Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Sevierville TN

Before I begin about today, I wanted to clarify why I spent the last blog talking about levellers. When extended (put down), they not only make sure the RV living area is level, but they support the frame of the RV. If they are not down and the slide-outs are extended, the frame of the RV can twist or bend due to the weight of the slide-outs and the furniture on them, causing irreversible problems. Without eing able to extend the slide-outs, there is VERY little room to maneuver in the RV.

Understanding that, the adjustments to the settings on the leveller controller we made yesterday worked perfectly. Our levellers retracted and extended without error today.

We left Lexington, Virginia, at 9:30 am this morning and arrived in Sevierville, Tennessee, a little before 3:00 pm. Not bad for 290 miles! It rained most of the day until we were 30 miles from Bristol, VA, then we had smooth driving the rest of the trip. Southern Virginia had some absolutely beautiful fall foliage, yet almost nothing could be found in Tennessee.

The stink bug situation has abated slightly. We probably only captured about 50 today. Hopefully the number keep dropping. Unfortunately, their stink permeates the RV!

We did see signs for a lot of places in Virginia we would like to come back and see, such as The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Stonewall Jackson's Homestead, etc. We will plan another trip just to see all the offerings that Virginia has.

We were happy to hear that our good friends, Renegade Rich and Debi, will be teaching country dances every Monday night, after a 10 year or more hiatus. We will be joining them for sure when we return. We are also glad that another friend, Gene, is home from the hospital after some internal bleeding.

Nightly temperatures here for the next three nights will be in the extreme low thirties, so I think we will be inside before it begins to drop.

We are fortunate to have 2 dogs that are great travellers. No problems with them at all. Not so much for Nancy. They spend all day on her chair while we drive. It doesn't leave much room for her. Unrelated to the dogs, her back has been hurting since we left, so she sleeps with a heating pad. Luckily, our captain chairs also have heaters in them, which has helped her while we drive or watch TV in the evening. 

Speaking of which, it is time to do just that. 


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