Winter Excursion 10, Days 206

We left camp this morning and drove to the Camping World near Asheville, NC. We have been having issues we our RV toilet and the closest one that we wanted was in Hendersonville near Asheville. We traveled I-40 to get there. We didn't realize that this part of I-40 was destroyed by the flooding two years ago. The highway basically collapsed into Pigeon River. It is still under construction and is basically a two lane road. It took us around 3 hours to go 100 miles. The traffic was bumper to bumper and stopped often. Here's a few pics. This reconstruction will take years.

Back at camp we relaxed after a six hour drive that should have taken less than four! 

We had a nice dinner and watched a lousy B rated movie!

Winter Excursion 10, Days 204 & 205

I know I've been remiss with the blog, but we have been a little out of sorts with all the truck issues we've had. Now that things are back to normal I will try to do the blog right.

We spent Wednesday packing up and saying goodbye to all our friends at Dames Ferry. It is a great place to host. The staff is super. Here's our last site at Dames Ferry before we leave tomorrow.

Thursday morning we were up early and on the road by 0900. We rode I-75 the whole way to our new campground at Douglas Dam Headwater Campground near Sevierville, TN. Here's a few pics of I-75 in Atlanta. What a zoo and it's not even rush hour! At least traffic keep moving although not real fast.

It was a 300 mile trip and we are now back on schedule. We will stay at Douglas Dam for six nights. Here's our site on Flat Creek which is really a lake due to the dam.

 

Winter Excursion 10, Days 203

WE GOT THE TRUCK BACK TODAY! It's only been 48 days, but it's here and running great. ✌

We moved the camper from it's "non-site" to Site #12 at Dames Ferry. We will be here for two nights and then back on our schedule.

We got notified (and pics) that our new truck has been delivered so we are jazzed to get home and take possession. 

We will do some grocery shopping tomorrow and say goodbye (again) to our friends and co-workers at Dames Ferry. They have all been great while our truck was gone.

All is well in the Boss Camp once again.

Winter Excursion 10, Days 193 - 202

During this time period we left Charleston and headed back to Dames Ferry (where the camper is), spent the night and then headed to Nashville. We were in the Nashville area for Catherine's Nieces' wedding. Cath was the Maid of Honor.

Also during this time our new truck was delivered to our dealer in NY.

We got word our current truck repairs were completed. After the wedding weekend we drove back to Dames Ferry and will get our current truck tomorrow. We will stay at Dames Ferry until 21 May. That will put us back on track for our reservations on the way home.

It's been a crazy past seven weeks. Hope we never need to go through it again!

Winter Excursion 10, Days 185 - 192

We are still in Charleston waiting to hear the truck is done back at Dames Ferry.

We are having a good time with the Kids and kiddos, but will be happy when we can resume our travels with the camper.

Stayed tuned for further details! We should get the truck this coming week.

Winter Excursion 10, Day 184

It rained all day and we were house bound for the most part.

Wesley and I had a cribbage match. I won the first two games and he won the next three.

The girls all went to a movie and did some shopping. Cath got a new dress for Emily's wedding.

Wesley and I stayed home. We watched a little of the Derby and had some left over chicken for dinner.

The rain finally stopped around 1800 and we got a little walk in for the dogs. 

Winter Excursion 10, Day 183

We had great plans for today, but most of it did not happen.

The AT&T repair man was scheduled to arrive this morning and repair the Kid's new fiber internet hookup. The system was just installed yesterday, but it keeps dropping out. He didn't show up until 1700.

We were going to go to the RiverDog's baseball game this evening, but it got rained out!

So we decided to watch a movie, but the internet continues to keep dropping out. So no movie!

We were going to have baseball food for dinner, but we had some super good chicken thigh fillets on the flattop.

The good news today (besides dinner) was that our new truck has been built and shipped. It will be waiting for us when we get home in June.