Today we packed away all our stuff and bugged out from Lynchburg TT headed for a non-TT campground called Small Country near Louisa, VA. We started out from Lynchburg on County 615 which took us to VA-24 to VA-29 and ultimately to I-64 where we were again treated to the benefits of the Virginia Department of Transportation’s magnificent road maintenance program. I-64 has similar surface characteristics to I-95, namely, the road surface is liberally pockmarked by randomly located ravines, craters, faults, crevasses and gouges that have all been completely ignored by maintenance staff probably since the interstate system was created during the Eisenhower administration back in the ’50s.
However, almost without fail we have had top-notch roads when driving on Virginia state highways and a preponderance of the county roads or city streets we have traversed. It must be a Virginia thing.
The drive northeast on VA-29 is extraordinarily beautiful. We drove this same road going southwest on May 22 but for some reason (perhaps because we were going the other way) it seems like a whole new series of vistas. Virginia countryside is worth driving through just for the scenery. Just try to refrain from using the interstate highways which are also scenic but the road surfaces require your undivided attention if you want to avoid substantial alignment and tire wear issues.
The Small Country RV park is quite nice. We were assigned a pull-through site near the store that is great from a shopping standpoint but a bit too centrally located for our taste. There are an abundance of other sites that I am sure would have met our desires but I stupidly requested a pull-through spot when I made the reservation a few weeks ago so I only need to look in the mirror to see who was responsible. Small Country also has a pool, a lake, playgrounds for kids, wi-fi and CATV if you want to pay a bit more. The access from I-64 is a bit circuitous but there is gorgeous scenery all the way so that was okay with us. Lots of birds can be heard singing in the trees.