The last two days have been ones of travel. We have covered about 600 miles in two days, which is a lot when you are pulling a camper! We left our campground in Arkansas early Wednesday morning trying to get ahead of a storm, and we did. It was a pretty rough storm with a very cold front behind it, so we hit the road early in the morning. That day we had to drive around Little Rock and Memphis...hopefully around and not through. Little Rock went really well, and actually so did Memphis. Crossing the Mississippi was neat and I-40 through Memphis was not bad. The sun came out and it was really a nice trip. I was rather euphoric when I thought about how well the trip was going and how beautiful it was along the interstate with the trees blooming and the skies so blue. We were about 2 miles from a gas stop when I looked in the rearview mirror and saw Tom pulled off the road with the camper. Uh-oh...I sure hope he did not run out of gas! The phone rang and it was Tom telling me that he heard a loud crash and had to pull over. Well, as it turned out, he had a blowout. One of the campers four tires was in shreds strewn along the last quarter mile of the edge of the highway. It took off the trim of the skirting of the campers and left black marks all along the side of the camper from the shreds of the tire coming off. From what I have heard, every camper has a horror story about a blowout. Some worse than others, and ours was pretty mild. Tom was able to get the camper off the road in a safe spot. God has us in the palm of His hand, and I am SO glad! So we called Good Sam's emergency road service and they came and changed the tire for us. (At no cost). So we then drove to our spot for the night, LaQuinta...no camping that night since we were doing so much driving. We spent a restful night, got good sleep, a new spare, and were off for the rest of our trek across Tennessee.
Tennessee is a REALLY wide state when you are driving from west to east. We got into the Knoxville area around five in the evening and into our BEAUTIFUL campground shortly thereafter.
It is right on the edge of the Smoky Mountains on a river. The Tennessee Valley Authority has locations along many of the larger rivers in Tennessee with hydroelectic plants and this is one of them. Some of these areas have campgrounds and they are really nice. And the price is right, $11 a night for seniors. (Sometimes it is helpful to be a senior!). So we are here for about 4 days and hope to check out Sevierville, Pigeon Forge and Smoky Mountain National Park. This site is one of the prettiest yet.
Here are a few pictures from the state of Tennessee......
Signs right outside our camper window....eegads!
Our lovely spot
Sign on mirror in women's bathroom....only in Tennessee!
Truckers must drink a lot of coffee!
Is this a still on the roof??????
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