Today was a great day. For those following my day by day, I should explain about the two BRISTOL’S. Bristol, Virginia and Bristol, Tennessee are right next to each other. So bouncing back and forth between the two is easy. We started our day heading south on I 81 from the Bristol, Virginia Motel 6 and stopping at Steele Creek Park in Bristol, Tennessee, AGAIN! This is really an awesome park. Seeing how the temperature here was in the 90,s today, it was pretty “cool” walking along the lake, in the shade. E T liked it a lot 🙂
Then we headed further south on I 81 to I 40 to Kodak, TN. This is where the RV was repaired and stored. It is just outside Knoxville. Everything went smoothly picking up the RV, EXCEPT, we lost everything that was in the refrigerator. We have a propane / electric refrigerator. Lesson learned, you need electric or battery power to keep the propane going. Oops!
Other than “big city driving” around Knoxville it was an easy 285 mile ride to Lebanon, TN (30 miles south of Nashville). This is where we found another “diamond in the rough” campground to spend the night.
Shady Acres Campground ($24.86 full hookup – 50 amp) is only 2 miles off I 40. It boasts laundry facilities and a swimming pool. There is a Walmart and an Aldi 1 mile off the highway. Awesome when your fridge is empty! The best thing about Shady Acres is the people. All the people I met were down home, country. When was the last time you had a conversation with someone you just met for the first time and walked away smiling. It happened to me three times today and I hope I have the pleasure of meeting them all again.
We won’t be stopping in Nashville. We’ve been there before and have reservations to return in the spring of 2016. It’s our favorite “big city”.
For those of you following our “GAS-capades”. Today’s fill up was at the I 40 Exit 320 Pilot. We took 56 gallons at $2.269, $127.00. This is a big jump from our previous 12 gallon fill up! We’re keeping our fingers crossed the gas prices stay down 🙂 Next Stop Missouri