Thursday, May 29, 2014

Welcome to Tennessee!

Norris Dam State Park Campground
Lake City, Tennessee

After almost two weeks at Lake Powhatan in North Carolina it was time to hitch-up and go.  We took our time because we weren’t going far.  Kirby got up on the roof with the brush and the hose and cleaned off a thousand leaves that were trying to sneak out of the campground with us.  We headed out on Interstate 40 and were in Tennessee in no time at all.  I love changing states which really is kind of silly as it really looks the same on both sides of the state line.
 The drive was hilly and curvy and very beautiful.  Sometimes I get frustrated with all of the trucks on the road but then I remember that they are the ones who keep this country going.  How would we be able to buy anything we want at any time we want if it weren’t for the truckers and the people who drive them.  And we can ship anywhere we want and not worry about how it gets there in a day or two.  It is like magic isn’t?

We did not like our access to the beautiful campground we are in and I don’t look forward to leaving but Kirby is the driver and he is fantastic at getting this big rig around.  Norris Dam State Park just north of Knoxville is a lovely forest of tall trees.  But just like Lake Hartwell in South Carolina, it is very poorly maintained.   There is something about the look of our site that makes me think that we are the first to sit here this season and it almost looks like the snow has just recently melted.  (But how could that be?)

We are just here for two nights so tomorrow we will again travel that steep and curvy narrow road and find our way back out to the highway.

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