On the Road, Again

 We left home at 8:00 a.m.  We spent the last two days leisurely packing the motorhome.  It is amazing how much less stuff that needs to be packed when you are only going to be gone two weeks.  We decided to take US 51 south to Sandoval and then US 50 east to Salem and I-57.  The highways were very rough.  It nearly jarred our teeth out.  Sandy settled in for the trip.  Every year for the past two I have said this trip may be her last but like a Timex watch, she keeps on ticking.  She can no longer climb the steps onto the motorhome so we have to life her up the steps but with help she can make it down the steps.

It was a nice day to drive, very overcast so we didn't have the sun in our eyes.  Temperatures were in the 70's.  Our first stop is Clarksville RV Park, Clarksville, Tennessee.  Their internet is very, very slow and the pictures were downloaded in reverse order.  We are camped in Site #3.  It is long enough that we don't have to unhook the car and level enough that we only had to pull through and set up.  That is the way we like it!

This vintage  camper sets by the office and they use it as their logo and the shirts of the staff are the color of the camper.  Mom and dad had an old camper like this one that they kept here in Illinois.  They named it "pup."  This one is named Miss Lucy.  This campground is small but nice.  We think that it used to be a KOA.  The office  building and restrooms look like KOAs.  Also, it is situated by the interstate which is a hallmark of most KOAs.

We did cross the Kentucky state line before Tennessee.  The campground is at Exit 1 just as you enter Tennessee.

                                                  The  Ohio River was busy with barges.

We only drove  300 miles today so we were set up and relaxing by 3:00 p.m.  We ate an early supper and then took Sandy for her evening walk.  In keeping with tradition, we stopped by the camp store for ice cream for dessert.  No masks necessary here.  When we stopped for gas at a Flyin J in Kentucky, masks were required inside the store.   The campground is full.  It was a good thing we had reservations.

This campground has a nice swimming pool, dog park, playground, and a gaga ball pit.  I had no idea what gaga ball was until last year when we took Hunter and Keegan to Kentucky.  That KOA had a gaga ball pit and Hunter spent a lot of time in the pit playing that game.  We will have a longer day tomorrow.  Our next campground is nearly 400 miles away and, unlike today, we will have to drive through some big cities like Nashville, Birmingham, and Montgomery.  We are glad that it will be Sunday and  maybe the traffic will be lighter.  We have not turned on the air conditioner.  It is very pleasant here.

                                                                    Site Number 3.

                                  Sandy looks happy as she waits for me to come back inside.