Getting a good night’s sleep makes the next travel day much easier! First night in the 5thW was good, once we got over not being able to find anything and having to clean off the bed, chairs and sofa. And I don’t mean just normal stuff you would store there on travel days. I think after we’re at our first week-long site and can organize and maybe even lighten the load some, we’ll be happier. Mayberry Campground is very nice and we would definitely stay there again – great pull through sites and nice amenities. G says the sites were a little narrow but big enough for our 60+ foot long truck and trailer combined, just not much space from your neighbor. We didn’t even unhook.
Cell reception was not great this morning, going through the mountains, but luckily only bad for about 30 minutes. I’m working in the truck so it’s necessary I have good connectivity. What’s nice is my law firm is closing at 3pm today, so I won’t have to work a full day. I got approval to work remote with my current employer through the beginning of September, so I’m pumped about that.
This is a beautiful drive through the mountains of NC, VA and Tennessee. I’m looking forward to putting up our US map on a slide-out and getting some stickers on there! Our plan was to make it to Memphis, as we are finding out RV life doesn’t always go according to plan.
We ran into major traffic a couple of times, throwing our timetable out the window. We called our original campground, to let them know we would be arriving late. The gentleman we spoke with said he goes to bed at 9:30pm, in order to work the next day and we would not be able to navigate to our site without him, due to the construction they are doing at their RV park. Now its almost 5pm and we have to scramble to find another place to stay for the night. So, instead of going to Memphis, we made reservations at a travel park in Denmark, TN. Just completed a review for Joy-O RV Park and it’s a great place for an overnight stay. Good service, nice people and we were able to walk to the TA Truck Stop and have a good breakfast this morning.
Now…the roads in TN. If you’ve ever been on 840, it goes around Nashville, you know how bad the roads are! They DO NOT know how to make smooth transitions for bridges and overpasses. You especially realize this when you’re pulling 12K behind you. It’s a very pretty drive, through TN with the highway cut out of rock, just be prepared when you cross any overpasses! 🙂