Appetizers - ok, in the spirit of the seafood theme of the rally, mountain oysters it is....
We have been on the road now since last Saturday making our way towards Maine. Drove through some of the worst rain I have ever encountered on 40 b/w Knoxville and Asheville on Monday. Witnessed 2 cars hydroplane into the guardrail and the end result of a couple others. CB was crackling with information on water on the road, idots driving, stopping in the driving lanes, limited vision, etc, etc. Bus handled flawlessly thankfully. After a climb up a winding narrow gravel mountain road, we were rewarded by a spectacular view from a hilltop site for the week at "Campfire Lodgings." (Site P1 if anyone is familiar). Beautiful view of the French Broad River from the mountain top right on the patio.
Today we are driving up 81 to Gettysburg, and the clam bake lady calls confiming our reservation for next Tuesday. I confirmed, and she says you want the Lobstaah right? I laughed and asked her to repeat herself just to hear it in the proper Maine dialect after reading it spelled out so many times on here.
Gettysburg tomorrow, and then we start making our way towards a Monday arrival at BoothBay a day early of the "official start." Really looking forward to it.
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