Yesterday, Thursday, March 14, 2013 we left home again for a new motorhome adventure that will have us making a big circle tour. It was a cold morning with temperature at 31 degrees and a strong wind. Finally at 10 am we were finally ready to hit the road. Traveling southwest we came to I-81 in Virginia and proceeded south on that route through miles of Virginia. Driving was challenging for Tom with the wind until we were south of Harrisonburg. It was cold all day even though there was bright sunshine. After 311 miles we stopped for the night at Fort Chiswell RV Park in Max Meadows, Virginia a little past 4pm.
This morning we got an earlier start at 8:20am. It was still quite cold but not as windy with reported temperatures to be in the upper 20’s. We stopped for fuel a couple miles from the campground at Flying J’s. We continued on I-81 through the 80 remaining miles of Virginia and then into Tennessee. East of Knoxville I-81 ended and we were then on I-40 headed west. Tom was concerned about replacing the wiper blades on the motorhome. When we saw a Camping World near the highway in the Knoxville area we made a stop. Since it was around noon we decided that we would this would be a good lunch stop. So as Tom shopped for wiper blades I threw together salads for our lunch and we had lunch. About 30 miles east of Nashville we stopped at Countryside Resort near Lebanon for the night at 2:35pm central time. Not only were we in a different time zone but we found ourselves in a much nicer weather zone. It was 75 degrees with clouds. What a difference 356 miles makes! Our windows are open and we are in our shirt sleeves as we walk about the campground at 6:30pm.
