Marion NC - 8-10-15 Monday - 8-11-15 Tuesday

Marion NC – 8-10-15 Monday We did our morning routine and then took the motor home to the service center for an 8AM appointment. We had an appointment to get the NC State Inspection done, have new shock absorbers installed that I had ordered and had delivered here and also get the motor home washed. Most campgrounds don't allow washing your RV on site and I was tired of looking at our dirty motor home.

Then we went to the main building to look around. Tom Johnson's Camping Center has recently been sold to Camping World and they have converted the show room into a camping supplies sales area. We got a few must have items before going to McDonald's for some coffee and use their WiFi. We can usually get the courtesy WiFi from the service center at our campsite but it is not working. Tom Johnson's Camping Center lost all their telephone and internet service a few days before we got here but have everything fixed except the courtesy WiFi.

We came back to the service center about 1PM and had lunch in the Cafe' and thought our motor home would soon be ready but we didn't get it back until after 4:30PM. They had the shocks on and were trying to wash it but several rain showers came through and delayed them. It sure looked better after a good wash job.

Marion NC – 8-11-15 Tuesday After our morning routine of walking and breakfast we drove up highway 80 to the Blue Ridge Parkway and rode it to the turnoff for Weaverville NC. We like riding the parkway. It got so foggy in the area of Craggy Gardens I could barely see how to drive and had to slow down to 20 MPH.

We stopped in Weaverville to buy some wood from Cormark International – a exotic wood importer. I needed some wood to make some pepper mills. Then we drove into the small town of Weaverville to eat at The Creperia and Cafe. We discovered this place last year when we came to Cormark International to buy some wood. They make really good crepes.

After returning to the campground we relaxed for awhile, then later in the evening we rode our bicycles around the campground until we found a group of campers that were “picking and grinning”. We stopped and enjoyed the music and singing for awhile.