First of all, great news on the air conditioner. Trent with Kamperz RV Service repaired our rear air conditioner on Friday. The part came in Friday morning and Trent had the new part installed and our rear air conditioner was working like new by noon Friday. Woohoo!!!!
If you ever need repair service and are in the area of Lexington, North Carolina, we highly recommend Kamperz RV. They are very good at what they do and very reasonably priced. Their website is: www.kamperzrv.com
While we were waiting for those couple of days on the part to come in, we walked a couple of mornings,
got caught up on laundry, enjoyed sitting outside, and had dinner at Tar Heel Q again one night.
We also talked about where we wanted to go this fall, next winter, and next year. We talked and discussed and planned and then talked and discussed and planned for two days. With so many places we want to go and so many people we want to see, it can get rather confusing. And our biggest problem is we are and have always been such planners. Not that planning is a bad thing. But we don't do very much of the "spur of the moment" kind of thing.
And that is or should be one of the greatest blessings of our full-timing lifestyle. Yes, it is a good idea to plan or have a general idea of where we want to go or who we want to try to see or what we want to do but it is very ok, even great, to just do things on the "spur of the moment."
While we were trying to decide how long to stay at Forest Lake in NC, we looked at a map and realized we were only about 360 miles from Fall Creek Falls. And every year for the past 30 years or so, Chuck's uncle and aunt, Donald and Anna, and their families, have been coming to Fall Creek Falls State Park for 2 weeks of camping and lots of fun around the 4th of July.
So, we decided to be spurrers rather than planners for once. And early Saturday morning we packed up, drove across the Smoky Mountains,
and headed for Fall Creek Falls State Park in Pikeville, Tennessee. We ran into traffic from construction and a wreck involving 8 cars (thankfully, not serious!). We also went through a couple of thunderstorms.
It was lightning everywhere and I caught this bolt of lighting on video.
We noticed a squealing noise when the exhaust brake was applied when we were driving slowly through one of the construction zones. As we began paying attention to it more, the noise seemed to only go away when Chuck first let off the accelerator (like when descending a hill). I began looking up everything it might be on the internet and trying to self-diagnose the problem. We even begin to wonder if we should just drive on to Nashville and see about getting the problem looked at on Monday.
We stopped in Crossville to fill up with diesel and once we were on the road again, the noise was gone. How weird is that? I can't tell you how many times that kind of thing has happened to us. Particularly in the motorhome. We hear a weird noise going down the road or sometimes even when we are parked at a campsite and of course, we immediately assume the worst. And then it the noise or problem just goes away (or hides). We may still get the motorhome looked at when we go to Nashville; but for now, we decided to just continue on to Fall Creek Falls.
We called to confirm we could get into Mountain Glen RV Park which is a campground about 16 miles outside the park because we thought we probably would not find a spot in the campground at Fall Cree Falls at this late notice. We arrived at Mountain Glen about 5:30 pm.
and headed for Fall Creek Falls State Park in Pikeville, Tennessee. We ran into traffic from construction and a wreck involving 8 cars (thankfully, not serious!). We also went through a couple of thunderstorms.
It was lightning everywhere and I caught this bolt of lighting on video.
We noticed a squealing noise when the exhaust brake was applied when we were driving slowly through one of the construction zones. As we began paying attention to it more, the noise seemed to only go away when Chuck first let off the accelerator (like when descending a hill). I began looking up everything it might be on the internet and trying to self-diagnose the problem. We even begin to wonder if we should just drive on to Nashville and see about getting the problem looked at on Monday.
We stopped in Crossville to fill up with diesel and once we were on the road again, the noise was gone. How weird is that? I can't tell you how many times that kind of thing has happened to us. Particularly in the motorhome. We hear a weird noise going down the road or sometimes even when we are parked at a campsite and of course, we immediately assume the worst. And then it the noise or problem just goes away (or hides). We may still get the motorhome looked at when we go to Nashville; but for now, we decided to just continue on to Fall Creek Falls.
We called to confirm we could get into Mountain Glen RV Park which is a campground about 16 miles outside the park because we thought we probably would not find a spot in the campground at Fall Cree Falls at this late notice. We arrived at Mountain Glen about 5:30 pm.
Mountain Glen is a quiet park with full hookups that is way out in the country. The biggest problem is that none of the sites are level and it is a 25 minute drive from Mountain Glen to the campground in Fall Creek Falls where Donald & Anna and crew are staying.
We knew Donald and Anna would not be arriving until sometime Sunday. We waited until mid-afternoon on Sunday to drive into Fall Creek Falls to see if Donald and Anna had arrived. As of 4:30, they had not arrived at the campground; but through some tricky text messages with Anna, I learned they were only 30 minutes away. While we waited for them to get there, we drove out to see the falls.
We drove to their site and surprised Steve and Darlene (Anna's niece) who are camped in the site next to Donald and Anna's, and then hid the car in another site and set up our chairs at the back of the Donald & Anna's site and waited.
I wish you could have seen the look on Anna's face when they pulled into the circle where their site is located. She looked back once and then again with the facial expression of "What???" They were SOOO surprised and glad to see us. And we were SOOO happy to see them too! :)
We are looking forward to a week or two of lots of card games, corn hole games, hiking, biking, golfing, swimming, and a WHOLE LOT OF FUN!!!
We knew Donald and Anna would not be arriving until sometime Sunday. We waited until mid-afternoon on Sunday to drive into Fall Creek Falls to see if Donald and Anna had arrived. As of 4:30, they had not arrived at the campground; but through some tricky text messages with Anna, I learned they were only 30 minutes away. While we waited for them to get there, we drove out to see the falls.
We drove to their site and surprised Steve and Darlene (Anna's niece) who are camped in the site next to Donald and Anna's, and then hid the car in another site and set up our chairs at the back of the Donald & Anna's site and waited.
I wish you could have seen the look on Anna's face when they pulled into the circle where their site is located. She looked back once and then again with the facial expression of "What???" They were SOOO surprised and glad to see us. And we were SOOO happy to see them too! :)
We are looking forward to a week or two of lots of card games, corn hole games, hiking, biking, golfing, swimming, and a WHOLE LOT OF FUN!!!
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