Last night, Dumplin Valley RV Park, where we are currently staying, had a small crowd in for a bluegrass concert on site. There were many folks there that are moonshiners. Some was for sale. A big gulp can almost shut down your respiration.
Yesterday we arrived here thinking we were pretty close to Knoxville. It turns out that we are actually in Sevierville, Dolly Parton country. We found out just how far we are from Knoxville by driving into town today. It is around 35 miles. We hit the Costco and a Trader Joe’s, loading up on groceries. Last time we saw a Trader Joe’s was in Texas. Last time we saw a Costco was also in Texas.
We returned back to the trailer with our loot and, after getting our frozen stuff in the freezer, we hunkered down in the trailer with the air conditioning turned to high. It was around 90 degrees today and the last time I looked at our weather station the humidity was hovering around 88%. Strangely, at about 5:30 this afternoon Peggy felt compelled to go back outside and scrub some splattered insects off the front of the Barbarian Invader. She said she made some headway on the corpses but, between the dreadful environmental conditions and abundant flying, biting vermin, she soon returned to the comfort of our cozy trailer.