2024-25 Trip to the Southeast, Day 8

Day 8, October 27, 2024 - Camp Burson, Hungry Mother State Park, Marion, VA, Day 5 - 0 Miles, 716.6 Miles for the Trip

A cool morning; only 52°F at 12:30. After my walk & breakfast changed the sheets on the bed. For those that haven't done that in a fiberglass trailer you have not idea why so many of us wish for a walk around bed. While you don't have the "hop over" problem of night time visits to the bathroom with the north south bed in the 21C, it still has all the difficulties of making the bed that extends to the walls on three sides. You learn to pull up the sheets & blankets while hopping in the air while kneeling on the mattress. 

I started a load of laundry; there are 2 washers, but only one dryer. $1.50 per load for each; a 45 minute run for the dryer. Since someone was using one of the washers, I had to wait a bit for a turn at the dryer, but the people using the other washer were prompt getting their load switched so the wait was only a half hour of so. It only took one 45 minute run on high heat to dry my clothes. I've been in parks where you needed two or three runs to get things dry, so it was much appreciated.

About one third of the park emptied out during the day, but many are staying an extra day or two. The campground hosts are great at cleaning up the sites after people leave. They shut off the breakers, use a leaf blower to clear the leaves from the pad (although at this time of year the pad gets covered in one afternoon) and rakes the gravel smooth. 

I pulled the stakes on my mat & let it dry on the picnic table, Put the grill back in the truck along with the 5 pound propane bottle. By then the mat was dry so it went back in the truck. All I need to do in the morning is the normal stuff to reconnect the trailer, and unhook the utilities. I have a 217 mile drive tomorrow to Chester State Park in South Carolina. While there are a couple of non interstate routes, I am planning on I 81 to I 77 since it avoids the hurricane damaged areas.

Since it is still quite cool and cloudy, we decided to eat dinner in my trailer. Anne is making a shrimp dish. 

More Tomorrow -