Quest for Spring - Day 3

Walmart, Salem, VA - Pigeon Forge, TN

March 3rd = Day 3

We left Salem, VA at 9:50 AM, it was sunny and 43 degrees. It really was a very quiet night in the parking lot and if there was a need for security we were unaware of it. We didn’t unhook, so there wasn’t a lot to do to get ready to move on. I felt it was warm enough this morning, I could shed my knee sock and did that feel good.

Near Wyetheville, VA where they is a lot of mining being done, of which if I remember it is for zinc, we saw a car fire which is something that you don ’t see very often, thankfully.

We also noted that the roadways had all been groomed. Where we normally see wildfowers growing, now we can see hundreds of daffodils coming up promising future travelers beautiful sights to behold.

We hit the Tennessee line about noon and this is where we found our Quest for Spring. We noted baby lambs, daffodils bloomed trees budded, green grass, mile-a-minute-vine green and growing, and the red bud trees beginning to show some color. Yes this is definitively spring in Tennessee. Makes me think of Krista and the last time we brought Al to Tennessee to see his family. Good memories.

We arrived at our reserved campsite in Pigeon Forge, TN at 3:00 PM, a lovely “pull through” site, the temperature was 72 degrees and the sun was bright a perfect day to clean out the motor home and cook a good dinner. I quickly changed into a short sleeved shirt and shorts and went to work, while Estee and Lou had a walk and got everything hooked up and changed some filters. I started dinner. I fixed pork tenderloin, baked sweet potato with cream cheese and pecan topping, fresh cauliflower and cranberry orange muffins. It tasted good to have a home cooked dinner. After dinner, I set to the task of cleaning up the motor