New England Trip Day 1

We got an early start this morning despite the rainy weather.  Michael even did a 5 mile run before we left!  The RV was already mostly packed so after we added a few last minute items and ourselves, we were ready to roll!

We stayed in the rain all the way through South Carolina and into NC. We had our first tiny mishap just across the border when our driver's side windshield wiper malfunctioned.  Michael was able to manufacture a temporary fix which worked while we detoured to a hardware store in King's Mountain, NC.  After a quick repair, we were on our way agin. 

Our first planned stop was the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, NC.  This is a really neat place.  We were able to tour the whole museum and see the clips from his life.  So neat to see what God was able to accomplish through his ministry!  We didn't have time to see all that was there-- this would definitely be a place I would like to return to visit. 

 

While we were at the library, the rain stopped!  Yay!  Our next planned stop was Mt. Airy, NC-- birthplace of Andy Griffith and the town that "Mayberry" was based on.  We made it to Mt. Airy just in time to tour the Andy Griffith Museum before it closed and drive through a bit of the downtown area.  It was very quaint but larger than I expected. We even saw "Barney" posing on the street for pictures but since we can't exactly fit the RV into a downtown parallel parking space, we were not able to stop and meet him!

 

Our campground for the night was the Rocky Knob Campground on the Blue Ridge Parkway.  Now, let me say in my defense that I do my best to examine some of the smaller roads on our routes when I am in planning mode.  However, Googlemaps and the little green "look-at-the-actual-road-man" sort of let me down this time!!  The road from Mt. Airy to the Blue Ridge Parkway was called "Squirrel Spur Road".  I will just let you imagine what a winding, narrow, hilly road that was.  Michael says it was a 'trial by fire' initiation to mountain driving in this RV--- I'm pretty sure his intimidation about driving the RVin northern cities is over!! 

We arrived at Rocky Knob in a light, drizzly rain. We chose our campsite and got to work on making dinner.  Surprisingly, we had awesome antenna reception on the TV-- although the internet and phone were not available at all.  I think we were all in bed before 9 pm.  It was a long, slightly stressful but great first day on the road!