The Saga Begins

To leave home for several weeks is daunting. I have been making arrangements for weeks, to get all bill payment online, the papers stopped, the mail, plants, fish and yard cared for. And then there is always the "what did I not think of?" Nevertheless, after a nervous week, the last two days I felt calm.
Our goal was to leave home at 8. I rose and started doing things in the kitchen, planning to wake Gene later. Fifteen minutes later, he walked in and said, "Oh, heck. Let's just go." So we were out 30 minutes early. Beautiful, but of course, scorching day. We headed north at Greenville, went through Asheville, and ended up near Johnson City TN. We are actually about 3 miles from the Bristol raceway. We enjoyed the mountain vistas on the drive and the car thermometer actually got as low as 80 at one point. But this is lower altitude, so still pretty hot.
The facilites here are nice, a pool, pavillion with ceiling fans, a lake that you can almost see from where we are, nice bathhouses. The sites? Not so much. We are parked behind the office in a gravel lot with no shade, no picnic table, no fire ring. We did not unhitch nor put up the awning. The AC had a hard time with all that direct sun. But the place is quiet. Looks like most people are on extended stay, but most of their sites are neat. The folks at the office are very nice and they have a nice brochure, cable, wifi.
We did go for a swim and enjoyed it. Time to start breaking camp.