Relocation day: North Carolina

 July 31, 2024

Valley River RV Park site 47

Marble, NC

What a pretty ride today....except for the short, light shower we drove through that attempted to remove our shine from our fiver.  Some traveled the high road while some took the low road.  Those with powerful engines and the desire to enjoy the mountains took the higher road.  It was a tad twisty in places as we climbed in altitude

but the views were priceless.  The camera  doesn't really come close to the first hand experience.

Momma said she was really surprised by the lack of tourists when they drove through Helen.

The last time they were here, the streets were so full you could barely move and parking was a real challenge

Hiawassee was enchanting with the views over the water.

Our set up turned out to be the real challenge of the day!  We are as far back on our site as we can get, which of course puts our steps behind the paved patio area, dumping you out on the soggy grass (must have had quite a bit of rain lately in this area).  Dad tried to stretch our water hose an additional 3 feet as the water and power hookups are located way to the rear of the site.  Twenty five feet of hose just didn't get it done.  So now we have 50 feet of hose to give us the needed 28 feet.  

Even though we are as far back on the site as possible without going over the bank and into the water behind us, we don't have room to park our truck without parking crosswise, across the front, and having the wheels on the grass.  Now Pam's site has loads of room.  She has several extra feet behind her rig and still plenty of room to park her truck in front.  That brings up the question of why the shorter rig was assigned the longer site when we made the reservations at the same time?  (Note to self:  do not take site 47 if we return here)

I have to admit, our challenges were beaten out by Jan's tire issue.  With about 20 miles to go, he developed a leak due to a leaking valve stem and had to change a tire.  Not only did he get a new valve stem put in that leaking tire, after they got set up, Dad helped him remove the other tires so those valve stems could be replaced as well.  This was the second tire with a valve stem issue so some preventative maintenance was called for.  It was a quick fix as the tire shop was only a couple miles from the campsite. With Jan's jack and Dad's jack, they had the camper in the air and the tires off  and back on in no time.

While we sat under the awning and watched the production.

After dinner, I got my same old chew bone treat while the two legged loaded up and headed to Sweet Tooth for their evening treat.

The ice cream shop was on the sunny side of the street, so they passed on the picnic tables and sat on the wall on the shady side of the street.

Another great day with friends, and another state to mark off on Pam's fifth wheel travel map.  My map already has a jewel marking off this state as I have been here before...several times.  After all, I'm a well traveled gal!

I'm Chloe