Packed up our stuff and departed Charlotte despite knowing we will be obliged to return to pick up our shade canopy around the first of May. We headed back west to King’s Mountain area where we turned off on U.S. Hwy 74 westbound until we hit I-40 near Asheville. From Asheville, we continued west until we exited for Waynesville, NC. We stayed at a place called Pride RV Resort which, not surprisingly, is located pretty near to Maggie Valley and not Waynesville just like it is not stated in the Good Sam RV Guide. The closest exit to Maggie Valley is actually Exit 20, not Exit 27 where the Garmin lied to us about the location to exit I-40.
Pride RV Resort advertises itself as a “5 Star” resort but I am not too sure who issues the stars or how many stars are possible in resort ratings by unknown entities. Anyway, the park has minimal wi-fi unless you go to the main office to access the internet but it does have great cable TV, wide pull-thru spaces, a nice creek flowing right through the park, lots of birds and squirrels and a good laundry facility. The folks running the park are very nice. However, if staying here again, I will ask to stay pretty close to the creek because the other option is to stay near the road and it seems quite a few folks in this part of the world prefer noisy exhaust systems on their cars and trucks. There is also some kind of a wood processing facility across the road and they start it up promptly at 7:00 AM each morning. It doesn’t make a great deal of noise but you can always hear it when it is running. The scenery surrounding the park is beautiful.
Once we arrived and set up the Invader, we sat down for a drink, fired up the cable TV and loafed for the remainder of the