Fall camping trip 08

This post is coming straight from inside Eggbert the camper, which is currently sitting in site #2 of the Smokey Bear campground in Gatlinburg TN, We met Tony and Malinda down here after a Lot of driving.

We left St Paul yesterday at noon, and arrived in Illinois at a KOA around 7:30 p.m. We had our first lookie loo at Eggbert yesterday (yes, I know, I need to do a post on Eggbert, the little bugger is growing on me!) We fell asleep by 9, and had to get up at 5:30 a.m. I did't sleep so hot because Eggbert was still hitched to the car, and had a pronounced nose down attitude. Long story short, I felt like I was going to roll out of bed!

We hit the highway by 6 a.m. and drove like mad through Illinois (What's up with the 55mph speed limit for trailers anyway?) We ended up driving that part like any good Minnesotan would. Right before Indiana, I saw my first two CSX locomotives in their native, I think, enviornments.

We drove like mad through Indiana, ignoring low gas lights and slow drivers. We crossed into Kentucky at Louisville. There are a lot of neat bridges going over the Ohio river there. The one we crossed on on I 64 had the west bound traffic on the top deck, and the east bound traffic on the lower deck. We saw lots of horses, and Indiana plates that said "In God We Trust".

In Lexington, we saw our first FSU Chick Fil A. Bobi did some pretty neat manuevers to get us there, including a U turn that could I thought could only be done in a car, not with a trailer. Eggbert is very tolerant about trailing along behind the car. After some trick parking, we filled up on Chick Fil A.

Then we drove like mad some more. We drove so fast that we even beat the tour bus load of old people into the bathrooms at the truck stop.

After a fun trip on I-40, we cut onto a little road to get us to Gatlinburg. It was even complete with Hilly Billy's. Iwas driving, so I did not get a good look at the alledged Hill Billy's, but Bobi assured me that they were missing sufficent number of teeth to qualify.

Once we got the the campground, we got Eggbert tucked away in his spot. I cooked dinner, while Tony tried to get the greenest wood in East Tennessee to light for our campfire. It only took him about two hours to get the fire going, but once it did, it went like a champ.

Alas, it is now time for me to call it a night, so farewell gentle readers, and stay tuned for more tomorrow.