We went for our traditional leaving day group outing (this being the second time of the new tradition. The first was the trip to the dam when at the eagle river in CO). 4 miles from our campground was the Citico Creek. If there had been a bit more rain, this was one run we were looking at getting on. Sigh. It looked fun and scenic. And it was roadside, so scouting and portaging would have been a breeze. Frickin drought! Oh How I Curse Thee! But the hike was fun and the dogs were happy to not be left behind. (Pix from this hike were mistakenly uploaded to last post. Oh Well)
When we got back to camp, we finished loading up. Then it was time for Missy and I to hook up the rig by ourselves and figure out how to get it out of the spot. Again, it took forever…well, 30 minutes at least. But I think some of the lessons Jeremiah gives about angles and arcs etc are finally sinking in. We got er out and went to the beautiful new dump station. This park is really,
really nice. If we’re in the area again, I would definitely stay here.
We traveled about 2 hours to Crossville TN. Back into Central time. We got to the RV resort. $40/night. Pricey! And especially so since they don’t have the wifi and cable installed yet. But the site is nice and big, and the rv park is only about 10% full. Plus, we get utilities, so we’re making the most of them to get our money’s worth. So not too bad. We were going to get a pull-thru site, but I bucked up and asked for a back-in so we could have practice. The site is off a curved road, so it was certainly tricky for novices. Jeremiah would have parked the rig in 30 seconds on one try. Missy and I had about 20 tries (we tried doing it all on our own with no advice) and ended up completely hugging one side (instead of centered in the parking pad). We called it close enough and started to get unpacked. Jeremiah stepped in and offered to straighten it out. Is it cheating if we let him? I do feel as if I learned out how we messed up by watching him fix it. One small travel disaster: Missy didn’t put our bedroom water jug (2 gallon) on the floor. It toppled and
spilled. It has a bad design whereby we have to unscrew the top to get the necessary air draw, so of course it spilled when it tipped. We got out our electric fans (since we have free electricity) and tried to dry it out, but it seems the rug is going to have a lingering smell. We’ll have to get some baking soda or something. Everyone has great phone reception here, so we’re able to use tethering to get internet.
Missy and Jeremiah used the bathhouse (strong water pressure) and we did some laundry. $1.50/load (2 loads) to wash. $1 to dry. Jeremiah somehow thought it would be a good
idea to cram both loads into one dryer. Of course he had to pay another $1 to get everything completely dry. Twice the time of just starting with 2 dryers in the first place. Good thing he’s
enjoying his ebook. Missy also utilized the electricity to cook her crockpot turkey chili. She used the outside outlet so the smell wouldn’t overwhelm the rig. It was very spicy, but delicious. Spent some more time looking for campgrounds to move to. We’re in a funny position whereby if we move to a cheaper campground, we lose any savings in gas driving the further distance to the river. So we decided to just stay here another night at least.
When we got back to camp, we finished loading up. Then it was time for Missy and I to hook up the rig by ourselves and figure out how to get it out of the spot. Again, it took forever…well, 30 minutes at least. But I think some of the lessons Jeremiah gives about angles and arcs etc are finally sinking in. We got er out and went to the beautiful new dump station. This park is really,
really nice. If we’re in the area again, I would definitely stay here.
We traveled about 2 hours to Crossville TN. Back into Central time. We got to the RV resort. $40/night. Pricey! And especially so since they don’t have the wifi and cable installed yet. But the site is nice and big, and the rv park is only about 10% full. Plus, we get utilities, so we’re making the most of them to get our money’s worth. So not too bad. We were going to get a pull-thru site, but I bucked up and asked for a back-in so we could have practice. The site is off a curved road, so it was certainly tricky for novices. Jeremiah would have parked the rig in 30 seconds on one try. Missy and I had about 20 tries (we tried doing it all on our own with no advice) and ended up completely hugging one side (instead of centered in the parking pad). We called it close enough and started to get unpacked. Jeremiah stepped in and offered to straighten it out. Is it cheating if we let him? I do feel as if I learned out how we messed up by watching him fix it. One small travel disaster: Missy didn’t put our bedroom water jug (2 gallon) on the floor. It toppled and
spilled. It has a bad design whereby we have to unscrew the top to get the necessary air draw, so of course it spilled when it tipped. We got out our electric fans (since we have free electricity) and tried to dry it out, but it seems the rug is going to have a lingering smell. We’ll have to get some baking soda or something. Everyone has great phone reception here, so we’re able to use tethering to get internet.
Missy and Jeremiah used the bathhouse (strong water pressure) and we did some laundry. $1.50/load (2 loads) to wash. $1 to dry. Jeremiah somehow thought it would be a good
idea to cram both loads into one dryer. Of course he had to pay another $1 to get everything completely dry. Twice the time of just starting with 2 dryers in the first place. Good thing he’s
enjoying his ebook. Missy also utilized the electricity to cook her crockpot turkey chili. She used the outside outlet so the smell wouldn’t overwhelm the rig. It was very spicy, but delicious. Spent some more time looking for campgrounds to move to. We’re in a funny position whereby if we move to a cheaper campground, we lose any savings in gas driving the further distance to the river. So we decided to just stay here another night at least.
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