KOA Camp - Nashville TN
Our last night in "the rig". I'm glad we did this - I liked it a lot more than Shelly did. Glamping is not for her. I will say thing though - Shelly kept her outside responsibilities up to a T. She can hook up an and disconnect an RV in minutes. Although I will have to say Shelly and I are pretty boring, we work well together and accomplish what we set out to do but bottom line - we got no game. Need an example? Yesterday in Asheville we attempted to go to the Biltmore mansion - $70 admission, but we had so many people say it was worth it we thought we would give it a try. First problem - we didn't get there until noon on a Saturday. The line long. Really long but we are persistent if nothing else. When we finally got to the window the man told us the next tour of the mansion was not available until 3:45. We said "OK - we don't have a car can we walk?" "No, you will need to take the shuttle" he replied. "OK, how much is that?" we asked. "$15, but ladies before I ring you up I have to tell you the shuttle won't be back here until 2:00, and since we haven't booked yet now tickets to the mansion aren't available until 4:00" In unison we said "what time is it?" He said, "1:10 - shuttle comes on the hour you just missed it. We said "forget it." Put our tail between our legs and walked out. We decided if we ever come this way again we are going on the tour - but now we know - Go Early with a car! We enjoyed using Uber this vac cay but it does get pricey. We make it to Nashville around 2:30 and shocker of all shockers we went out to dinner! What fun it was. This trip was fun but I think for our purposes we are more the hotel/restaurant kind of travelers. I'm glad we did it and I ever to it again it will be with someone who is a camper
The low down on RVing.
1. We are not really "campers" so this was a stretch for us. At least I have gone camping before and knew a little bit about it. I realized from the git go that we were sitting in tall cotton having a place with electric, a toilet and a shower - now it wasn't the Ritz but it sure as hell wasn't "squatting in the grass" so I was pretty happy.
2. The RV parks we stayed at we not picturesque - at all
If the entrance shot didn't really make you want
to hop in and RV and take off maybe
this shot will!
Lesson learned: if you want to RV plan your trip early that way you can get spots in the pretty places - which I think would have made a difference.
3. RV'ing in NOT cheap. Renting an RV for a week is about $1200. Gas is about $200. Food I don't know $150. Beer - now that is where the expense comes in because if you don't have a car what is there to do? It's not like you can go meet the neighbors - we didn't really see anyone out - so I drank a lot of beer.
4. From the beginning Shelly said she would go on the trip but she would not drive the RV. I said "well if you won't drive then you can to be responsible for eliminating the waste." God love her - she kept her word and got rigged hooked up in record time every time we pulled in to a new site:
5. If you don't think you can make the turn do not - I repeat do not try. Back story - Shelly wanted me to take her home. I said "Shell I don't think I can get the RV through your gate" She said "Sure you can." I said "No really - I don't think it's a good idea" She said "You can do it" so ..... I went ahead and pulled the rig into Shelly's neighborhood - but not without some difficulty.
I couldn't get the RV through the gate - we were stuck - I said "Now what do we do?" Shelly called the cops!!! She said "The cops will come and get us out."
And there he is - the officer that saved the day - he ended up stopping traffic and guiding me back and forth until I got it lined up straight and then I could "get her through". That was probably the scariest part of the trip.
But we made it there and back. Shelly said she is glad she did it but doesn't need to do any more RV trips. Me? I'd do it again tomorrow.
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