Day 4 ~ Part Duex
Rolled in to Sevierville TN right at dusk to visit with Chad and Peri and their 27 dogs (really it's ONLY 10).
They have recently loaded up all their stuff and moved from Flagstaff to Tennessee. They found what may be the most perfect-little-house-in-the-state-that-could-also-run-a-moonshine-still-and never-get-caught. They have not one but two creeks running through their property which is tucked waywaywayway back in the woods up the hollow (holler for all you southerners).
We got the grand tour and Kristie got to see her first ever lightning bugs and then it was time for a great little dinner with grilled kabobs and corn on the cob.
Day 5 ~ No rush morning. Visited with Peri while Chad got to work. He is still with Flagstaff Medical Center and working remotely from his home office as is Peri as well.
Once we got on the road the day was going along great as we drove through the hills of West Virginia. The heavens opened up and we had some torrential rains come down for awhile but by mid afternoon things were clearing up.
We had a plan to make a short day of it and layover for a day in whichever campground that Miss Kristie found for us. The choice of the day was (and I'm not making this up) Cooter's Cabins and Campin'. Kristie had called them and the guy (Cooter?) had assured her that our oversized rig would fit just fine. This turned out to be a HUGE mistake resulting in a few things:
1) Instead of staying two days at Cooter's Cabins and Campin' we got to spend an unplanned night in the parking lot of the Fayetteville WV Wal Mart where...
2) Due to the low hanging branches on the road in to Cooter's Cabins and Campin' we took out the roof top vent for my refrigerator and two other vent covers leaving large openings in the roof of the Magic Bus (as Kristie calls our RV) so...
3) I got to show off my unbelievable awesome McGuyver skills as I had to do some serious makeshift repairs to get things water tight again due to the threat of heavy rain overnight (whicg proved to be an accurate forecast). I went through plans A, B and C but by the time I got to plan D the resulting repair job was nothing short of spectacular. A word to the wise that I adhere to religiously.
DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EVEREVEREVER GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT GORILLA TAPE IN YOUR REPAIR KIT!
Day 6 ~ it rained all night but things looked to be nice and dry in the areas of damage so continuing with the results of our ill fated foray in to Cooter's Cabins and Campin'...
4) We got to spend the first few hours of DAY 6 at American Campers, a great little RV sales and repair shop in Bradley WV where Frank and Gary took great care of us and made the permanent repairs to the Magic Bus getting us back on the road by noon. I'm pretty sure my truly mindblowingly fantastic repair job would have lasted for the entirity of our remaining 25 days on the road but for the sake of Kristie's peace of mind we left a couple of hundred fun tickets in the care of Frank an Gary and they sent us out as good as new.
We then rolled up the highway a little way (36 miles) to pull in for the day/night at the Mountain Lake Campground at Summersville WV. This is a beautiful spot and we knew we would regret that we were only here for one night.
Of course it would too much to ask that there wasn't a little bit of drama so as I pulled in to our assigned spot I had to find that little boggy area on the side of the road and procede to get the Magic Bus just a little stuck. Nothing bad but it took my heavy duty tow strap and an assist from the park owner in his pick up truck to get me UN-stuck and settled in for the day.
Now it was time to unwind a little. Lunch, beer, nap, take a walk, meet the neighbors, dinner, take a walk, beer, settle down for a good night sleep, listen to the rain come down... zzzzzzzZZZZZZzzzzzzz...
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