We woke up and left Nashville at a decent time. We were
headed to Gatlinburg area to the KOA. This drive was nice because it only took
us a few hours. We stopped for breakfast soon after leaving Nashville and were
on our way. We had about 2 hours left and things were going well. Chris had
been driving the first part of today’s trip and then all of a sudden….pop!
We knew that was not a good sound and since I could get out
away from traffic and look at whatever the pop was, I did. We blew a tire.
Coincidentally, it was the same exact wheel that had the razor blade in it
earlier in our trip(Yosemite). The funny thing is, it’s the second tire of the
trailer, so the tire before it has been unscathed each time—I bet that tire is
counting its blessings! Anyway, we crept toward the next exit which was very
close and pulled into a church parking lot. The tire was all torn up, possibly
from driving on it, and the little pieces of wire in the tread were sticking
out all over the place. We changed the tire pretty quickly and were on our way.
Except for that slight bump in the road, all was well. We
stopped for lunch and I drove the rest of the way to the KOA-only about an
hour(I got lucky today)! This KOA was nice and the office staff was friendly.
We got set up in our site and finished checking in at the office. We realized
we were about an hour away from Gatlinburg and this town(Townsend) was known
for the tubing. We may go tubing down the river tomorrow since Gatlinburg is so
far away.
Since we got there at
a decent time, we decided to get a fire going, make dinner and relax by the
campfire. It was a good night.
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