Alaska 2015 - Day 74 - Levi Jackson State Park - Kodak Tennessee

Day 74 – 7-24-15 Friday We decided not to wait around and see if anyone canceled their reservations or vacated a site so we departed about 9AM and moved on down I-75. We got on I-40 past Knoxville TN and soon were driving through the Great Smokey Mountains.

We exited at Exit 407 and after a couple of miles pulled into Dumplin Valley Farm RV Park. One of the owners came out of the house and told us which sites had 50AMP power and told us to pick out a site and then we could come back and self register. We chose site 43 and set up. There is only 4 other campers here and 3 of them appear to have been here for awhile so it is really peaceful and quiet.

This is a former dairy farm. The dairy barn, silos and out buildings are still on site. The pasture has been converted to a RV Park. The areas of the pasture that were flat enough have RV hookups. Some are full hookups with 50AMP power and some are just 30AMP power and water. There are about 6 - 50 AMP full hookup sites that are set up for motor homes that have a solid gravel base and terraced so they are level. The entire park is covered is lush green grass. They host the Dumplin Valley Bluegrass Festival the third weekend of September. The dairy barn has been converted to a stage and covered pavilion.

WE-2-B's on the right

We went to Cracker Barrel for lunch. We have not been out to eat in several days and decided we were due. After lunch we went to a flea market on the other side of the interstate. It was huge. There were a couple of very large warehouse type buildings full of vendors and several more outside. It was not used stuff like at a yard sale. We didn't find anything we couldn't live without so we went back to the RV Park.

We found out yesterday there is a forest fire in Glacier National Park in Montana on the East Entrance side. It has burned over 4000 acres. They have evacuated the campground, the visitor's center and the hotel in that area. We were just there about 9 days ago. There has been several fires in areas that we have been to on this trip after we left the area. And NO we did not set them.