On to Virginia

After a great Father's Day and time with Joan and Mike and their kids, we left Maynardville, TN for Charlottesburg, VA.  We have enjoyed some great weather and are looking forward to seeing our kids who are in VA and MD.

We stayed on Joan and Mike's property which has everything we need except a sewer hookup. We only had about 20 gallons in the black tank so we drove with it that way.

Over the last 20 years, we have made the VA-TN trip many times.  But this is the first time we have taken the northern route from Maynardville to Tazwell and across the Clinch Mountain Range.  It was  just spectacular and a beautiful alternative to going through the Knoxville and the Interstate there.

From Tazwell, we joined up with I-26 before joining the familiar and very busy I-81.

While the view was great the half full black tank was emoting a big stink.  The black tank was sloshing around and we opened a few windows in strategic places.
Note to self:  Need to empty the black tank before we travel.

We arrived at our KOA spot in the early afternoon and will be here for four days.

When I hooked up the electric and water I saw the source of the smell.  The tub in our wet bay way half full of black tank liquids.  (I took a picture of it, but thought better of posting it...) How it got there is still a mystery.

It took me about twenty minutes to drain it and clean it all up.  I carry extra bottles of bleach and pine sol-like cleaners for just that reason.

I will have to see if I can figure out if there are loose connection into the black tank from the toilet or the flush spray connection.

Meanwhile, we have a very nice spot near the forest and a campfire pit which we will be using.  And a few days to explore some history.

That's it this time on the Roadrunner Chronicles.  Thanks for stopping by...