Heading Home!

Saturday, May 4, 2013 - We left Oklahoma City about 7:45 a.m. CDT and it was a joy not to have to fight strong wind gusts as we headed east.  It was a cold morning, and so we stopped at a Denny's at a truck stop for lunch.   We usually eat in the trailer at a rest stop, but it was too cold to do so.  We arrived in North Little Rock and had a bit of difficulty finding our campground.   It was a small campground on the river and under a bridge.   It was basically a parking lot that happened to have hookups.   We found a church close to the campground where we attended Mass that afternoon.    We then went to Chili's for  supper and then back to camp for an early start on Sunday.

Sunday, May 5 - We didn't have to rush on Sunday, so we slept in (7:00 a.m.) and then hitched up and stopped on I-40 at a Cracker Barrel for breakfast.   It was warmer today, so we ate lunch in the trailer at a TN rest area.   We arrived at Two Rivers Campground at 3 and learned that the camp was celebrating Cinco de Mayo with free beer, margaritas and tacos, and live entertainment.   Since we were on Music City Circle, the entertainment was a western singer.

Monday, May 6 - We drove from Nashville to Swannanoa, NC where we had reservations at the KOA.  The mountains along I-40 in NC had several "mini falls" coming out of the rocks.   The trees and grass were a lush green - beautiful after all the cactus and sand we'd been in for a month.  The mountains had had 5-7 inches of rain over the weekend, and the Swannanoa River had closed several streets in Asheville, and in our campground had divided the camp as it was flooding in the lower area.
As is our tradition when camping at Swannanoa, we went to Berliner Kindl, an authentic German restaurant and Deli up the road in Black Mountain, NC.   Delicious -- especially the apple strudel.

Tuesday, May 7 - We arrived back in Raleigh about 2:45 EDT.   Since we had so much trouble getting the trailer out of the backyard in February, we had decided to park it on the cement driveway in front of the garage.   However, first we had to move the Subaru out of the garage, as the trailer would block the door.   The house was in good shape -- the table full of mail for me to go through.   We started unloading the trailer after it was parked and worked until about 5:30 when I called the girls to let them know their wandering parents had returned.  

We'll be home for several weeks, and then in July head in a northerly direction.   Exact time and where we'll go are to be decided in a few weeks.    Check back in July!