(Kim's Perspective)
We got up early and Bill started calling tire places to see
who had what in stock and finally had success with Tires Plus in
Frederick. If you’re ever in need of
tires, pay Sergio a visit. Nice
guy. We put the old/new tires in the
back of the truck (Bill will simply sell them on CL later or swap out for a new
set of rims to put them on) and headed back to the house to repeat the bike
loading and trailer hitching for a second time.
The second time seemed to be the charm (glad it wasn’t the third). We got on the road at 11:00 and took 70 to 340
to 81. We weren’t sure where we would
end up staying – it largely depended on how far we got when we were tired and
ready to stop. We took a few breaks
throughout the day to let the Boys out and have a quick lunch, then finally
started giving serious thought to where we would be staying around 8pm. We decided on Cumberland Mountain State Park
in Crossville, TN off of I40. We stayed
here overnight on our trip to Arkansas last year so we knew the park would
serve our purpose. It’s actually quite nice, but we’re never in a position to
spend more than a night here as we journey through so we located a PERFECTLY
level (don't let the picture fool you) campsite that allowed us to stay hitched up.
This was awesome since we
got in at 10 pm and planned for an early departure Friday morning. Rather than it taking 15 minutes to set up,
we were able to pop out the slide and connect to shore power in under 5 minutes.
Oh yeah! That’s the way to do it. It was a long day – 11 hours of pretty
stressful driving for Bill (had a lot of trailer sway down 81) and 11 hours of
exhausting passenger time for me. I have
a harder time staying awake when I’m riding shot gun than when I’m driving –
but alas, these are the burdens one must bear.
It was a good day. Any day that
you make it in one piece to your destination always makes for a good day!
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