First stop for sightseeing

When we left of Monday, we consumed a lot of time getting the refrigerated food transferred and the essential items loaded, so we didn't get but 4 hours down the road. We stopped in Marion, NC at the Tom Johnson's RV Campground. It's part of the Tom Johnson's Camping World service center. It's right before the big climb into Asheville, NC on I-40. It's a good place to camp for Mt. Mitchell and for getting service to the RV. Luckily, nothing major needed work after 5 months in storage.

On Tuesday, we drove hard for 6 hours to Dickson, TN just beyond Nashville 45 miles or so. Stayed at Tanbark Campground. Not impressive to look at, but the Passport America price was $16.75 for full hookups on a pull-thru lot. Most of the rigs were long term and only a few spots were for transients like us. Nice folks, very helpful.

Got to Memphis on Wednesday and stopped for a few days at Tom Sawyer's RV Campground right on the banks of the Mississippi river in West Memphis, AR. Great location if you miss the flood season. This park is frequently completely underwater, but this week it's great. As we setup, we saw John and Shirley pull in with their Montana RV. Haven't seen John since Myrtle Beach, SC. They are heading east and we are heading west where they came from.

Got to visit with Dina and Jeffrey. We usually only meet up with them at Oktoberfest Zinzinnati, in Cincinnati since we moved to NC. They took us around town to scout out a few places we are checking out today. Jeffrey loaned us his car so we can leave the RAM 3500 dually parked at the CG. It's not an around town car. :-)

We haven't seen much at this posting, but I wanted to catch up on the blog and post the sunrise I caught over a barge on the river: