After leaving the Kennedy Space Center, we headed 185-miles north on I-95 to cross over the State Line into Georgia. We over-nighted in a little town called Kingsland.
This morning we departed our overnight parking spot in a paddock in Kingsland, Georgia at 0700, we needed to cover almost 500 miles today. I said to David that we would do 3-stints of 3-hours driving periods and that should get us very close to the 500-mile mark for the day.
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| The entrance to the peaceful and tranquil Creekwood Farm RV Park in Waynesville, NC. |
It was another Huuuge day on the Interstate Highway 95, by far the biggest mileage day since leaving Chandler, Arizona at the start of the trip.
I was about one hour late arriving here at this beautiful RV Park called Creekwood Farm, in Waynesville, North Carolina. It is so peaceful and quiet here. There are no trains blowing their whistles or semi-trailers roaring down the Interstate Highways alongside us.
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| Creekwood Farm has a nice relaxed pace to it |
Kicked another BIG goal as we arrived here this afternoon or as the Americans would say, "hit another home run".
Once we registered and paid the bill, I drove to my allotted space No.84. While unpacking and preparing for the evening I started talking to the chap next door to me. Not really knowing what to do or where to start here in the Great Smoky Mountains area, I started asking him a few questions as you do.
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| Plenty of green in this RV Park |
He also wanted to know my story, so I gave a quick run down etc., etc.,
Well bugger me dead, this guy is named Dean, and he just happens to be an Indigenous Native American, none other than a Cherokee Indian. He was born and bred in Cherokee which is not all that far from here.
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| David, Dean and myself in front of Dean's 45ft Phaeton 'Pusher' rig with trailer. |
In the photo above, there's David and myself receiving final sight-seeing instructions from my ‘Very new best friend’ Dean [in the middle], the Native Indigenous Cherokee Indian, before setting out on our exploration tour of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Check out Dean’s 45ft Phaeton ‘Pusher’ Rig as they call them over here because the 460 Cummins Diesel engine is at the rear of the vehicle, which means that the vehicle is literally pushed along. This piece of holiday magic is worth approximately US$350,000.
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| Our rigs on a misty North Carolina morning in Creekwood Farm RV Park |
We will probably stay here an extra day, leaving our Motor Homes here in the RV Park. Then utilising my Toyota Echo tow car to do all the sightseeing in. Dean has given me all the good oil for tomorrow, so here is the plan.
Dean has advised us to drive west towards Bryson City on Hwy 23/74, then north-west to Cherokee. Then take Hwy 441 over the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to Gatlinburg. However he has strongly suggested that we should not miss Clingmans Dome, at 6,643ft it is the highest point in Tennessee.
At some point along the way he said that we will come across many, many elk. Tomorrow looks like another fascinating day.
That’s all for now.
Cheers
KW
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