Hot Springs, Arkansas

We arrived! Spent last night in Hurdle Mills, TN and had high hopes of getting to Loretta Lynn's home, and her various shops. No deal. They have been hit hard by the flood that hit TN, and have not been able to operate. Seems the water took out the road to the house, and washed away some of the cement. They're still busy cleaning up! The KOA campground there was nice, but way too close to I-40, so we could hear traffic all night.

Got up about 6:00 and we were on the road to Hot Springs by 7:30. Got to this campground about 2:30. The facilities are very nice -- clean bathrooms/showers, a breakfast restaurant on site (how neat is that!) and a beautiful pool. Oh yes, they also have a fishing pond and ducks! We went for a walk this evening and noticed that there are about 8 baby ducklings too. The fishing pond and the ducks are a real popular area for the kids. Those ducks are going to weigh 50 pounds by end of the summer, as they're being fed by everyone!

Will post again when we start doing some sightseeing. So much to see!

D-Day has arrived!

We left at 7:15 this morning, and pulled into the Newport, TN KOA about 3 this afternoon. The trip from NC was uneventful, and we were sure glad that the rock slide on I-40 has been cleaned up enough for a single lane on the west side near the slide. It really sheared the rock and it appears that they are preparing to do some blasting.

The Newport, TN KOA is a small campground -- about 70 campsites. We opted for one with water, electricity, and cable -- no sewer as we're only staying one night (and we're CHEAP!) It has a really nice pool -- but it was closed because it was thundering. As it turned out, we didn't get any rain.

Tomorrow we'll have an easy day -- we're only going 200 miles to Hurdle Mills, TN.

Two days to departure!

It's Sunday evening and we're tired of packing the Airstream for today. It's getting down to the wire, and the rain we've been "blessed with" isn't helping matters, as we have to load between showers. The next worry is if the backyard is too wet, we'll have a terrible time getting the trailer out of the back yard!

I'm hoping for better weather!