2026-27 Trip to the Southeast, Day 4

Day 4, Wednesday, October 21 - Burton Campground, Hungry Mother State Park, Marion, VA - 239 Miles for the Day, 721.4 Miles for the Trip

38°F by morning, but in the 40's when we packed up. Getting out of Creekside is interesting. In one direction is a 10 ton bridge with no sides or rails and a tight turn through town. The other direction (the one recommended by the campground) is a sharp turn out of the site and up a steep hill on what is essentially a one way curved road. If a large vehicle is coming down, we have a problem! To our good fortune, no one was coming down the hill. 

Breakfast today was a microwaved egg sausage cheese thing on a brisket. I mentionded this because I forgot to mention Monday's breakfast which was at a shiny diner that served typical diner breakfasts near the entrance to I 81. Next time I'll try something else - the home fries & eggs were pretty bad.

The drive down I 81 didn't have any stop & go sections, but some slow downs and very heavy traffic. We stopped twice for gas, $4.199 at a Pilot that once again would not take my phone number. I thought I had solved the problem with a phone call to them, and I think it worked once, but it now insisted that there are more than one account linked to my phone number. I picked up a loyalty card and will try to get it to work. The second stop was at a Loves, which gave me the $.10 discount as usual - $3.899 per gallon.

A big surprise at the entrance to Burson Campground. They had a packet for the Guidos, but none for me. We drove to the park office and they did have both reservations, just forgot to make up a packet for me. I really don't mind - Hungry Mother has the most paperwork of any state park I've ever visited. A packet 1/2" thick.

I'm in site 37 & the Guidos in site 38. Both are water & electric on gravel with a picnic table, fire ring & hanging pole. I needed 1" side to side & a 2" drop on the tongue to level the trailer. We are here for 5 nights, leaving Monday. $46.28 per night.

Me in Site 37

The Guidos in Site 38

For dinner we decided to hit the Mexican restaurant, Mi Puerto. All three of us had shrimp Chimichanga.

By the time we got back to the park it was 7:00 and cooled down to 60°F so we called it a night and headed for the trailers.

Until Tomorrow -