We left Marion NC about 11:00 AM on Monday after having the RV weighed and saying good-bye to everyone. We had a great time at the rally, but we were a little tired. We passed through some beautiful scenery as we traveled through the mountains on Route 40 toward Tennessee. We encountered a two mile backup that cost us about 45 minutes. The only cause we could see was some construction on Route 40 around Exit 15 in Tennessee. We arrived at Overnighter Campground, Athens TN in the early evening. We got set up and had a very quick supper. After supper we took a short drive over to see Pat Martin, our good friend who lives in Athens TN now. We had a great visit and had a chance to catch up on news over a glass of wine. She has made some more renovations to her home and they are lovely.
Pat has a new addition, Jojo, a young dog. He is not a puppy, but a teenager in dog years. He keeps her on her toes, literally! He is quite a handful and he provides company and exercise for Pat.
We spent Tuesday and Wednesday visiting with Pat, going out to eat, doing a few errands and getting things done. The air conditioning on the truck had stopped working. Phil found a local shop and took it in for service. All of the coolant was gone, there appears to be a leak somewhere. They were able to recharge the system and it seems to be holding for now. Pat worked on Thursday so we used that day to do laundry, clean some in the RV and just rest a bit. We rented a movie to watch with Pat that evening. We said our good-byes on Thursday evening and then we headed on our way Friday morning.
We traveled into Kentucky and stopped at the Ohio County Fairgrounds. This is a well kept park and we enjoyed our stay. We had neighbors with an interesting tent! Cool.
From Kentucky we went north and spent the next two nights in Remington IN at Caboose Lake RV Park. We had stopped there several times before when we were traveling east to west and west to east visiting Keith when he lived in Minnesota. We had a full hookup so it was laundry time again. All of our three sons called and wished me a happy Mother’s Day. Bryan scanned in pictures of the kids with pictures that they had drawn. Neat idea, it was a treat to get that email on Mother’s Day.
Going west from Indiana we headed toward Iowa City to visit with Dave and Karen Long. I’ll tell you about that visit in Week Four!
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