We left Florida on Tuesday
February 9th. Headed for Atlanta. We planned to boondock
at Bass Pro Shop in Macon, Georgia. We arrived late afternoon after
fighting hard winds all the way through Florida. Once we got to Bass
Pro we set up for a quiet night. By the way all we had to do was
call the store, ask if we can stay overnight in the parking lot. The
lady I spoke to was very nice. She explained where she wanted us to
park and told us to have a nice evening. It can't get any easier than
that. We were the only RV in the lot that night.
I of course had to tour
the store which scared the life out of Barb. I know she was A LOT
concerned what I might come back with. And let me tell you I could
have come back with more then a cart full, No problem. Prices I
thought were way out of line but what are you going to do. Window
shop like me.
When I came back to the
rig I cranked up the generator so we could watch some TV before
settling in for the night. AT 10pm I made sure the generator was
full of fuel and went to bed. The reason for running it all night was
so I could use my Cpap machine since I haven't found an inverter and
battery bank I want yet. I'm pleased to say our Yamaha 2000is
generator ran like a champ and 1 gallon of fuel lasted till 7:30am.
9.5 hours on a tank of fuel, very happy.
We got up Wednesday
morning and started packing up. Problem. Slides won't come in,
batteries were run down. I reconnected to the truck and slides came
right in. Lesson learned, Turn off the water heater, consider
turning off the furnace and using more blankets because although the
furnace runs on propane the blower runs on 12 volt.
I had called the dealer
where we bought our 5th wheel to see if there was any way
they could take a look at a light that was shorting out in the
bedroom. I fully expected them to laugh and say no way you have to
wait at least 3 weeks. To my surprise Chad said sure just swing by
and we'll take a look at it. We walked in and reminded Chad I had
called, he called Mark one of his techs and got him working on the
problem. I told Chad about our no power this morning and he
explained everything very clearly and answered all of my questions.
Mark found and repaired the short very quickly. Then he checked all
my tires and made sure they were all at the right pressure. In less
than 1 hour we were on our way. If you are looking for an RV and in
the Atlanta area I recommend Southern RV in Mcdonough, Georgia.
We got to our next
destination Red Top Mountain State Park later that afternoon. We
stayed there till Saturday so Barb could see her mom and brother.
Red Top was a nice state park with a lot of hiking trails and really
nice shower/restrooms. Each RV site has water and 30/50 amp hook
ups, there is a dump station at the exit of the camping area. If you
ever get a chance, stay there.
We hit the road early
Saturday because the weather guys were saying the Atlanta area was in
for some bad winter weather. Since I've never pulled through the
mountains before I wanted to get on the road in case we needed to
make other plans. I wasn't to worried getting to Murphy, N.C., it
was getting from Murphy to Cherokee driving Hwy 74 through the
Nantahala Gorge. Although I had a white knuckle grip on the steering
wheel all the way across the mountains the two lane road was clean
and clear the entire way.
We're here in Cherokee,
NC. Working for our site until March 1st. When our job
actually starts. The temperature here is currently 34 degrees so I
had to make a second heated hose. Cell phone service here is pretty
sad and our jetpack is pretty much just a paperweight so we have to
drive into town to get on line, but at least we're here in the Smoky
Mountains and for us that's all that matters. Needless to say, We
love the mountains.
Safe Travels And I
Hope To See You Down The Road
