We left Baileys Point about 9:10 on Saturday morning, with a estimated time of arrival as four hours travel time depending on traffic. Well, we made two mistakes; we didn't have a Tennessee map, just a SE USA map and the GPS isn't programmable for RVs. It took us on some back roads, that in Iowa would have been gravel (these were blacktop) but so narrow the dually had to straddle the center line or the rear passenger side tires were in the grass. Yes, no shoulders, just grass and in many cases steep hills. Talk about nerve wracking!😢. After 2:30 hours of these roads we were still heading southeast but not coming to wider more "normal" roads. We were struggling to find a place to stop or turn around, but finally came to a little country church with a house across the road. While I sat in the truck and tried to calm my nerves, Dave went over to ask directions. The lady told us we needed to turn around and go through the little town we had just passed. There we were able to connect with a bit bigger road and finally a main highway. Whew!!!!!!
After 3 hours we were finally on a road on the map and the GPS was agreeing. Once we hit I-40, I thought just a little while now, but nope, road construction and we slowed 10 miles an hour and sometimes a complete stop. This lasted for quite a distance, I'm guessing about 15 miles. Finally outside Knoxville traffic opened up and no further problems or delays. After 6:30 hours we finally arrived at the River Plantation Resort.
We have a nice back-in site with patio, huge "backyard" with a river flowing behind us. I will get some pictures and post later. Yesterday we took multiple walks and met the other rally attendees and organized dinner out for ten of us. It poured very heavily Saturday night and everything was drenched. The day was cold and windy, so not conducive to sitting outside and relaxing.
More later😊
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