested as we drove. The restaurant was called the Davy Crockett Restaurant. The placemat taught us all the "southern slang" words. It was really amusing. When I was done, went to use the facilities and while I was in there, it sounded like the roof was going to cave in. Well a thunderstorm had hit while I was in the bathroom! It was pouring.. I mean really pouring! We were waiting around for about 30 minutes and it stopped and the sun came out. Weird! I was walking over to the RV and walked through a puddle (the whole yard was a puddle) that was up to my ankle!!! But, we missed the rain. Burl is not anxious to drive in the rain. So God took care of us.
We arrived at our destination and what a huge campground. Remember we came from Plum Nelly with maybe 25 but this place has 160! When we got it all set up, the rains came again. It took a lot of the humidity away and cooled it down. It felt good.
After about an hour we decide to take a walk around the park. There are so many different types of vehicles here.. trailers, 5th wheels, Motorcoaches, and others that I don't know what they are called. We walked down to what looked like water. It was a large lake with trees all around it. The Campground butts the road next to the lake and it is beautiful. The landscape is beautiful too. It is interesting to see the different types of campgrounds.
Now we are sitting in our living room, Burl watching "Deadliest Catch" and me on the computer. This is our life. We plan to leave out of here early to stop and get breakfast and head to VA. We found a cool campground called, NASCAR RV Resort at Endless Caverns. Really excited about that. But for now, sleep well and talk to you tomorrow!
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