Leaving the Smokies

Monday April 25, 2011

Leaving Elkmont Campground

Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Arriving Cumberland Mountain State Park, TN

Busy Day.

As we were packing up our neighbor Barbara Loy

and I got to talking about her travels in her van.

She’s from Michigan and after the death, a few years ago of her husband

has been taking numerous trips on her own.

She sleeps in the van and has it very well organized.

Bed on one side, essentials in bins on the other.

Looks like a very simple way to go especially

while we were checking everything in Winnona

and cheking and putting away everything, unplugging.

She says her friends think

she’s crazy.  But I admire her spunk.

After a quick breakfast, slides in, jacks up, we were off

for gas and a grocery run before heading out

for Cumberland Mountain State Park on our way west.

Current destination, by early June,

the Grand Canyon

We gained an hour moving into Central Time

so that helped our arrival at Cumberland.  

We took the car off of the dolly, drove around

the campground to check out the sites.

There are 5 separate camping areas in the park

but at this time

only 3 of them are open.

Section A has full hook ups

which are more expensive of course and

we usually skip them and use the dump station

in favor of saving money. 

Section A also is slightly shadier than B & C.

We chose Site 79 in section C

and went to the Registration Center

to pay our $20 a night for water and electric. 

Tax INCLUDED.

Way to go Tennessee!!

Here's the view from Duckie's window

It’s supposed to rain and be windy for the next two days.

So it’s unclear whether we’ll get to do much

hiking or kayaking on the lake.

Check back and see what happens.