We Are Revising Our Itinerary Already

We are having a difficult time with muggy and buggy. (We are covered in insect bites.)  It doesn't seem to get any better as we move north.  We thought getting away from the coast would improve the situation, but it hasn't.  We are going to get as far north as possible as soon as possible, giving up stops for geneology in Illinois.  This may or may not put us home sooner, but it will put us further north sooner and hopefully some relief from the humidity and the insects.  We know that the midwest has both, but hopefully not as bad as the south.  We do still intend to get our four missing states somehow - we just have to figure out a revised route.  

I talked with a woman that I saw in the RV park this morning and then again at the rest area as we walked our dogs.  I inquired as to where she was going, etc., as that is always the ice-breaker for conversation for RV folks. She was on the way from Florida as well, going to Nashville for a show, and then heading home to Taos, NM as soon as possible to get back to the dry air.  

Last night's campground was OK.  It is an older park and once was a KOA and now a Good Sam Park.  The only real issue we had with it was train noise.  Now, tonight we are staying in a very nice park.  We have a long space on the end of the row with grass and trees - one of the nicer sites in the park.  The park is well maintained and, again, is a converted KOA that has been taken over by Good Sam Parks. Tonight's issue (and tomorrow's as we will be here for two nights) is that our site, lovely as it is, is about 50 yards from the interstate.  We have a row of trees between us but they do nothing to dampen the sound of big rigs and motorcycles.  We also have huge helicopters flying overhead from Fort Campbell Army Base. Train noise would be preferable! 

Oh, yes, our neighbor is another Toothless Texan.  Don't they make dentures in Texas?  

We are one mile south of the Kentucky border in Tennessee near Clarksville.  It's a fairly nice area from what we can tell. Tomorrow we will go out and do some exploring of the area.

Tennessee has a beautiful welcome center just over the Alabama/Tennessee border.  Pets aren't welcome in the picnic area, though.  We had to eat lunch in the RV.  Alabama and Tennessee both have the same rules.  I hope we don't continue to find this situation or we will have to always stop in parking lots of some kind instead of a nice rest area.  

Nashville traffic was horrendous.  Several major interstate routes converge there and it's totally crazy.  No other problems today on the road.  No rain but overcast skies most of the day.

Pizza delivery for dinner tonight - it was pretty good, too.